New York Times | US Sees a Vital Iraqi Toll Road, but Iran Sees a Threat New York Times This being Iraq, though, the project has quickly been caught up in geopolitics, sectarianism and tensions between the United States and Iran, which seems determined to sabotage the highway project as an unacceptable projection of American influence ... |
The Guardian | Ignore Trump, Iran has something to celebrate The Guardian As President Donald Trump rocked from foot to foot at the edge of a sedate, highly choreographed sword ceremony in Riyadh last week, 800 miles away, thousands of young people were streaming into the streets of Tehran for a wild, spontaneous dance of ... Iran's Khamenei says Saudis will fall, Rouhani calls for better ties Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei lashes out against Saudi Arabia for strengthening US ties Iran's Supreme Leader: Saudi Arabia 'cow milked' by US |
TIME | Iran's Supreme Leader Says Saudi Arabia Is a 'Cow Being Milked' by US TIME (TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran's Supreme Leader has said that Saudi Arabia is a "cow being milked" by the United States. A Saturday report by the semi-official Fars news agency quotes Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying that Saudi Arabia trades its ... |
The Guardian | The guidebooks and selfie-sticks arrive as Rouhani's Iran declares itself open to all The Guardian Standing in the blue-tiled shadows of one of Iran's greatest mosques, armed with a dish of sesame caramel snacks, Mohammed Reza Zamani is a cleric on a mission to repair the country's image in the west, one tourist at a time. “Free Friendly Talks” a ... |
Washington Examiner | Fixing Trump's Iran problem Washington Examiner President Trump has an Iran problem. He has inherited a nuclear deal that he opposes but that he cannot change. The financial and economic sanctions that forced Iran to negotiate are largely gone and ending the agreement would remove controls over ... Iran sanctions bill likely to become law, testing nuke deal Senate committee approves added sanctions for Iran Rejecting Kerry's Appeals, Senate Committee Passes New Iran Sanctions Bill With Strong Dem Support |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Boeing's Iran Deal Puts Trump in Tough Spot | Foreign Policy Foreign Policy (blog) Boeing's Iran Deal Puts Trump in Tough Spot « | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas. |
Reuters | Iranian film "A Man of Integrity" wins 'Certain Regard' competition at Cannes Reuters CANNES, France A movie by an Iranian who was arrested for his work in Iran won the "Un Certain Regard" competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, bolstering the country's filmmakers' reputation for defying the censors to make high-quality films. Rebellious Iranian filmmaker wins major prize at Cannes Dissident Iranian director wins top Cannes prize |
Voice of America | Iran Continues Expelling Undocumented Afghan Refugees Voice of America The International Organization for Migration, or IOM, says around 130,000 undocumented Afghan refugees have left Iran since the beginning of 2017. Iran's government is forcing many refugees without a visa to return to Afghanistan. Others have not been ... |
Economic Times | Pakistan says Iranian mortar attack kills civilian Reuters Iran said that, in that incident, Jaish al Adl, a Sunni militant group, had opened fire from inside Pakistan. Earlier this month the head of the Iranian armed forces warned Islamabad that Tehran would hit bases inside Pakistan if the government did not ... Iranian mortar fire kills Pakistan man in Balochistan Man killed from Iranian mortar fire in Balochistan Iranian mortar shell kills 1 in Pakistan |
Breitbart News | Flashback – Reports: Obama Campaign Opened Back Channel to Iran Breitbart News In August 2014, Michael Ledeen, a former consultant to the National Security Council and U.S. Defense Department, penned a column at PJ Media stating Obama opened a back-channel to Iran during the 2008 presidential campaign. Ledeen said the back ... |