New York Times | As Relations Worsen, Iran Says US Sanctions May Violate Nuclear Deal New York Times The United States recertified that Iran is in compliance with the terms of the 2015 international nuclear agreement. But the White House made a statement that could signal the first time that the U.S. itself is not complying with the terms of the deal ... The Iran Trap Trump lets Iran deal live, but signals he may not for long US announces new sanctions targeting Iran |
Washington Post | With US scholar's conviction, power struggle escalates between Iran's president and hard-liners Washington Post ISTANBUL — A high-stakes power struggle between Iran's moderate president and his hard-line opponents in the judiciary appeared to escalate with the arrest of the president's brother and the conviction of an American student for espionage this weekend ... On Iran, Trump Is Obama 2.0 "Unjustly imprisoned": Wife of Princeton researcher held in Iran speaks out US student imprisoned in Iran is scholar, not spy: colleagues |
The Atlantic | Why Iran Broke Its Strict Hijab Rules for the 'Queen of Math' The Atlantic In Iran, women have been required to wear the hijab in public since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iranian women rarely appear without the headscarf in the press. Mirzakhani, who grew up in Tehran but attended graduate school at Harvard and became a ... Iran Photoshops a Veil on Its Deceased Math Genius Maryam Mirzakhani |
Los Angeles Times | Certify and punish: US slaps new sanctions on Iran after saying Tehran was complying with nuclear deal Los Angeles Times A day after declaring that Iran was obeying international restrictions on its nuclear program, the Trump administration went in the opposite direction and slapped new sanctions on the Tehran government for separate alleged transgressions. The Treasury ... Trump had undisclosed hour-long meeting with Putin at G-20 summit McConnell Abandons Obamacare Replacement Bill |
CNN | Iran state media accuses Saudis of planting false news story CNN A tweet was posted on the account of state-run Alalam news agency on Sunday in Arabic, claiming that Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani had asked Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to establish an Iranian military base in Qatar. The tweet ... UAE orchestrated hacking of Qatari government sites, sparking regional upheaval, according to US intelligence officials |
New York Times | Republican Party, Iran, Kermit the Frog: Your Tuesday Briefing New York Times President Trump agreed on Monday to certify again that Iran was complying with an international nuclear agreement that he has strongly criticized as a bad deal. The president also defended his son's meeting last year with a Russian lawyer who promised ... |
Washington Post | Academic Adviser Of US Student Jailed In Iran: 'Everything He Did Was Normal' NPR Iran says it has sentenced an American graduate student to 10 years in prison for spying for U.S. and British intelligence agencies. The Princeton University student was in Iran doing research when he was arrested. Xiyue Wang, 37, is pursuing a Ph.D ... American scholar convicted in Iran known for his 'intellectual curiosity,' professor says Colleagues of Princeton University Scholar Convicted of Spying in Iran Express Shock Iran Sentences Graduate Student Accused of Spying to 10 Years |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Regime Change in Iran Would Be a Disaster for Everyone Foreign Policy (blog) On June 14, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testified before the House Foreign Relations Committee that the Donald Trump administration's Iran policy was still under development and had not yet been submitted to the president. But he conceded that the ... |
Newsweek | US, Russia and Iran Battle to Build Bases in Syria as ISIS Falls Newsweek Three of the leading international powers involved in Syria's war—the U.S., Russia and Iran—are looking to expand and fortify their military presence in the country by building and upgrading foreign bases, with some already in the works. U.S. special ... Iran on the march, Trump's tough talk aside Former Israeli security chief: Israel may have to take military action against Iranian bases in Syria |
Lebanese held in Iran hospitalized after hunger strike ABC News Ziad Zakka, brother of Nizar Zakka who is imprisoned in Iran, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. The family of a U.S. permanent resident who has been held in Iran for nearly two years says ... |