Stars and Stripes | Hard-Liners in Iran Denounce President Hassan Rouhani in Standoff New York Times TEHRAN — Iran's president was sharply criticized by hard-liners during Friday Prayer and again on television on Friday in what is becoming an increasingly tense standoff over the future of Iran after the signing of the nuclear deal during the summer. In Iran, crackdown follows nuclear deal The Iran debacle, as predicted, becomes the Syria debacle Iran hardliners push back amid fears of change |
Forbes | Forget China: N. Korea Markets Missiles Despite Iran Nuclear Deal Forbes How inclined are the North Koreans to listen to the Chinese? While Iran, the North's partner on missile and nuclear deals, has agreed to stay away from enriching uranium for nuclear weapons, North Korea leader Kim Jong-un remains impervious to pleas to ... |
Daily Beast | Inside Irans Secret War in Syria Daily Beast Iran has now become the ground army fighting to save its embattled ally Bashar al-Assad, while Russia has become his air force. And while two conventional militaries ranged, by land and by air, against a consortium of insurgencies ought to be faring ... |
New York Post | Iran's priciest export isn't oil, it's caviar New York Post “We hope that as a result of the Iranian government's interaction with the world, the path will be opened for us to export our products abroad and bring in foreign currency earnings. It does not make a difference where we export to, the United States ... Iran seeks revival of caviar industry in post-sanctions era |
Washington Free Beacon | Iran Threatens to Walk Away from Nuke Deal Washington Free Beacon Iran has threatened to walk away from the recently inked nuclear deal and stop rolling back its nuclear enrichment program, according to recent comments by Hassan Rouhani, the Islamic Republic's president. Rouhani, in comments on Thursday, threatened ... When in Rome: Why Iran is prioritising Italy France blows off dinner with Iran over wine spat Iran threatens to end nuclear deal |
Washington Post | Citing abuse, wife of US pastor held in Iran says she'll stop public campaigning Washington Post The wife of an American pastor jailed in Iran is withdrawing from the high-profile campaigning she has been doing since his 2012 arrest, telling supporters by e-mail that he has been abusive to her and she can “no longer live a lie.” Saeed Abedini, a ... Pope Should Press Iran Leader on Rights Pope asked to urge Iran to free American Naghmeh Abedini, wife of pastor jailed in Iran, shuns spotlight after ... |
The Times of Israel | Is Iran sinking in the Syrian quagmire? The Times of Israel The Russian-Iranian coalition could breathe a small sigh of relief this week. On Tuesday evening, the world found out about the first tangible achievement by the Iranian-Syrian forces fighting on Syrian soil: Bashar Assad's troops, accompanied by ... The US is trying to follow its Iran blueprint in Syria, but it might be doomed ... AP: Abandoning Past Assurances, US Accepts Iran's Arming of Hezbollah Kerry: Still Disagreement Over Assad's Future |
Vanity Fair | Iran Set to Unveil Collection of Western Art Largely Unseen Since 1979 Revolution Vanity Fair And since the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran most of it has been in storage. That's about to change. The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is set to put on a stunning exhibition filled with Western works acquired by Iran's former Empress Farah Diba ... |
Washington Post | So are Russia and Iran best buddies now? Um, maybe not. Washington Post On Nov. 1, Iran's ambassador to Russia, Mehdi Sanaei, declared that a “new chapter” in relations between Iran and Russia had begun. As evidence, Sanaei cited progress in bilateral trade relations, a $5 billion line of credit between the two countries ... Tehran Hopes to Sign Oil, Gas Contracts With Russia in 2016 - Iran Minister Russia to Arm Iran With Advanced Missile System |
Huffington Post | Ted Cruz Ties 'Amnesty' For Undocumented Immigrants To Nuclear Weapons In Iran Huffington Post <span class='image-component__caption' itemprop="caption">Republican (John Raoux/Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) addresses the Sunshine Summit in Orlando, Fla., Friday Nov. 13, 2015. Share on ... Cruz Toughens Immigration Stance After Rubio Showdown |