Washington Post | House passes bill rebuking 'ransom' payments to Iran Washington Post Thursday's measure is just the latest in a series of steps Republican House leaders have taken to decry the administration's pursuit of the multilateral nuclear deal with Iran their members opposed, as well as the circumstances surrounding its ... Dem Senate Candidate Votes Against Bill Prohibiting 'Ransom Payments' to Iran US Congress denounces 'ransom' payments to Iran in new bill House bans future cash payments to Iran, insists on advanced notice for other claims |
New York Times | Politics|$12 Million Iranian Embassy Is Empty, but the US Cuts the Grass New York Times WASHINGTON — The $12 million compound, once a playground for the Iranian ambassador and guests like Elizabeth Taylor, Andy Warhol and Richard M. Nixon, now sits empty on Washington's Embassy Row. The five-story Upper East Side townhouse that ... |
Washington Post | A year after the nuclear deal, Iranian optimism turns sour Washington Post NEW YORK — A year ago, Iran seemed on the verge of a new relationship with the United States and the world. In his address to the United Nations last fall, President Hassan Rouhani said the nuclear deal just signed, lifting sanctions and setting ... As Iran's President Touts Openness, Britons Appeal For Release Of Prisoners Remarkably unremarkable: Rouhani's UN visit sign of new US-Iran normal? Iranian Leader Lashes Out at Saudi Arabia in UN Speech |
Fox News | Kurdish separatists say their campaign in Iran will go on Fox News KOYA, Iraq – The main Kurdish insurgent group in Iran will keep up its guerrilla campaign against security forces "to protect and defend" Kurds living there, its deputy leader said, calling the fight necessary after the Islamic Republic's nuclear deal ... |
Fortune | US Lawmakers Have 'Grave Concern' Over Boeing, Airbus Iran Licenses Fortune Senior Republican U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers made clear on Friday they will keep campaigning against Boeing and Airbus jetliner sales to Iran, despite the Treasury Department's announcement that it had begun issuing licenses for the ... Republicans Have Security Concerns Over Iran Aircraft Licenses U.S. lawmakers oppose aircraft sales to Iran; Mo. senator says yank Boeing incentives Countries Queuing Up to Do Business With Iran, US 'Wants to Get in That Queue' |
Wall Street Journal (blog) | Iran's 'Resistance Economy' — and Stalled Reform Efforts Wall Street Journal (blog) Iran caught a break in its efforts to court global banks in June, when an international task force that sets standards against money laundering and terrorist financing suspended for one year its call for countries to take “proactive countermeasures” to ... |
CNBC | Saudis offer oil cut for OPEC deal if Iran freezes output: Sources CNBC Saudi Arabia has offered to reduce oil production if rival Iran agrees to cap its own output this year, in a major compromise ahead of talks in Algeria next week, three sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters. The offer, which has yet to be ... OPEC Deal Still Elusive Even After Saudis Offer Oil Cuts to Iran Saudi Arabia backs oil cut tied to freeze by Iran Saudis offer oil cut if Iran freezes output |
RT | Iran says it warned away US spy plane intent on overflight RT Last week Tehran accused the US of provocatively testing Iranian air defenses by flying within a mile of its border. Iran reportedly threatened to shoot down American surveillance aircraft, should they cross into Iranian airspace, with the Pentagon ... Iran says it warned away American U-2 |
Reuters | Yemen president vows at UN to 'extract Yemen from claws of Iran' Reuters A Saudi-led Arab coalition has been fighting Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen since March 2015 in a bid to restore the internationally-backed Hadi to power after rebels took over the capital Sanaa, made gains in other provinces and forced Hadi's ... Hadi vows to defeat Iran's designs in Yemen Iran censures Saudi carnage of civilians in western Yemen Iran Condemns Saudi Airstrike on Yemeni Civilians, Urges Int'l Reaction |
New York Times | With Boeing Deal, Americans Are Coming to Iran New York Times TEHRAN — Long before the first newly purchased Boeing airliner lands at Imam Khomeini International Airport, Iran and the United States will have had to come to terms with a new reality: American citizens will once again be taking up residence in ... US begins unblocking jetliner sales to Iran US Approves Export Of Boeing And Airbus Planes To Iran US grants Airbus, Boeing permission to sell aircraft to Iran |