New York Times | As 'Death to America' Chants Lose Power, Iran Retools Propaganda With Rap Videos New York Times TEHRAN — It's a common theme in the state-controlled media in Iran: The armed forces are not to be trifled with; they're tough men doing a tough job, defending a country permanently under threat. Nevertheless, it was a shock to some young Iranians ... Iranian Propaganda Has Pivoted To Video |
New York Times | Hezbollah: Iran's Middle East Agent, Emissary and Hammer New York Times Founded with Iranian guidance in the 1980s as a resistance force against the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, Hezbollah became the prototype for the kind of militias Iran is now backing around the region. Hezbollah has evolved into a virtual arm ... Iran extends reach with fight for land link to Mediterranean WATCH: Iranian drones attacking ISIS targets in Syria |
Los Angeles Times | Most Amusing About Iran Sanctions And Apple Store Apps Forbes There is a rich vein of rather dark comedy underlying this little story abut Apple removing Iranian apps from the Apple Store. The claimed reason is that the sanctions against Iran mean that Apple cannot host nor distribute such apps. But, of course ... Apple removes all Iranian apps from its App Store Apple, citing US sanctions, removes popular apps in Iran Apple removes popular apps in Iran due to US sanctions |
Los Angeles Times | Accused of funding terrorism and being too cozy with Iran, Qatar says it has done no wrong Los Angeles Times The tiny gas-rich nation of Qatar has been ostracized by its regional Arab neighbors, which accuse it of funding terrorism and being too cozy with Iran. In June, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates cut diplomatic and trade ties ... Qatari envoy back on the job in Iran Qatari ambassador back on the job in Iran Defiant Qatar Restores Diplomatic Relations With Iran |
The Jerusalem Post mobile website | Iran in Syria The Jerusalem Post mobile website The nuclear agreement implemented in 2016 between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers – the US, UK, France, China and Russia, plus Germany – has made it more difficult to act against Iran. By negotiating and signing a pact with Iran the signatories ... Iran, operating from Syria, will destroy Europe and North America Netanyahu Seeks Russian-American Guarantees To Counter Iran What Iran-Qatar reset means for Syria |
Fox News | Trump should support an independent Kurdistan and stymie Iran's march to the Mediterranean Fox News Moderate-majority Sunni Muslims, Kurds are the largest ethnic group on the planet without their own country. They live as a majority in one contiguous geographic area yet are divided by the map into Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran, and so have been ... What Comes After Iran-Turkey's Anti-Kurd Détente? |
U.S. News & World Report | Why Iran's New Defense Minister Doesn't Change Much U.S. News & World Report For the first time in more than two decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has a defense minister who is not closely affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). While significant, this appointment does not indicate that Tehran is ... |
New York Times | If Report Says Iran Is Abiding by Nuclear Deal, Will Trump Heed It? New York Times WASHINGTON — Within days, international monitors will send an inspection report on Iran's nuclear facilities to governments around the world, touching off a chain of events that could lead to another clash between President Trump and congressional ... JCPOA allows no inspection of Iran's military sites: Leader's aide Trump puts Iran nuclear deal in jeopardy Iran rejects inspection of military sites under nuclear deal |
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Iranian Dissident, Former Foreign Minister Yazdi Dies At 86 RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Ebrahim Yazdi, the prominent Iranian dissident and former foreign minister who was close to Ayatollah Khomeini, has died following a long illness, the semiofficial ISNA news agency reports. ISNA on August 28 said Yazdi died in the western Turkish city ... |
Iran sentences New Age-style Shiite Islam founder to death The Seattle Times TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An attorney for the founder of a mystical, New Age version of Shiite Islam says an Iranian court has sentenced his client to death. Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei tells The Associated Press that the court sentenced Mohammad Ali Taheri ... |