NCR-Iran.org | Here's one country where hard-liners might not be poised for election success: Iran Los Angeles Times Iran's conservatives have been vocal in their criticism of President Hassan Rouhani, dismissing his outreach to the West as naive and the nuclear deal he championed as an economic failure. But when it comes to challenging the moderate Rouhani for ... Iran: Claims of High Economic Growth by Rouhani's Government, Challenged by Khamenei's Faction |
U.S. News & World Report | Iran Challenges Need to Ship Out Excess Material Under Nuclear Deal U.S. News & World Report The 2015 deal restricts Iran's atomic activities in exchange for the lifting of sanctions against Tehran. One restriction is on its stock of heavy water, a moderator used in a type of reactor that can produce plutonium, like an unfinished one at Arak ... |
Financial Times | Iranian art market branches out Financial Times Iranian artists and dealers are making their presence felt at Art Basel Hong Kong and Art Dubai this year against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting mainly Muslim countries — including Iran. Five Tehran-based galleries ... |
New York Times | Iranian Pilgrims Can Participate in Hajj This Year, Saudi Arabia Says New York Times Saudi Arabia, ruled by a Sunni Muslim monarchy, accuses Iran of weakening Arab states by funding militias. Iran, a revolutionary Shiite state, accuses Saudi Arabia of spreading an intolerant interpretation of Islam that has fed terrorism and endangered ... Iran pilgrims to join this year's hajj: Saudi Arabia Saudi general says Trump admin vows support against Iran Iranian pilgrims 'to attend Hajj again' after Saudi rift |
Common Dreams | UN Praises Iran's "Exemplary" Leadership in Hosting Refugees Common Dreams The United Nations praised Iran's "exemplary" refugee resettlement program this week, saying the country's decades-long effort to house approximately 3 million displaced Afghans was "a story that's not told often enough." Sivanka Dhanapala, head of the ... UN praises Iran's refugee resettlement program, tells US to take note |
Iran's New Crackdown Wall Street Journal (subscription) Iran will hold another Potemkin election in May, and we can already predict the media narrative if one of the so-called hard-liners wins the Iranian Presidency. The blame will lie with the Trump Administration for failing to show sufficient respect for ... |
Breitbart News | As Mosul Fight Inches Closer to Victory, Iraq Fears Iran-US Clash Breitbart News His top commander in U.S. Central Command recently called Iran the top threat to stability in the region and said its provocative behavior in the region – harassing U.S. ships and sponsoring terrorism – has not changed since the nuclear deal's signing ... |
Aljazeera.com | Russia, Israel and Iran braced for the endgame in Syria Aljazeera.com "This is very much about a political solution now ... and that basically means that Syria can no longer be a safe haven for terrorists. We've got to make sure we get Iran and their proxies out. We've got to make sure that, as we move forward, we're ... Has Iran's success in Syria made it an arena for longer-term conflict? Anti-Iran Turkish-Israeli alliance plausible despite multi-faceted regional issues In backing Syria's Assad, Russia looks to outdo Iran |
Bangkok Post | Iran makes first Thai rice buy in 10 years Bangkok Post HAMBURG: Iran purchased about 40,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand in an international tender this week, a deal which traders say shows Iran's purchasing is returning to more normal patterns now that sanctions have been lifted. Thai authorities ... |
Bloomberg | Why Trump Doesn't Have to Do Anything to Stop Iran's Gas Plans ... Bloomberg Iran is on track to out-produce Qatar, the world's biggest LNG exporter, at the vast natural gas deposit they share in the Persian Gulf. Its officials want to gain ... |