Wall Street Journal | Russia First Foreign Military to Use Iran's Soil Since WWll Huffington Post Nevertheless, Iranian leaders appear to have violated this crucial article. No foreign power has used Iran's soil and territories as a base for military operations since the second World War. But, this week, according to Reuters, Russia revealed that ... Russian Raids on Syria From Iranian Air Base Finished, Tehran Says Iran Revokes Russia's Use of Air Base, Saying Moscow 'Betrayed Trust' Three Reasons Why Russia, Iran and Turkey Should Foster Political, Military Ties |
Albany Times Union | Little precedent for $400M cash to Iran Albany Times Union A $400 million cash delivery to Iran to repay a decades-old arbitration claim may be unprecedented in recent U.S. history, according to legal experts and diplomatic historians, raising further questions about a payment timed to help free four American ... State Department unable to identify a historical precedent for $400 million cash payment to Iran |
U.S. News & World Report | Iran Probes for U.S. Weaknesses in Gulf Encounters U.S. News & World Report Recent days have witnessed repeated incidents in which boats belonging to the navy of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps harassed and – according to the U.S. Navy – acted outright dangerously in close proximity to American ships in the Persian Gulf. Navy patrol ship fires warning shots amid series of confrontations with Iranian vessels First on CNN: US fires warning shots at Iranian vessel after close encounter Tensions Rise Between Iran and US in Persian Gulf |
Business Insider | Iraq is considering selling its oil through Iran Business Insider BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government would consider selling crude through Iran should talks with the autonomous Kurdish region on an oil revenue-sharing agreement fail, a senior oil ministry official in Baghdad told Reuters. Iraq's State Oil Marketing ... |
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press | Real World Economics: Payment to Iran offers a window to history, economics TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press The brouhaha this month over the U.S. payment of $400 million plus interest to our enemy Iran over a long-forgotten defense contract offers lessons both in economics and history. It blew up in the second week in August, exactly 102 years after the ... |
Trend News Agency | Iran detects malware in petrochemical plants, says not linked to recent fi... Reuters "In periodical inspection of petrochemical units, a type of industrial malware was detected and the necessary defensive measures were taken," Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran's civilian defense, was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA. Iran ... Iran foils cyber attack on its petrochemical complex - Trend |
Al-Arabiya | Death penalty failing to deter drug trafficking in Iran: official Reuters DUBAI The death penalty has failed to reduce drug trafficking in Iran, a senior Iranian judiciary official said on Saturday shortly before the scheduled execution of 12 people for narcotics-related offences. His criticism was unusual in a judiciary ... Death penalty failing to deter drug trafficking in Iran |
National Review Online | Iran Ransom Payment -- Obama Stonewalls on Details of $1.7 ... National Review Online Yes, that's the State Department's story on why the Obama administration is stonewalling the American people regarding the president's illegal and increasingly ... Covering up the $1.3 billion payoff to Iran US paid $1.3 billion to Iran two days after cash delivery Krauthammer on Obama administration Iran payment: 'Can they not stop lying about this?' |
The Hill (blog) | The UN should investigate the 1988 massacre in Iran The Hill (blog) In the summer of 1988, thousands of political prisoners in Iran were systematically executed in a matter of a few months. The killings were not only horrific in scale, but remains shrouded in mystery with the regime blocking all attempts to investigate ... |
Yahoo News | Tough new conditions for concerts in Iran capital Yahoo News Tehran (AFP) - The Tehran prosecutor recommended strict new rules on Saturday for concerts in the capital, the latest in a tug of war between moderates and conservatives that has already seen live music banned in Iran's second city Mashhad. Police ... |