NPR | With A Deadline Looming, Iran's Nuclear Talks Reopen In New York NPR Negotiations on limiting Iran's nuclear program resume this week in New York, but a summer of multiplying crises has world capitals distracted as the talks hit a crucial stage. The high-profile setting for this round of talks between Iran and six world ... About That Iran Talks Deadline? Iran Nuclear Haggling Resumes in New York as Deadline Approaches Iran looks to boost Asia ties as North Korea FM visits |
The Guardian | Iran detains UK citizen over ban on women watching sports alongside men The Guardian With Hassan Rouhani promising a more moderate stance in Iran, she wanted to enter the stadium alongside male fans, hoping that the Islamic republic's ban on women attending big sporting events would finally be over. As Iran's volleyball team hosted ... |
USA TODAY | 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 A Global Strategy Against Islamic State Militants Iran says it nixed US offer to join anti-ISIL effort Iran rejects American request for cooperation against ISIS |
Sky News Australia | Iran warns US against using ISIL threat to push a hostile agenda Al Jazeera America Despite already having demonstrated its centrality to the campaign to push the Islamic State (ISIL) out of Iraq, Iran was pointedly excluded from Monday's conference in Paris to forge a military coalition against the extremist group. And Tehran was far ... Iraq 'regrets' Iran's absence at IS talks Iran should join campaign against ISIL: Iraqi president Iraq Opposed Iran Exclusion from ISIL Meeting: FM |
RT | Iran refuses to help 'self-serving' US fight ISIS RT Khamenei said Monday that the US offered to discuss a coordinated effort with Iran against Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS or ISIL), a common foe in the region, in the midst of an escalating campaign of violence that continues to claim lives ... Obama's “Coalition of the Willing” against Syria, Iran |
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 ... |
New York Times | 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 ... Iran's Participation in Meeting to Aid Iraq Is 'Not Appropriate,' Says Kerry US: no place for Iran at Islamic State talks US won't rule out working with Iran against IS |
State Department hooey on Iran Washington Post (blog) In case you still had a smidgen of faith in the State Department and the administration in general, take a look at the news conference in which the State Department spokeswoman is getting grilled on what entreaties we made to Iran concerning the ... |
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 ... |
New York Times | Kerry Says US Is Open to Talking to Iran, Even as Ayatollah Is Dismissive New York Times Mr. Kerry was speaking as 26 nations, Iran conspicuously not among them, gathered in Paris for an international conference on helping the new government in Baghdad fight the extremist Sunni group, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. He acknowledged ... |