US Conferred With Iran Before Iraq Invasion, Book Says New York Times WASHINGTON — Senior American officials held confidential talks with Iran about Iraq's future in advance of the United States-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, and secured a promise that the Iranian military would not fire at United States ... |
New York Times | Iran Sentences Billionaire Businessman To Death For Corruption NPR An Iranian court has sentenced billionaire businessman Babak Zanjani to death on corruption charges, according to Iranian state media. Zanjani is an oil trader who has been blacklisted by the West for years on charges that he helped Iran evade oil ... Iran Sentences Billionaire to Death for Corruption Iran sentences billionaire businessman to death Iran has sentenced one of its richest oil tycoons to death for corruption |
POLITICO Magazine | Why the Nuclear Deal Hasn't Softened Iran's Hard-Line Policies POLITICO Magazine Iranians may want to reform and open up economically, but what's become clearer since the nuclear deal was signed is that culturally and socially almost nothing has changed. Nor are these, or Iran's broader policies, likely to anytime soon. The supreme ... Turkey, Iran seek to 'manage differences' Iran's Rouhani 'very pleased' moderate MPs elected |
Fox News | Family of ex-FBI agent held in Iran express anger, disappointment at rally Fox News CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The family and colleagues of a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran nine years ago while on a CIA mission expressed anger and disappointment at a rally Saturday that he wasn't part of a January prisoner exchange with Tehran ... |
Al-Arabiya | Iran: Ankara, Tehran support Syrian ceasefire Al-Arabiya Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says that both Iran and Turkey support the current Syrian cease-fire and the preservation of Syria's territorial integrity. A Sunday report by the government-owned IRAN daily quotes Rouhani as saying, "There is no ... Rivals Turkey and Iran seek to 'manage differences' Turkish PM: Iran a 'hidden treasure' Resurgent Iran is the last great emerging market |
Channel News Asia | ZTE facing US export restrictions after US kit sales to Iran: Report ZDNet The sale of equipment to Iran looks set to land ZTE in hot water, with Reuters reporting that the Chinese telecommunications hardware maker will this week have to face export restrictions on US products from the United States Department of Commerce. US Commerce Department to place restrictions on China's ZTE |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Report: Israeli intel prompts Russia to freeze missile delivery to Iran Jerusalem Post Israel News Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended the transfer of S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran in light of Tehran's violation of an earlier pledge not to provide sophisticated Russian-made weaponry to the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah ... Report: Russia freezes delivery of S-300 missile defense to Iran Report: Putin freezes S-300 missile transfer to Iran Report: Israeli Intel Delays Russian Missiles to Iran |
Bloomberg | U.S. Investors Miss Iran Deals Worth Billions, Greylock Says Bloomberg “It seems like the U.S. might miss this opportunity because the Europeans are going to move regardless,” Hans Humes, Greylock's chief executive officer and chairman who traveled to Iran in June, said in an interview in Mexico City. “It almost doesn't ... Iran says European banks reluctant to resume transactions New alarm US investors miss Iran deals EU banks, businesses 'still avoiding Iran' |
Iran Foreign Minister to visit New Zealand New Zealand Herald Dr Zarif will visit New Zealand as well as Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, and Australia on an 11-day trip with a political delegation. Photo / Supplied. Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will visit New Zealand next week as part of a ... |
Bloomberg | Iranian Oil Lands in Europe for First Time Since Sanctions Ended Bloomberg On Sunday, the tanker became the first to deliver Iranian crude into Europe since mid-2012, when Brussels imposed an oil embargo in an attempt to force the Middle Eastern nation to negotiate the end of its nuclear program. The ban was lifted in January ... |