Los Angeles Times | Iran upholds 16-year sentence for anti-death penalty campaigner Narges Mohammadi Los Angeles Times An Iranian appeals court on Wednesday upheld a 16-year prison sentence for a prominent Iranian human rights advocate. Narges Mohammadi had been sentenced in May on charges of violating national security and acting against the Islamic regime through ... Asia Pacific|Iranian Women's Rights Activist Is Given 16-Year Sentence Iran: Shameful 16-year-sentence for Narges Mohammadi a devastating blow to human rights |
New York Times | Disarming Iran: A Story of Cybersabotage and Sanctions New York Times Three years ago, after a decade of failed talks and costly international sanctions, the effort to prevent Iran from expanding its nuclear program finally took the form of a diplomatic process. The resulting July 2015 comprehensive nuclear accord had ... |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Iran has missiles that can hit Israel, Revolutionary Guards official ... Jerusalem Post Israel News A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Tuesday that Iran is in possession of missiles that can hit Israel. Iran's Press TV quoted Commander of ... |
CNBC | Hopes For Output Freeze Dwindle As Iran Refuses Saudi Offer To Cap Production OilPrice.com Unless a miracle happens, there is zero chance of OPEC and Russia agreeing an oil output freeze in Algiers, after Iran refused to take Saudi Arabia up on its offer of cutting current output if Tehran agreed to cap its own. Iran's Oil Minister Bijan ... Saudi Arabia-Iran tensions ignite OPEC worries OPEC agrees modest oil output curbs in first deal since 2008 OPEC deal appears to sink on Saudi-Iran split |
Los Angeles Times | As drought grips Iran, farmers lament loss of a way of life Los Angeles Times Iran's worsening water crisis has spread desperation across this parched farm belt. Families watch sons leave the villages to hunt for scarce work in the cities. Crops are abandoned. The elderly and infirm forego medical care because they barely have ... |
Foreign Policy (blog) | The US Is Helping Iran Fund Chaos in the Middle East Foreign Policy (blog) In theory, the Iran nuclear deal wasn't supposed to fuel Iran's imperialism and its ardent anti-Semitism. And yet President Barack Obama appears to have done exactly what he and Secretary of State John Kerry promised not to do: They are directly ... |
U.S. News & World Report | Iran Has Set a Snare to Further Tilt the Nuclear Deal in Its Favor U.S. News & World Report Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly last week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani charged that the West was flouting its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal. Despite the opening of "more than 300 new bank accounts ... Iran atomic chief sees no threat to nuclear deal if Trump becomes US pre... Iran warns enduring sanctions threatening nuclear deal Iran atomic chief: Trump presidency wouldn't endanger nuclear deal |
The Guardian (blog) | Ahmadinejad blocked from running in Iran presidential elections The Guardian (blog) The Guardian Council, a body of jurists and clerics who are close to Khamenei, vets all candidates before any elections in Iran, in a process that has been the subject of much controversy. There has been a heated debate over whether the Guardian ... Iran's likely next supreme leader is no friend of the West |
CBC.ca | Friends prepare for return of Concordia Prof. Homa Hoodfar detained in Iran CBC.ca Friends of the retired Concordia University professor who had been detained in Tehran's infamous Evin prison since June are preparing for her arrival Thursday in Montreal. But there are no plans just yet for a big party for Homa Hoodfar. "Everybody is ... Canadian-Iranian prof Homa Hoodfar to return to Montreal on Thursday Oman facilitates release of professor in Iran Freed Canadian-Iranian professor Homa Hoodfar returns to Montreal Thursday |
Sputnik International | Aust minister mistakes Syria car in Iran NEWS.com.au Mr Ciobo, on a two-day visit leading a business delegation to Iran, was about to head to the reopening of the government's Austrade office a few kilometres away from his hotel on Wednesday. He stepped into a black chauffeured car waiting outside only ... Iran trade mission worthwhile: minister Australia, Iran Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Trade Blackmores Limited moves into Iran: Are the shares a buy? |