The New Yorker | Iran's Javad Zarif on the Fraying Nuclear Deal, US Relations, and Holocaust Cartoons The New Yorker Three months after Iran dismantled large parts of its nuclear program, in compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—the international nuclear deal—the country's Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, declared last week in New York that ... Middle East|Iran Threatens Lawsuit in Hague Court Over US Ruling on $2 Billion Iran threatens US with ICJ over payment to families of terror victims 5 Lessons from Getting Iran to the Table |
The Guardian | Iran jails French-Iranian woman who came back to visit sick mother The Guardian A French-Iranian citizen who left Iran in 2009 after facing espionage charges has been sentenced to six years in jail following her return to the country to visit her critically ill mother. Nazak Afshar, 58, a former French embassy employee, was ... Lawyer: Iran to Free Artist, Activist Soon Six year prison sentence for visiting Iran Iran Forces Jailed Artist to Undergo Virginity and Pregnancy Tests [UPDATED] |
CNSNews.com | Heritage Foundation Expert: Obama Gave Iran Better Nuke Deal Than US Allies Got CNSNews.com (CNSNews.com) -- The terms of President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran are “much better” than those granted to some of the United States' own allies, says a national security expert at the Heritage Foundation. “For more than five decades, the U ... Lankford demands answers from Obama Administration on latest Iran Nuclear side deal |
The Guardian (blog) | The tricky triangle of Iran, Russia and Israel The Guardian (blog) Ali Larijani, Iran's parliamentary speaker, has long been an advocate of better relations with Russia and his recent interview with TASS, in which he spoke of Iran's “eastern orientation, first of all towards Russia…[as] the country's strategic choice ... Did Netanyahu miss out on a ''Golan-Iran'' deal? |
Newsweek | Can Iran Ever Become a Good Neighbor? Newsweek RTX1RU7A Iranian soldiers in a parade marking the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2015. The author writes that President Obama has blamed the escalating contest between Riyadh and Tehran for leadership of ... Can Saudi Arabia really 'share the neighborhood' with Iran? Iran News Round Up - April 25, 2016 Iran to continue support for Syria if truce fails: Leader's adviser |
Al-Monitor | Air France propels debate over veil in Iran Al-Monitor After protests by Air France's female flight attendants over having to wear the obligatory veil on Iranian soil, the company announced that it will no longer be mandatory for them to serve on flights to Iran. Meanwhile, this issue has reignited ... |
Al-Monitor | Iran court rules cancer-stricken prisoner must complete term Al-Monitor Iran's judiciary spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei rejected calls for the release of political prisoner Omid Kokabee from prison after he had his right kidney removed. Kokabee, a graduate student in physics at the University of Texas at Austin who ... |
World Affairs (blog) | Iran Unleashes the Morality Police World Affairs (blog) Just at the moment sanctions are being lifted on Iran, and even Saudi Arabia's medieval government is easing up on internal repression, Iran's “morality police” are back in force. This time they're going undercover. 7,000 new officers have been ... 'Morality Police' Formed in Iran Zuma upbeat after Iran visit South Africa and Iran agree to improve trade and political ties |
Huffington Post Canada | Bombardier Launching Airline In Iran? Company Denies Reports Amid 'Advancing Discussions' Huffington Post Canada Iranian media reported over the weekend that the Quebec-based civil transport company had signed a memorandum of understanding to be part of a new startup airline in Iran's Qeshm Free Trade Zone. Bloomberg News reported the airline is only in talks ... Bombardier in Talks About Deal With New Iranian Airline Bombardier (BBD.B) To Set Up New Airline In Iran? Tehran Says Yes, Company Says No Bombardier to set up own airline in Iran |
DNAinfo | Harlem Murals Send Human Rights Message to Iran DNAinfo HARLEM — The streets of Harlem are sending out a human rights message to Iran. Artists from around the world are daubing murals onto 15 walls in the neighborhood, bringing attention to the plight of the Baha'i religious group in Iran which has been ... |