NPR | With Sanctions Gone, Iran Goes On A Shopping Spree In Europe NPR Less than two weeks after international sanctions were lifted, Iran is already cutting megadeals with Europe. The French automaker Peugeot-Citroen said Thursday it will return to Iran, while Iran appeared poised to buy at least 100 planes from Airbus. Protesters march, France eyes business deals as Iran's Rouhani visits The very silly controversy over Iran and Italy's nude statues, explained France welcomes Iran's president — and his checkbook |
Al-Monitor | Exclusive: Iran's Supreme Leader Personally Set Conditions for Nuclear Deal: Negotiator NBCNews.com Ali Akbar Salehi, the energetic, English-speaking head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, told NBC News in Tehran how the deal unfolded from Iran's perspective, revealing for the first time some of his country's calculations, preconditions and ... Democrats launch Iran deal offensive |
New York Times | Moderates Under Pressure in Iran New York Times Next month's elections in Iran do not bode well for Iranians eager for more political and social freedoms or for the promising new relationship with the West symbolized by the recent deal limiting Iran's nuclear program. Even before any ballots are ... |
People Magazine | U.S. Captive Freed by Iran Recalls 40 Days in Notorious Evin Prison: 'This is a Place of Violence and Agony' People Magazine Trevithick, a researcher who was in Tehran studying Farsi, said he was charged with trying to overthrow the Iranian government and was accused of having access to millions of dollars and weapons caches that had been planted around the country in ... American Freed From Iran Describes 41 Days Of Detention My 41 Days in Iran's Most Notorious Prison Freed American student: 'I would not encourage people to go to Iran' |
New York Times | New Details of Iran Ordeal Emerge From Former Prisoners New York Times Two of the Americans freed by Iran this month in a prisoner deal have provided new detail about their time in captivity, saying they were told by Iranian interrogators that the United States had abandoned them and that they would never leave. One said ... Bay Area man says Iranian captors lied to demoralize him |
New York Times | Iranian Oil Shipper Hopes to Make Up for Lost Time as Sanctions End New York Times Back then, Iran cavalierly dismissed Western sanctions, saying the obstacles that the measures sought to erect were easily evaded. But beginning in 2012, when a new round of comprehensive sanctions took effect, commerce with much of the world was ... Can Iran deliver on promises to ramp up oil production? |
BBC News | Airbus signs $25bn deal to sell 118 planes to Iran BBC News Iran has signed a deal to buy 118 Airbus planes worth $25bn (€22bn; £17.4bn) at list prices in one of the biggest deals signed since Western sanctions against Tehran were lifted. The agreement was signed during a visit by Iranian President Hassan ... Iran selling oil to France and buying 118 Airbus planes Airbus signs Iran deal for 118 planes worth $27 billion France, Iran announce €23 billion Airbus deal |
NavyTimes.com | Experts: Iran's arrest of US sailors broke international law NavyTimes.com Iran's supreme leader is hailing his hard-line paramilitary forces as heroes for their arrest of 10 American sailors at gunpoint, but an emerging consensus of U.S. legal experts believe the provocative act was a dangerous violation of international law ... Lessons on American Strength from Iran and the Sailors |
Washington Free Beacon | Defense Secretary Carter 'very, very angry' about treatment of 10 US sailors in Iran CNN International Washington (CNN) Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday he was "very, very angry" when he saw footage of 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iranian authorities broadcast by Iranian television news. "To see our guys in that situation on Iranian TV ... Iran Violated International Law by Arresting Sailors SecDef Carter Enraged At Iran's Treatment Of US Sailors, Kerry Thankful |
The Globe and Mail (subscription) | Canadian firms look to Iran to offset losses amid planned sanctions lift The Globe and Mail (subscription) Though most Canadian corporations remain hesitant to talk publicly about Iranian opportunities as long as sanctions remain legally in place, lawyers specializing in international trade and investment say their phone lines have been busy with business ... Sheryl Saperia: What to do about Iran? Canada Wants to Make Nice With Iran, But There's One Problem: It Sold All Tehran's Stuff Let's not be naive about Iran |