NBCNews.com | Iran Says it Will Take US to International Court Over SCOTUS Ruling NBCNews.com Iran on Tuesday summoned the Swiss ambassador, who handles U.S. interests in Tehran, to condemn a Supreme Court ruling that almost $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be turned over to U.S. families of those killed in attacks blamed on Tehran. Iran's FM: Holocaust deniers are like KKK Iran Summons Swiss Ambassador Over US Supreme Court Ruling Iran summons Swiss envoy over US court ruling |
Reuters | Iran and Russia move closer but their alliance has limits Reuters Tehran had cause to celebrate: the Kremlin's decision a year ago to press ahead with the stalled sale of the S-300 system was the first clear evidence of a growing partnership between Russia and Iran that has since turned the tide in Syria's civil war ... L. TODD WOOD: Russia to sell electronic warfare systems to Iran |
Scientific American (blog) | Saving Iran's Precious Lake Urmia Scientific American (blog) Many of Iran's once flourishing wetlands have dried dramatically in recent years. Lake Urmia in particular, the sixth largest salt lake in the world and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, is dangerously receding and threatens to vanish entirelly. Spanning an ... |
Financial Times | Cyber warfare: Iran opens a new front Financial Times “Before the [nuclear] deal, cyber was just one option they used for leverage, but now, post deal, it is even more central to their toolkit,” says one senior Middle Eastern intelligence official. “Iran is poised to do something in cyber that will change ... |
The Times of Israel | Iran may have secretly tested ballistic missile tech with 'space launch' The Times of Israel Under the Iran nuclear deal, which was signed last year, ballistic missile tests are not outright forbidden, but they are “not consistent” with a United Nations Security Council resolution from July 2015, US State Department spokesperson John Kirby said. Russian deliveries of S-300s to Iran 'ahead of schedule,' arms export official says Russia supplying S-300 missiles to Iran ahead of schedule Russia Supplying S-300 to Iran Ahead of Schedule, May Ink New Arms Deals |
Minneapolis Star Tribune | Reporter jailed in Iran to spend year as Harvard fellow Minneapolis Star Tribune The Washington Post reporter who was detained for more than 18 months in Iran after being accused of espionage will spend the coming year at Harvard University as a Nieman journalism fellow. The Boston Globe reports (http://bit.ly/1SIKPWV ) Jason ... |
Washington Free Beacon | Obama Admin Misleading Congress on Cash Release to Iran Washington Free Beacon The Obama administration faces accusations it has been misleading Congress about the amount and destination of sanctions relief being provided to Iran as part of last summer's nuclear agreement, according to lawmakers and congressional sources who ... Iran Threatens Lawsuit in Hague Court Over US Ruling on $2 Billion Iran's Javad Zarif on the Fraying Nuclear Deal, US Relations, and Holocaust Cartoons Obama Uses Tax-Payer Dollars To Help Iran Violate Nuclear Agreement |
New York Times | In Effort to Defeat ISIS, US and Iran Impede One Another New York Times A growing number of critics are warning that American-backed military victories need to be backed up with political reconciliation between Sunni and Shiite Arabs, something Iran is working against, and with determined efforts to rebuild cities so that ... |
Houston Chronicle | Iran and EU agree to work toward natural gas deal Houston Chronicle The EU's desire to tap into Iran's energy reserves is a key reason why President Barack Obama says the deal reached last year to limit Iran's nuclear program was the best he could get. Finding a new source of energy became a priority after Russian ... Senator seeks to block Obama from buying Iran's nuclear material Heritage Foundation Expert: Obama Gave Iran Better Nuke Deal Than US Allies Got Iran Nuclear Deal at Risk |
Al-Monitor | Outgoing Iran parliament moves to radically cut cash handouts Al-Monitor TEHRAN, Iran — One-third of Iran's population will no longer receive monthly cash payments from the government. This decision was made by the outgoing parliament, based on a proposal from Ahmad Tavakoli, a conservative lawmaker from Tehran who ... Iran Unleashes the Morality Police Report: Rouhani Requests Removal Of 'Death To Israel' From Iranian Missiles |