Politico | U.S. may name 'czar' for Iran nuclear deal Politico The Obama administration is considering appointing a “czar”-like official to oversee the enforcement of a nuclear deal with Iran, one of several options it is weighing to ensure the still-unfinished accord doesn't unravel, according to sources familiar ... Obama Offers Further Concessions to Keep Iran Nuclear Deal Alive US Could Lift Sanctions Before Iran Accounting John Kerry's ludicrous statements on Iran and Syria |
Daily Beast | Iran and the Afghan Taliban Teaming Up Against ISIS Daily Beast The lumping together of supposedly heretical Iran and the Great Satan United States as one common enemy is typical of ISIS followers, whose takfiri version of Islam depends on vilifying and marking for death all who do not follow their own extremely ... |
Daily Beast | The Fight in Iran About Women in the Stands Daily Beast There's a very big game in Tehran on Friday: Iran versus the United States of America in the 2015 World League volleyball competition that eventually will determine the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball's world champion. Even though it'll be men ... |
Yahoo News | As Iran deal takes shape, Israel plays up regional common ground Yahoo News JERUSALEM (Reuters) - With a deal on Iran's nuclear program drawing near, Israel is beginning to look at what comes afterwards and how best to position itself for the longer term. Publicly, Israeli officials have not given up trying to influence what ... Don't compare Israel to Iran Questions must be asked over Iran nuclear deal, say MPs Iran 'Alarmed by Hatred' - Elsewhere |
The Guardian (blog) | What we talk about when we talk about Iran The Guardian (blog) It is hard to do justice to Iran. So much is left unsaid amid arcane disputes about the number of centrifuges spinning in a fortified bunker, or an assumed threat that may or may not one day endanger others. It is a country too often misunderstood and ... |
Wall Street Journal | Executives Welcome Potential Customer Iran to Paris Air Show Wall Street Journal LE BOURGET, France—At the year's biggest aviation trade fair this week, executives welcomed a potential new, big customer: Iran. Western governments and Tehran are approaching an end-of-month deadline for sealing an agreement over Iran's nuclear ... |
euronews | Iran buries 175 military divers killed in 1980s Iraq war euronews Almost three decades on, Iran has laid 175 military divers to rest. They were captured during the 1980 to 1988 war with Iraq. Dug up from the Iraqi side of the river border, Tehran's military claims the divers were buried alive. Pictures in Iranian ... Iran, Iraq Leaders Confer on Islamic State Iran's Support Can Eliminate ISIS From Middle East: Iraq Iranians unite in burial of 270 Iran-Iraq War veterans |
Clapper acknowledges omissions on Iran threat in report Fox News “A specific reference to the terrorist threat from Iran and Hezbollah—which was not included in any of the drafts of the testimony—would have been appropriate for the 2015 assessment, but the lack of its inclusion is in no way a change in the IC's ... |
Confronting FGM in Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan The Weekly Standard (blog) Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) exists in the Islamic Republic of Iran even while the redoubt of clerical dictatorship is absent from a recent survey of FGM in 29 countries, published by UNICEF. The UN agency examined states in Africa and ... |
Bloomberg | Netanyahu-Obama Feud Over Iran Liable to Reignite, Ex-Envoy Says Bloomberg The simmering feud between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama is likely to flare up again if the U.S. reaches a nuclear accord with Iran, former Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren said. Oren, who was Netanyahu's envoy to ... US denies Israeli report on Obama inviting Netanyahu to meet Obama Invites Netanyahu for Post-Iran Deal Talks |