Toronto Star | Iranian-connected house in Toronto at centre of international showdown Toronto Star The Iranian government maintains that the house at 290 Sheppard Ave. W. in north Toronto and the building at 2 Robinson Ave. in Ottawa are legally owned by active corporations, and that there is no evidence they were held in trust for Iran, Stevenson ... |
Reuters | Iran Tells UN Nuclear Chief No Talks on Missiles ABC News Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told the visiting head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Sunday that Tehran will not discuss its long-range missile program as part of talks aimed at resolving a decade-long nuclear dispute, official media reported. UN nuclear chief upbeat after 'useful' Iran visit UN nuclear chief: Iran committed to talks UN: Iran ready to cooperate on nuclear probe |
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Iranian Math Genius's Photos Too Racy For Media Back Home RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty That's how one journalist described a front-page portrait of Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani that an Iranian newspaper digitally doctored to obscure her hair and skin to placate censors in the Islamic republic. The altered picture of Mirzakhani ... Maryam, condition your return to Iran on the freeing of political prisoners Iran's media shy away from unveiled medalist |
The Independent | Isis threat: David Cameron wants an alliance with Iran The Independent Suggesting that it was now in the UK's national interest to put aside decades of enmity with the Shia regime in Tehran, the PM called on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to “engage with the international community” in combating Isis. Mr Cameron even ... |
The Guardian | Iranian president tweets bare-headed photo of Maryam Mirzakhani The Guardian The news prompted widespread celebration across Iran: President Hassan Rouhani even risked a backlash from hardliners by posting her picture without a hijab on Twitter. "Congrats to #MaryamMirzakhani on becoming the first ever woman to win the ... Amid Iranian 'brain drain,' President Rouhani congratulates Iran-born Fields ... #BBCtrending: The Iranian president's surprising tweet Iran-born Stanford math professor is first woman to win prestigious Fields Medal |
Telegraph.co.uk | If we have to work with Iran to defeat the Islamic State, so be it Telegraph.co.uk The United States and Iran joined forces in calling for Nouri el-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, to step down as a precondition for real progress in getting rid of the jihadi terrorists in Mosul and the north of Iraq. There have been no protests from ... Iran to keep supporting Iraq stability: Top MP MP Reiterates Iran's Respect for Iraqi Nation's Vote |
The New Yorker | Why Is Iran Detaining Jason Rezaian? The New Yorker My first correspondence with Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter who has been detained in Iran, was in 2010, and it was about avocados. They are virtually unheard of in Iran: less than one per cent of the Iranian population has ever tasted one, ... |
UPDATE 1-UN nuclear chief upbeat after "useful" Iran visit Reuters Iran has agreed to provide more information by Aug. 25. * Tehran denies it is seeking nuclear weapon capability (Adds IAEA chief's statement after talks in Tehran). By Fredrik Dahl and Mehrdad Balali. VIENNA/DUBAI, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Iran has given a ... |
Aljazeera.com | Backlash after Iran's Rouhani calls foes of nuclear deal 'cowards' Los Angeles Times Two hundred members of Iran's Parliament demanded that Rouhani meet with them behind closed doors to explain his speech, delivered to an annual meeting of Iranian ambassadors. In it, the president, known as a moderate, said the opponents of a nuclear ... Iran dismisses direct US talks With Natural Gas Byproduct, Iran Sidesteps Sanctions The New Sex Report from Iran Says Some Surprising Things |
UN nuclear watchdog chief visits Iran for talks Deutsche Welle Iran is expected to hold new talks with the five members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany, before the UN General Assembly starts in September. Those talks aim to secure an accord on curbing Iran's nuclear activities, in return for relief from ... |