CBS News | Iran rejects detained British-Iranian woman's final appeal, family says CBS News Iranian news agencies have said Zaghari-Ratcliffe was convicted of plotting the “soft toppling” of Iran's government. Her family says Iran's paramilitary Revolution Guard tried to get her to confess on camera she trained and recruited spies, something ... British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran loses legal appeal British woman jailed in Iran loses final appeal Brit mum imprisoned in Iran for 'secret plot' loses final appeal to overturn five-year jail-term |
New York Post | Guess what else Obama gave away in the Iran deal? New York Post More, the administration also dropped charges against 14 fugitives involved in smuggling sophisticated weapons to Iran and its terrorist subsidiaries. That move ended the international arrest warrants against the 14 — and Obama & Co. had been ... Asking for Trouble on Iran A new report reveals Obama misled the public about a quiet giveaway to Iran Obama's hidden Iran deal giveaway |
Chicago Tribune | Give North Korea the Iran treatment Chicago Tribune In dealing with North Korea, the Trump administration should look to Iran. Specifically, it should take a page out of the Obama administration's Iran sanctions playbook and apply against North Korea the tool used successfully to bring Iran to the ... |
Aljazeera.com | Iran's election: It's not about moderates or hardliners Aljazeera.com The upcoming presidential election in May 2017 will determine not only Iran's policies in the short term but also the future direction of the Islamic Republic. Based on the result of this election, Iran can move towards either a more theocratic ... Iran's supreme leader moulds a successor in his image Iran: Who are the presidential candidates? Do not be fooled again: Iran hard-liners vs moderates |
Politico | Iran rescue mission ends in debacle, April 24, 1980 Politico On this day in 1980, an ill-fated military operation aimed at rescuing American hostages being held in Tehran ended with eight U.S. servicemen dead and no hostages rescued. With the Iran hostage crisis stretching into its sixth month and diplomatic ... |
National Review | ISIS Is Not a Counterweight to Iran National Review Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, Iran, Hezbollah, and the various Shia militias in Iraq that make up the Hashd al-Shaabi are riding a wave of victories. Never before have Iran's proxies, extremist militias, had such legitimacy and power in ... Expert: Lebanese Gov't Exists Because Iran's Proxy Hezbollah Permits It |
Washington Post | The facile claim that Obama's Iran negotiator was 'the architect of the North Korean nuclear deal' Washington Post The irony, for some Republicans, appears to be too delicious: The same diplomat who negotiated the ill-fated nuclear deal with North Korea under President Bill Clinton was also the chief negotiator for the nuclear deal with Iran under President Barack ... |
Washington Free Beacon | Iran, Russia Boost Military Ties Amid US Action in Syria Washington Free Beacon Iran and Russia are moving closer together in their military alliance, working to boost ties and coordination in Syria and elsewhere in the region following the U.S. decision to launch a military strike in Syria, according to regional reports and experts. Sources in the Syrian army: 'Russia and Iran are ready to deploy ground forces into Syria' |
Al-Monitor | War of words escalates between Jordan, Iran Al-Monitor After Friday prayers April 14, Jordanians gathered in the northern city of Mafraq burning Iranian flags and pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while demanding the expulsion of Iran's ambassador from the Hashemite Kingdom. |
UN human rights expert condemns “defamatory” Iran report Scoop.co.nz (press release) GENEVA (24 April 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Asma Jahangir, has denounced a report published by the Iranian News Agency (IRNA) alleging that she was planning to ... |