Wall Street Journal | Iran Says It May Quit Talks on Syria Over Saudis' Role New York Times The Iranian warning came three days after representatives from Iran and Saudi Arabia sat in the same room for the first time at a formal diplomatic meeting in Vienna of nearly 20 countries, including Russia and the United States, aimed at finding a way ... Iran May Withdraw From Syria Peace Talks Iran's involvement in Syria talks alarms hardliners Iran says may quit Syria talks, in worsening spat with Saudi rival |
CBS News | Iran says it's complying, but "Death to America" stands CBS News Iran's atomic energy chief said Monday that the Islamic republic had begun shutting down centrifuges used to enrich uranium, upholding it's half of the nuclear deal reached with the U.S. and other major world powers earlier this year, and he suggested ... Will Iran Hard-Liners Buy Economic Opening? Iran nuclear deal: Centrifuge decommissioning 'begins' Iran starts taking nuclear centrifuges offline |
The Guardian (blog) | 'A new wave of repression is imminent in Iran' The Guardian (blog) A speech by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, on 7 October to commanders and officers of Iran's navy attracted wide international attention. Khamenei declared that he had banned any negotiations with the United States about non-nuclear ... Iran Launches Blockade On US Goods Iran arrests two journalists as crackdown gathers pace Iran's Khamenei Warns Countries Against Dictating Syria's Political Future |
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Iran: Two Journalists Are Arrested New York Times The arrests came after two Iranian poets and a filmmaker were sentenced to long prison terms and lashes last month on charges that included “insulting sanctities and propaganda against the state.” Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani, the head of Iran's judiciary ... Fresh Journalist Arrests In Iran Include Former Culture Official Two Iranian journalists held as crackdown widens |
New York Times | In Bid to Counter Iran, Ayatollah in Iraq May End Up Emulating It New York Times As the supreme Shiite spiritual leader — whose religious authority surpasses that of Iran's supreme leader — he instructs the pious in how to pray, how to wash and what to eat. Through his website, he recently advocated the use of body armor by ... |
Business Insider | An Obama administration official just revealed one of the unsavory trade-offs ... Business Insider Stengel struggled to explain why the US had been unable to free Rezaian as the result of its diplomatic push with Iran, which culminated in the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on July 14, 2015, about a year after Rezaian was first ... Former Journalist Says 'One Journalist' Hostage Means Little Next to the Iran Deal |
Sanctions relief: Don't bank on global finance returning to Iran City A.M. THE relief of nuclear-related sanctions on Iran is fast approaching. But for financial institutions seeking to assist clients in taking advantage of the opportunities opening up in the country after the agreement of a deal on Iran's nuclear programme ... |
Observer | Obama and Booker Iran Deal Already Falling Apart Observer In the last two weeks alone Iran has illegally tested long-range ballistic missiles, which directly contravenes UN Security Council resolutions, brutally imprisoned another innocent American, sentenced two poet-protestors to floggings and lengthy ... Is Iran Already Violating the Nuclear Deal? GARY BAUER: Israel, not Iran, is America's ally Iran's Closing Technology Gap – J Street's Response |
Los Angeles Times | Nobel laureate pounds home message: Focus on human rights abuses in Iran Los Angeles Times Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi supports the international deal offering Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curtailing its nuclear program for more than a decade. But she worries that not enough attention is being paid to addressing human ... |
Al-Monitor | Iran sees 'battle of the brands' as US franchises look to enter Al-Monitor I had to know its secret. After all, it's an American ice cream parlor in Iran, a country that hasn't had direct relations with the United States for some 30 years. “It's actually Italian gelato,” the manager said, grinning from ear to ear, when I ... |