CBS News | Iran won't join US in Islamic State fight Washington Post PARIS — Iran on Monday spurned an American request for cooperation in the fight against Islamic State militants, but the United States said the door remains open to a rare opportunity to make common cause with its principal adversary in the Middle East. Iran rejects American request for cooperation against ISIS Iran Rejects A Global Strategy Against Islamic State Militants US airstrikes to support Iraqi troops under attack |
Fox News | Ayatollah, US spar over Iran role in fighting ISIS as Kerry seeks coalition Fox News President Obama's effort to build broad international support to destroy the Islamic State erupted Monday in a long-distance dispute between the United States and Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over the fading prospect of Iranian cooperation. The ... Iran says it nixed US offer to join anti-ISIL effort Iran Rejects U.S. Bid to Coordinate Against ISIS We called it: Obama trying to cozy up to Iran |
New York Times | Kerry Says US Is Open to Talking to Iran, Even as Ayatollah Is Dismissive New York Times PARIS — The Obama administration is open to talking with Iran on the security crisis in Iraq, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday, even after Iran's supreme leader angrily said Tehran would no longer discuss Middle East issues with the United ... Islamic State: Iran rejects requests to help fight Isis in international coalition |
The Economist (blog) | Jon Stewart and Iran The Economist (blog) IRAN is not the first topic that springs to mind in relation to Jon Stewart. The American host of "The Daily Show" pokes fun at politicians four nights a week. But in "Rosewater", his film debut that is due to be released in America in November, Mr ... |
Reuters | Iran nuclear bomb probe will not be 'endless': IAEA Reuters Lack of progress in the IAEA investigation could further complicate efforts by six world powers to negotiate a resolution to the wider, decade-old dispute with Iran over its nuclear work and persuade it to curb it in exchange for a gradual ending of ... UN Nuclear Agency Head Pressures Iran for Information UN Nuke Agency Indicates Slow Going on Iran Probe Patient Iran |
ABC News | Iran Rejects Global Strategy Against Extremists ABC News As diplomats from around the world sought a global strategy to fight Islamic State extremists, Iran ruled out working with any international coalition, saying it had rejected American requests for cooperation against the militants. Neither Iran nor ... |
Iran fills key role in battling Islamic State in Iraq Los Angeles Times At his office here, Mala Bakhtiar, military supervisor of the Kurdish peshmerga forces and a local politician, spoke openly of comprehensive Iranian involvement in logistics, intelligence-sharing and provision of military equipment to Kurdish troops ... |
Iran says it rejects US cooperation requests on Islamic State Los Angeles Times Iran has rejected direct overtures from top U.S. diplomats, including Secretary of State John F. Kerry, to cooperate with Washington in the battle against Islamic State extremists in Iraq, Iran's supreme leader said Monday. In his most extensive ... |
We Don't Want to See Iran's Full Monty Foreign Policy I do not raise this issue in relation to scandals of late, but rather the issue of PMD or "possible military dimensions" -- specifically, the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear activities. You know, the secret nuclear weapons program. I ... |
US-led coalition seeks to exclude Iran from fight against Islamic State Washington Post CAIRO — Two countries, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have long borders with Iraq, seat of a growing battle against Islamic State militants. Despite the huge stakes for both border countries, only Saudi Arabia is now welcome as part of a U.S.-driven coalition ... |