Aljazeera.com (blog) | Protests, 2018 budget and public discourse in Iran Aljazeera.com (blog) Tehran - Nearly a month after anti-government demonstrations in Iran made international headlines, there are signs that activists may have had some success. This week, Iran's parliament rejected the initial 2018 budget proposal that would have ... Iranian women take off headscarves to protest veil law Iran: One of the bravest women in the world stands up for freedom -- The West should stand with her Iranian women remove their veils in defiant viral protest |
New York Times | Can Crazy Still Keep the Peace Between Israel and Iran? New York Times Personally, I am not anti-Iranian. I respect that Iran has legitimate security concerns in the Persian Gulf. But I have a couple questions: What the hell is Iran doing over here, helping to snuff out democracy in Lebanon and any hope for power-sharing ... Iran rejects Benjamin Netanyahu's warning to leave Syria |
Wall Street Journal | Iran Sentences American Art Dealer and Wife to Prison New York Times DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has sentenced an Iranian-American art dealer and his wife to prison for being Zoroastrians, a New York-based human rights group said Wednesday. It is the latest case in which Tehran has imprisoned people of Iranian ... Group: Iran sentences American art dealer, wife to prison Iran Imprisons Zoroastrian Iranian-American Art Dealer, Wife Iran Gives Long Prison Sentences to Wealthy Iranian-American And Wife |
New York Post | How Nikki Haley is pushing Europe to get tough on Iran | New York ... New York Post UN Ambassador Nikki Haley took her Security Council colleagues on a field trip in the US capital, complete with a lunch with President Trump. Did the Monday... Iran is threatening stability in the Middle East - Financial Times With Tour and White House Lunch, Trump Presses UN Envoys on Iran Iran hopeful about Europe remaining in nuclear deal |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Here's How the US and EU Can Thwart Iranian Missile Programs Foreign Policy (blog) If Trump is serious about fixing the deal, the transatlantic working group now tasked with forming a common U.S.-EU position must produce nothing less than a commitment to reimpose tough sanctions on Iran should the regime's missile development and ... Haley: Cracking Down On Iran's Missiles Could Keep Trump In Nuclear Deal |
The Jerusalem Post | Fmr. Defense Minister: Iran is most prominent threat to global stability The Jerusalem Post Iran, not ISIS, is the greatest threat to global security, according to former Israeli defense minister Moshe Ya'alon. "ISIS is not the most important threat to the Middle East," said Ya'alon on Tuesday in an with The Jerusalem Post. He claimed that it ... |
USNI News | Iran: Speedboat Harassment Down Because US Behavior Change USNI News An Iranian admiral now says the country's slow-down in sending small patrol boats to harass U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf was spurred by what he describes as a change in U.S. behavior but doesn't address the uptick in Iran's drone flights in the ... US And Iranian Naval Forces Get Friendly In Major Oil Vein Iran cites change in US navy behavior in Gulf, US denies |
Haaretz | For Once, Netanyahu Is Rooting for Iranian President Rohani Haaretz Over the last few days, Israel has been running a concerted campaign against Iran's alleged plan to manufacture and upgrade missiles on Lebanese soil. It began on Sunday with a highly irregular article, written by IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis ... PM to Putin: We will stop Iranian entrenchment in Lebanon, Syria Israel PM visits Russia for talks on Iran's actions in Syria Benjamin Netanyahu threatens Lebanon, Iran: 'We will act' |
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Iran Execution 'Exceptionally Cruel,' Amnesty Says RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty “By carrying out this unlawful execution, Iran is effectively declaring that it wishes to maintain the country's shameful status as one of the world's leading executers of those who were children at the time of their crime,” said Magdalena Mughrabi ... Iran: Authorities execute man in exceptionally cruel circumstances |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Iran Is Losing Its Jihad on Tobacco Foreign Policy (blog) The man immediately put out the cigarette, Moin Shirazi said, and promised to stop smoking. Nothing like an upbraiding from an ayatollah to make an Iranian reconsider his life choices. More than a decade ago, Iran passed one of the world's most ... |