Reuters | Kerry denounces GOP letter to Iran leaders CNN Tom Cotton, a freshman Republican from Arkansas, penned the letter to Iran's leaders, which asserted that a lasting agreement would need congressional support. Cotton wasn't shy about his attempts to undermine the Obama administration's negotiations ... Hillary Clinton blasts Republicans over Iran nuclear letter Why Tom Cotton's Iran letter could blow up in his face Obama Administration Falls Into GOPs Iran Letter Trap |
Wall Street Journal | Iran Occupies Iraq Wall Street Journal While Washington focuses on Iran-U.S. nuclear talks, the Islamic Republic is making a major but little-noticed strategic advance. Iran's forces are quietly occupying more of Iraq in a way that could soon make its neighbor a de facto Shiite satellite of ... Rouhani adviser denies he called for Iran's return to empire Saudi foreign minister: 'Iran is taking over' Iraq |
Press TV | Senators grill Obama officials on Iran CNN Washington (CNN) Iran dominated a Wednesday Senate committee hearing weighing more formal authorization of U.S. military action against ISIS, with GOP senators charging that the administration is strengthening Iran in Iraq even as it negotiates a ... Israeli general urges joint attack on Iran To succeed or fail with Iran Rubio Suggests Obama Is Letting Iran Dictate US War Policy |
TIME | Iran Looms Over ISIS Fight as Baghdad-Tehran Alliance Moves Into Tikrit TIME The future of Iraq and Syria was supposed to be the focus of Wednesday's hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. No surprise there, given the fact that the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria occupies about a third of each nation. For Marco Rubio and 2016 Republicans, it all comes back to Iran |
Wall Street Journal | Saudi Nuclear Deal Raises Stakes for Iran Talks Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—As U.S. and Iranian diplomats inched toward progress on Tehran's nuclear program last week, Saudi Arabia quietly signed its own nuclear-cooperation agreement with South Korea. That agreement, along with recent comments from Saudi ... Another Saudi Columnist Takes Aim at Obama on Iran Deal: He Wants the ... Saudis hedging bet if Iran nuke deal fails |
New York Times | Senator Behind Iran Letter Is Latest Freshman Republican to Stir Things Up New York Times Now comes Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, another Republican freshman, whose letter to the leaders of Iran warning against a nuclear deal with the Obama administration has caused an international uproar. At 37, Mr. Cotton is the youngest member of the ... Did Rand Paul Flip-Flop on Iran By Signing Tom Cotton's Letter? Rand Paul: Iran Letter Was Meant to Strengthen President's Hand Rand Paul Says the Letter to Iran 'Should've Been CC-ed to the White House' |
Aljazeera.com | New Iran Laws Would Reduce Women To 'Baby-Making Machines,' Amnesty ... Huffington Post LONDON, March 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Iranian women will be reduced to "baby-making machines" by draft legislation intended to boost the country's declining birth rate, rights group Amnesty International said in a report published on ... Amnesty decries Iran draft law to boost population Iran birth drive 'turns women into baby-making machines' Iran aims to ban vasectomies and cut access to contraceptives to boost births |
CBS News | Battle for Tikrit: Despite billions in aid, Iraqi army relies on militia, and Iran CNN The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, Gen. Qassim Suleimani, seems to have spent more time in Iraq than Iran since last summer and has been photographed around Tikrit. According to several analysts, it is Suleimani that has been ... Iraq claims first push into ISIS-held Tikrit Iran, Iraq and Islamic State Iraq Praises Iran's Help in Fight Against ISIS |
USA TODAY | Madeleine Albright: Senate Iran letter 'outrageous' USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Former secretary of State Madeleine Albright decried the open letter to Iranian leaders signed by 47 Republican senators as "unprecedented and fairly outrageous," weakening the U.S. negotiating position and imperiling ongoing nuclear ... |
The Atlantic | Iran's Jewish community in Esfahan: We 'feel at home' CNN The main synagogue is on Palestine Square, right in the heart of Iran's third largest city. There are public prayers several times a day -- sometimes with more than a hundred people in attendance. The Jewish community in Iran does not hide its heritage ... The Iranian Regime on Israel's Right to Exist |