New York Times | A Newly Gregarious Iran Gets Down to Business New York Times Iran's president is in Europe this week, shaking hands with leaders, inking billion-dollar business deals and making headlines that would have been hard to imagine just a few months ago. Since international sanctions against Iran were lifted on Jan. 16 ... Iran's President visits Italy: Nude statues covered The bond between the Vatican and Iran is a partnership destined to endure Iranian President tours Europe to sign big trade deals |
NPR | As Sanctions On Iran Are Lifted, Many U.S. Business Restrictions Remain NPR Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is on a goodwill tour through Italy and France this week, trying to drum up investment for his country's sanctions-battered economy. But Iran still faces challenges that make it hard for companies to do business with ... Canada to lift some sanctions on Iran, says Stéphane Dion Canada to lift Tehran sanctions, allow Bombardier to export to Iran Dealing With Iran: The Key Word Is 'Respect' |
New York Times | Iran's Sanctions Lift, and the West Goes to Talk Business New York Times Airbus said Monday it was in talks with Iran toward the sale of dozens of new commercial aircraft — part of a number of international business deals likely to flow toward Iran since it agreed to curtail its nuclear ambitions. Iran Is Back in Business With Sanctions Lifted, Iran's President Heads Straight To Europe Iran, Italy sign up to $18.4bn contracts |
Daily Beast | Irans Mysterious American Prisoner Claimed He Was an FBI Informant. Ooops. Daily Beast In news photos showing the four Americans released from prisons in Iran earlier this month, one man appears only as a silhouette: Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari. There is no known photograph of him, and that name doesn't show up in several public record ... |
CNBC | Why Iran is a problem for the oil market CNBC An Iranian oil tanker, moored at the port of Assaluyeh for more than a year, set sail for South Korea last week, heralding a new period of uncertainty for world crude prices. The global oil market, already suffering a supply glut, has been anticipating ... Saudi Arabia, Shale & Iran: Everything You Need To Know About The Oil Crisis |
Financial Times | Iran poses an economic challenge to Saudi Arabia Financial Times The Middle East remains as mired as ever in sectarian turmoil, with Iran and Saudi Arabia fighting a proxy war in Syria that is escalating into an international security threat. But the reopening of Iran to world markets has lit up the prospect of a ... Iran arrests 100 people over attack on Saudi embassy Iran Arrests Around 100 People Over Saudi Embassy Attack Sabotage: Iran Investigates Foreign Involvement in Saudi Embassy Attack |
The Atlantic | Is Bernie Sanders Really Naive About Iran? The Atlantic In their January 17 debate, Sanders declared that, “What we've got to do is move as aggressively as we can to normalize relations with Iran. … Can I tell you that we should open an embassy in Tehran tomorrow? No, I don't think we should. But I think ... |
TIME | How I Coped After I Was Freed From Prison in Iran TIME 16, I received a phone call from the family of one of the Iranian-American prisoners about to be freed by Iran. “We're so happy this day has finally come,” the caller said, “but how can we help him transition back to his life after prison?” “It depends ... |
Iran Seeks Rapid Reboot for Natural Gas Exports Wall Street Journal TEHRAN—Iran is pushing to find new ways to extract and export its vast natural-gas reserves, including developing facilities to liquefy the commodity and ship it to Europe in two years, now that Western sanctions have lifted, according to a top ... |
CNN International | Why Iran could be your next ski destination CNN International Despite a long season and dependable snow conditions, a recent report states that of the 500,000 people who step into their skis annually in Iran, a mere 1% are from outside the country. Tensions have existed between Iran and the West in recent decades ... |