BBC News | US accuses Chinese man of breaching Iran nuclear sanctions BBC News A Chinese national faces US criminal charges that he conspired to export devices to Iran that could be used in uranium enrichment. US prosecutors said Sihai Cheng supplied thousands of parts to a company involved in Iran's nuclear programme in ... US Warns on Potential Russia-Iran Oil Deal Iran oil exports will be in line with sanctions target: US US Official: Iran Nuke Deal to Be Drafted in May |
BBC News | Boeing, GE say get US license to sell spare parts to Iran Reuters N) said on Friday they had received licenses from the U.S. Treasury Department to export certain spare parts for commercial aircraft to Iran under a temporary sanctions relief deal that began in January. GE spokesman Rick Kennedy said the Treasury had ... US allows Boeing airplane component sales to Iran Boeing Says US OK's Sale of Plane Parts to Iran US gives Boeing, GE license to sell spare parts to Iran |
BBC News | Will Iran price hikes fuel discontent? BBC News The honeymoon with the new government is over. Iranians are coming back from their New Year holidays to see their utility bills go up, some by 24%. Petrol prices are also due to rise, a move that usually prompts discontent and triggers inflation ... In Sanctions Exit Strategy, Iran's "Second Foreign Minister" Takes Center Stage The new president is giving students a longer leash Will Iran price hikes fuel discontent? | BBC |
BBC News | Kidnapped Iran soldiers freed in Pakistan by militants BBC News Four Iranian soldiers seized by Sunni militants and taken into Pakistan have been freed, officials say. The border guards abducted by Jaish al-Adl in February were handed over to Iranian officials but the militants said they had killed a fifth man. The ... Four of abducted Iranian guards freed: Iran official Four kidnapped Iranian border guards released in Pakistan Iran hangs 16 in reprisal for Pakistan border killings |
Washington Post (blog) | With the UN ambassador nomination, Iran shows its stripes Washington Post (blog) If you believe that President Obama's Iran policy is correct, then you must assume Iran is a normal state like other states, that its leaders want their country to prosper and that it wants to function as a nation-state in the “international community ... Iran's Reformers Include More Than One Former Hostage-Taker When We Asked Jay Carney About Iran's Controversial U.N. Ambassador ... State Dept. says Iran's pick for UN ambassador 'troubling' amid outrage over ... |
Press TV | Administration official 'absolutely convinced' that nuclear deal with Iran ... Washington Post Significant gaps remain between international negotiators and Iran over its nuclear program, but talks that began early this year are “getting down to the serious business” and the drafting of a comprehensive agreement will begin in May, a senior Obama ... Iran, six powers start expert-level nuclear talks in Vienna Iran Must See Ramifications if Nuclear Talks Fail, Former Advisers Say Experts Discuss Framework for a Final Iran Nuclear Agreement |
The Daily Star | Spike in Iran executions seen politically motivated Reuters Since president Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate in Iran, took office last August, there has been a surge in executions: at least 537 people have been executed in the past eight months, nearly 200 of them since the beginning of this year, according ... Iran executions seen politically motivated Surge in Executions and Human Rights Violations in Iran: Evidence of Rouhani's ... |
Iran's Choice for UN Post Fuels Tension With US New York Times UNITED NATIONS — Six months after President Obama made a groundbreaking telephone call to his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, the administration has made clear that expectations of a complete thaw in relations between Iran and the United ... |
Sun News Network | Trudeau plea for communication with Iran angers critics Sun News Network OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's questioning of the federal government's lack of "communication" with Iran's Islamist government has become a lightning rod for critics. Critics have zapped Trudeau for questioning Canada's 2012 decision to shut ... |
Washington Post (blog) | These satellite images show Iran's construction of a fake US aircraft carrier Washington Post (blog) Last month, the New York Times reported that satellite images appeared to show that Iran was undertaking a strange task: Creating a nonfunctional, full-size replica of an American Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at the Gachin shipyard ... |