ABC News | Iranians up to 'no good' with US aircraft carrier mock-up USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee says Iran's construction of a mock-up U.S. aircraft carrier demonstrates Iran's continued lack of good faith. "We don't really know what it means, but I for sure don't trust the ... Social Climber: Iran Building Fake Aircraft Carrier Why is Iran building giant mock-up of US aircraft carrier? Iranian Ship, in Plain View but Shrouded in Mystery, Looks Very Familiar to US |
The Guardian | Why the US and Iran Are Both Desperate to Seal Nuclear Deal NBCNews.com Catherine Ashton, the chief negotiator for world powers trying to make sure Iran does not develop nuclear weapons, wished her Iranian counterparts “Happy Nowruz,” or New Year, in Persian. Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, meanwhile, said he was ... Senate Dems join House in pressing Obama again about final Iran nuclear deal Senators urge Obama to push for strict Iran nuclear curbs deal Russia Hints at Using Iran Talks as Leverage |
Toronto Star | Does Russia or Iran pose greater danger to world peace? Toronto Star In Vienna, meanwhile, high-level negotiators from Iran and the world's six major powers resumed delicate negotiations intended to end the threat of an Iranian nuclear bomb. An interim agreement with Iran runs out in late July, and officials described ... China and Iran Draw Conclusions on Crimea |
In Iran, Hopes Fade for Surge in the Economy New York Times TEHRAN — Suffering in an economy dragged down by years of mismanagement and the effects of international sanctions, Iran's increasingly impoverished middle class voted in huge numbers last summer for President Hassan Rouhani, who promised to ... Oops, He Did It Again: Iran's Supreme Leader Questions the Holocaust In Iran new year's address, Khamenei questions Holocaust In Iran, sharp price increases deliver painful blow |
Born in the US, Playing for Iran New York Times The family gathered at home in San Jose to watch as Iran won, 2-1, in a match that drew extraordinary interest because of the political estrangement between the countries. Asked whom he rooted for, Beitashour (pronounced BAIT-uh-sure) smiled and ... |
National Post | Israel threatens to strike Iran's nuclear facilities in attempt to ratchet up ... National Post A rising chorus of Israeli voices is again raising the possibility of carrying out a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities in what appears to be an attempt to draw renewed attention to Tehran's atomic program — and Israel's unhappiness with ... Manufactured Crisis. The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare |
Rare Glimpses of Iran's Lost Underworld New York Times What is less known is that in the years before the revolution, when Iran was still a Westernized monarchy, Mr. Golestan recorded in stark black-and-white the daily lives of Iran's dispossessed. An exhibition of one of his most dramatic subjects ... |
Dying Lake Urmia reflects a broader problem in Iran Los Angeles Times LAKE URMIA, Iran — An eerie and forlorn tableau greets visitors to the arid shores of this once-vast lake in Iran's far northwest. Rusting ships sit wedged in deep black mud. Stray dogs nibble on rotting planks from long-discarded beach chairs and ... |
Haaretz | Israel: 8 Jews Killed Leaving Iran in the 1990s ABC News The eight were among at least 11 other Jewish men and teenagers who disappeared while to trying to emigrate to Israel from Iran in 1994 and in 1997. The identity of the killers was not mentioned by the agency and the fate of the others is still unknown. Israel Confirms Fate of 8 Jews Who Left Iran Israel's Mossad intelligence agency says 8 Jews were murdered while leaving ... |
A friend in need: Ukraine crisis bolsters Iran-Russia ties Al-Arabiya Simultaneously, with this increasing tension between the West and Russia, Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., Russia, France, China, Britain and Germany) started their diplomatic negotiations to make headway on the nuclear dispute, which would be a lasting ... |