Reuters | Iran says Saudi Arabia should move to curb oil price fall Reuters His comments highlight continued tensions between the Shi'ite Muslim republic and Sunni Muslim kingdom, locked in a battle for regional power and influence despite hopes of rapprochement since the inauguration of Iran's President Hassan Rouhani in ... OPEC Oil Dispute: Iran Calls On Saudi Arabia To Address Plunging Prices ... |
Daily Beast | 50 Shades of Iran: The Mullahs Kinky Fantasies about Sex in the West Daily Beast I thought back to that moment in the school office when I read statements recently by Mehdi Bayati, the cleric who directs Iran's Strategic Center for Chastity and Modesty. Back when I was in middle school, both my religion teacher and that school ... |
The Guardian | Iran in Iraq and Syria The Economist MANY chefs have stirred the cauldron of war consuming Syria and Iraq, but perhaps none so vigorously or with so long and capacious a spoon as the Islamic Republic of Iran. Unlike the American-led international coalition formed to combat Islamic State ... A nuclear deal with Iran would mean a less volatile world Iran says new US sanctions violate spirit of nuclear talks Iran and Iraq Deepen Defense Ties, Sign Pact |
CNN | Iran's hypocrisy in condemning US racism Iran's supreme leader ... CNN (CNN) -- Grand jury dismissal of charges against police officers in the July 17, 2014, chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York has returned racism to the forefront of the American political debate. The entrance of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ... Iran Should Confront Its Own Racism A 'Cordial Rivalry' for US and Iran? Iran's Christians celebrate New Year |
Nazila Fathi's 'The Lonely War' Is a Memoir of Iran New York Times Nazila Fathi's account of the turbulent years she spent in Iran as a child, a woman and a professional journalist is a personal story. But like most memoirs written by Iranian women in the last few decades, this personal story is intertwined with ... |
Rudaw | Sunni tribes: Baghdad handed over its military to Iran Rudaw “Since the outbreak of the conflict Iran has wanted to turn Iraq into its own backyard through its agents,” said Anbar tribal chief Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Nael. “Now the military presence of Iran in Iraq has become clear as it has exceeded the Iranian ... Fears grow over Iran's disgruntled Sunni |
Marine Corps Times | Iran denies report that U.S. offered prisoner swap Marine Corps Times Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham says there has been no formal request to trade U.S.-held prisoners for Amir Hekmati, 31, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen born in Arizona, who was arrested in August 2011. The U.S. has also flatly denied ... US calls for release of Americans in Iran, denies swap deal US denies proposing swap with Iran for former Marine US proposed prisoner exchange for ex-Marine detained in Iran: lawyer |
The Atlantic | Iran Is Getting Away With Murder The Atlantic His answer was revealing, suggestive of an important change in the way he has come to view the Iranian regime. He started by saying, as would be expected, “I'm not big on extremism generally.” And then he argued—in part by omission—that he finds the ... |
Yahoo News | Iran says nuclear talks set for Jan 15, vows to stand firm Yahoo News Former European foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif, right, address the media after closed-door nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Facing still significant differences ... Obama: Iran Nuclear Deal 'Possible' Obama: Iran has 'chance to get right with the world' - NPR Jeffrey Goldberg: Obama Letting Iran Get Away 'With Murder' |
Washington Times | Rubio talks Iran, immigration, Jeb with NPR Tampabay.com (blog) There are some bills where I think he won't be able to do that on — for example, sanctions on Iran. I think we'll have a supermajority, a veto-proof majority to impose additional sanctions on Iran and to require the administration to come before ... Rubio predicts no immediate vote on Iran sanctions Marco Rubio guesses new sanctions on Iran are on the way |