Bloomberg | Turkish Leader Restarted Iran Laundering Scheme, Witness Says Bloomberg Zarrab testified last week that in an earlier phase of the laundering operation for Iran, Erdogan gave his blessing and ordered that two other Turkish banks be cut in on the action. In court filings, federal prosecutors have cited wiretapped phone ... Reza Zarrab Recounts Death Threat to Iran Sanctions Jury - The ... Star witness in Iran sanctions case sexually assaulted his cellmate: suit Gold trader says he made 'maybe $150 million' from plot to beat Iran sanctions |
The Guardian | UK hopes to end long legal dispute with Iran over 1976 arms deal The Guardian The UK hopes to finally end a near four-decade legal dispute with the Iranian government over hundreds of Chieftain tanks Tehran bought from the UK in 1976, but never received. The British government admits it owes Iran up to £300m, but the countries ... Britain preparing plan to transfer £400m to Iran as Boris Johnson vows to do everything to bring home Nazanin ... UK Reportedly Preparing To Transfer 400 Million Pounds To Iran Why has Iran imprisoned Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe? |
WIRED | APT 34 Is an Iran-Linked Hacking Group That Probes Critical ... - Wired WIRED A new Iran-linked hacking group called APT 34 has been spotted lurking in the networks of financial, energy, telecom, and chemical companies. Iran-sponsored hackers have targeted Israel, Saudis, Turkey since ... This country's hacking efforts have become too big to ignore |
Financial Times | Boris Johnson set to visit Iran in effort to secure charity worker's release Financial Times UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson is expected to visit Iran this weekend, intensifying a diplomatic drive to secure release of a British-Iranian woman detained for 20 months. Mr Johnson is calling for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker who is ... Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Boris Johnson expected to visit Iran in bid to secure British woman's release Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Johnson to urge Iran to free prisoner - BBC Boris Johnson to travel to Iran in a bid to secure release of British mother held in jail |
Reuters | Lebanon emerges from crisis with Iran on top, but risks remain Reuters But while the crisis has abated, its causes - Hezbollah's growing military influence in the region and Saudi Arabia's determination to counter Iran - seem likely to bring more trouble Lebanon's way sooner or later. Hariri has identified possible Gulf ... Lebanon once fought against French colonialism, now resisting Saudi Arabia, Iran |
Express.co.uk | Where the North Korean Crisis Meets the Iran Nuclear Deal Forbes By virtue of its military might, the United States has the unique ability to quickly -- and credibly -- place its most intractable adversaries under existential threat. Command over the world's most powerful military gives a country options, and the ... North Korea's 'PERVASIVE POLICE STATE' is stopping Trump from striking an Iran style deal |
Mother Jones | Trump's Jerusalem Announcement Is All About Iran Mother Jones Most likely, the recognition of Jerusalem will have none of the promised benefits for negotiations and relatively few of the threatened costs. This is not because Jerusalem does not matter, but rather because there is no real peace process to disrupt ... Iran Says Arabs and Muslims Must Defend Jerusalem as Rockets Target Israel Trump should be improving relations with Iran, not moving Israel's capital to Jerusalem if he wants to achieve peace Iran hard-liners welcome Trump decision on Jerusalem |
PBS NewsHour | Does Iran's deep religious influence in Iraq translate to politics? - PBS PBS NewsHour During the rule of Saddam Hussein, few Iranians dared to make the religious pilgrimage to the holy city of Karbala in Iraq. But the toppling of Saddam has drawn millions of worshippers back, revealing Iran's powerful influence there. In the first of ... |
Forbes | Jerusalem: Giving Away the Store, or Risking Everything to Stop Iran? Forbes Either way, the Middle East is in for a turbulent 2018. Thomas Friedman argues in today's NYT Op Ed, entitled The Art of the Giveaway, President Trump's speech recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital looks to be a direct affront to Middle East peace ... Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu uses Iranian wrestler's actions as example of 'Iran's hostility to Israel' Israeli Prime Minster To Iran: 'Let Them Wrestle' Netanyahu: 'We have to act now against Iran' |
BBC News | Syria war: UN rebukes Russia and Iran over evacuations BBC News The UN's humanitarian co-ordinator for Syria has rebuked Russia and Iran for not doing more to give aid agencies access to a besieged rebel enclave. Jan Egeland told the BBC the failure to persuade the Syrian government, their ally, to allow ... |