U.S. News & World Report | Iran lures foreign investors with new oil contracts U.S. News & World Report Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh, center, Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Company, Roknoddin Javadi, right, head of parliament's energy committee Ali Marvi, left, and participants listen to Iran's national anthem during opening ceremony of ... Iran reveals framework for oil and gas contracts Iran reveals more fighters' deaths in Syria |
Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3 | Police: 2 Kenyans arrested for spying for Iran CBS News NAIROBI, Kenya -- Two Kenyans in police custody have admitted assisting Iranian state intelligence to plot attacks on western targets in Kenya, Kenya's police chief said Saturday. Abubakar Sadiq Louw, 69, and Yassin Sambai Juma, 25, confessed to being ... Two Kenyans with Iran links arrested for plotting attacks: ministry Kenyan government links 2 terrorism suspects to Iran Kenya links 2 terrorism suspects to Iran |
BBC News | Iranian women's fight for freedom BBC News Most significantly, they make up more than 70% of students in Iran. But these freedoms were not achieved without the struggle and sacrifice of many extraordinary women. It is often said that education holds the key to freedom, something understood by ... 100 Women 2015: Iranian women's fight for freedom |
CNNMoney | Iran offers huge economic potential. Can it deliver? CNNMoney But it's been an extremely painful time for Iranians -- average incomes have fallen by more than $2,000 since 2011, and Iran now produces just half the economic output of Turkey with roughly the same population. Closing that gap should mean ... Italy hopes to utilise historic Iran ties with trade mission |
Iran-Russia Alliance: Tactical or strategic? Middle East Eye To counter Israel's unchallenged hegemony in the region, Iran organized Hezbollah in Lebanon in the 1980s to serve as a proxy force. Iran viewed Hezbollah as a deterrent force and a constant potential threat to Israel's security. In this respect, Syria ... |
Yahoo News | Iran says tests will show how diplomat died in Saudi Arabia Yahoo News Tehran (AFP) - Iran expects medical tests to establish within 48 hours if a high-ranking diplomat died on pilgrimage in the stampede at the hajj in Saudi Arabia, following contrasting accounts about his demise. Iran says tests will show cause of diplomat's death Iran Diplomat Missing Since Saudi Hajj Stampede Found Dead |
Al-Monitor | Will Canada change its policy toward Iran? Al-Monitor TEHRAN, Iran — Canadian Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau defeated the incumbent Conservatives on the back of promises of change on Oct. 19, after nearly a decadelong rule by former Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Among Trudeau's most significant ... |
State Department Affirms That Iran Deal Is Only a Political Commitment Lawfare (blog) In a letter recently released by Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS), the State Department emphasized that the Iran deal – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – is not binding under international law. The letter was in response to Pompeo's ... |
Haaretz | Backed by Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, Syrian Army Takes Over ISIS Turf Near Aleppo Haaretz The areas reported captured are east of the Kweires, air base seized from Islamic State control on Nov. 10 in one of several offensives being waged by the Syrian army with support from Russian air strikes, Iranian forces, and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters. |
BBC News | Russia and Iran: an uneasy alliance BBC News Vladimir Putin's visit to Tehran this week has been greeted with much enthusiasm in official circles. There has been warm praise for his decision to head straight from the airport to a meeting with Iran's Supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei. And the ... |