New York Times | Iran's Missile Tests Remind the US That Hostilities Have Not Ended New York Times The new sanctions are designed, administration officials say, to make clear that the United States remains committed to containing Iran's regional ambitions, which have so rattled its Arab neighbors. But they are also intended as a carefully calibrated ... 'Highly provocative': Iran rocket launch near US ship latest challenge for ... Report: US preparing new sanctions over Iran's ballistic missile program Iran Unnerves US by Firing Rockets Close to Carrier |
The New Yorker | Cuba and Iran, Melancholy Twins The New Yorker The first thing that struck me during a trip to Cuba this month was how much it reminds me of Iran. Despite divergent ideologies—Communist, Islamic—the aging revolutions emit the same cranky melancholia. Rhetoric is still defiant, but public zealotry ... |
Wall Street Journal | Obama Administration Preparing Fresh Iran Sanctions Wall Street Journal The planned action by the Treasury Department, U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal, is directed at nearly a dozen companies and individuals in Iran, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates for their alleged role in developing Iran's ballistic ... US preparing sanctions on Iran over ballistic missile program: sources US preparing missile sanctions against Iran US prepares new sanctions as Iran tests its ballistic missile program |
BBC News | The little bit of Iran on a street in Greater Manchester BBC News A crumbling mansion owned by the government of Iran sits abandoned in one of Greater Manchester's most exclusive areas. No-one seems able to get rid of it. Why? The derelict building seems out of place on a road lined with million-pound properties. |
Vox | Is Iran already preparing for the fall of Bashar al-Assad? Vox Vladimir Putin may get all of the attention when it comes to Syria, but the biggest backer of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad — and thus the biggest obstacle to removing Assad and striking a Syrian peace deal — is in fact Iran. The Iranians are Assad's ... Iran's Plan for Syria Without Assad |
Voice of America | Iran's Nuclear Compliance Draws Mixed Opinions Voice of America After more than two years of tough negotiations with world powers, Iran says it is close to meeting the requirements of a nuclear agreement that would bring it relief from crippling international nuclear-related sanctions. President Hassan Rouhani says ... Iran hopes for boost in tourism |
The Guardian | US 'spied on Binyamin Netanyahu during Iran nuclear deal talks' The Guardian The surveillance allegedly revealed how Netanyahu and his advisers had leaked details of the US-Iran negotiations, which they learned through Israeli spying operations. Last March, Israel denied reports that its security forces spied on the ... U.S. Reportedly Spied on Israel During Iran Talks Report Says US Spied on Israel During Iran Negotiations Israel and its lobby lose the Iran Deal all over again, in news of damning ... |
Washington Post | Despite the nuclear deal, Iran continues its economic sabotage Washington Post One of the arguments for the Iran nuclear deal was that it would encourage greater openness and investment from the West. But Iranian hard-liners have been working in recent months to sabotage the proponents of economic globalization and change. |
Wall Street Journal | Iran Hands Over Stockpile of Enriched Uranium to Russia New York Times A Russian ship left Iran on Monday carrying almost all of Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium, fulfilling a major step in the nuclear deal struck last summer and, for the first time in nearly a decade, apparently leaving Iran with too little fuel ... Iran Ships Off Uranium as Part of Nuclear Agreement Norway Says 60 Tons of Raw Uranium Transported to Iran Kerry: Iran Ships Uranium to Russia in 'Significant' Step for Nuclear Deal |
Bloomberg | U.S. Said to Plan Sanctions Tied to Iran's Missile Program Bloomberg The Obama administration, which is implementing a landmark accord aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear weapons plans, was criticized earlier this month by Republican Senator Bob Corker for lax response to Iran's possible launch of a ballistic missile and ... |