BBC News | US allows Boeing airplane component sales to Iran BBC News The US Treasury has granted plane manufacturer Boeing a licence to export certain spare commercial parts to Iran, a company spokesman says. Boeing has had no public dealings with Tehran since 1979. In a statement, the US company said the licence had ... Boeing, GE say get US license to sell spare parts to Iran Boeing Says US OK's Sale of Plane Parts to Iran Boeing licensed to sell spare aircraft parts to Iran |
NPR | Taunt Or Miscalculation? Iran's Provocative Pick For UN Envoy NPR Iran's reported decision to name Hamid Aboutalebi as its ambassador to the United Nations has ignited anger in the U.S. That's because the diplomat was part of the student group that held Americans hostage in 1979. Now, dozens of lawmakers are urging ... Will Iran price hikes fuel discontent? In Sanctions Exit Strategy, Iran's "Second Foreign Minister" Takes Center Stage US lawmakers are up in arms over Iran's UN ambassador pick |
BBC News | US accuses Chinese man of breaching Iran nuclear sanctions BBC News The US indictment, unsealed on Friday, comes as Iran and six world powers are trying to strike a permanent deal to address Western concerns that Tehran is secretly trying to develop a nuclear weapon. Iran has always insisted it only wants nuclear energy. Iran upbeat on nuclear talks, says all sticky issues addressed Men accused of sending nuclear supplies to Iran Could Iran-Russia Deal Bring More Sanctions? |
BBC News | Iran hangs 16 in reprisal for Pakistan border killings New Straits Times The ambush happened overnight in the mountains of Sistan-Baluchestan, a province in southeastern Iran. The province is home to a large community of minority Sunni Muslims, unlike the rest of Shiite-dominated Iran, where drug traffickers and Sunni ... Kidnapped Iran soldiers freed in Pakistan by militants Iran: Border Guards Released by Pakistani Militants Four of abducted Iranian guards freed: Iran official |
Haaretz | Sheldon: Iran's Best Friend New York Times IT occurred to me the other day that the zealously pro-Israel billionaire Sheldon Adelson and Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, actually have one big thing in common. They are both trying to destroy Israel. Adelson is doing it by loving ... Iran upbeat on 'useful' expert-level nuke talks |
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 ... When We Asked Jay Carney About Iran's Controversial U.N. Ambassador ... US outrage at Iran's pick of 'hostage-taker' envoy Iran nominates man accused of links to 1979 hostage crisis as UN ambassador |
The Independent | British woman fears for her life in Iranian jail after criticizing government ... New York Daily News British woman fears for her life in Iranian jail after criticizing government on Facebook: report. Roya Nobakht has been stuck in Iran's Evin prison for the past five months. Her husband says she was arrested for telling Facebook friends that the ... British woman Roya Nobakht could be executed in Iran after insulting Islam on ... |
Iran, six powers start expert-level nuclear talks in Vienna Reuters The meeting in Vienna of nuclear and other experts from Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Russia, China and Britain was to prepare for a new round of higher-level negotiations next week, also in the Austrian capital. A spokesman for European ... Experts Discuss Framework for a Final Iran Nuclear Agreement Iran Must See Ramifications if Nuclear Talks Fail, Former Advisers Say US Military Chief: Israel Believes US Will Attack Iran If Necessary |
euronews | 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 ... Surge in Executions and Human Rights Violations in Iran: Evidence of Rouhani's ... |
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 ... Iran, Pakistan to hold joint naval drills in Hormuz Strait Iran, Pakistan to hold joint naval drill Iran, Pakistan plan joint naval drills in Persian Gulf |