Source: Dawn.Com DUBAI: Iran has suspended flights to Saudi Arabia for the year-round Umrah pilgrimage over allegations that Saudi security officers sexually assaulted two Iranian boys, Culture Minister Ali Jannati said on Monday. The move is likely to deepen tensions between the two regional powers, who are at odds over […]
Saudi-Israeli Anti-Iran Nexus By Pervez Hoodbhoy April 4th, 2015 A WAR-TORN world heaved a sigh of relief on Thursday night after success was declared at the Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland. Months of tortuous negotiations have ended for now, while a fuller agreement is to be finalised by the […]
Fareed Zakaria| The Daily Star When making up their minds about the nuclear deal with Iran, people are properly focused on its details. But to figure out whether an agreement that limits and inspects Iran’s nuclear program is acceptable, one has to consider seriously the alternatives to it – and […]
The Persian Paradox: Iran Is Much More Modern Than You Think An Essay by Erich Follath DPA People in the West tend to have a monolithic view of Iran. But there’s a lot more to the country than the mullah-led theocracy, and it often gets ignored. And national pride is alive […]
Iran nuclear deal: A powerful Tehran turned into America’s policeman in the Gulf? It could happen This week’s Lausanne deal could trigger a political earthquake by Robert Fisk, The Independent Iran was reborn as a major Middle East nation when it agreed to limit its nuclear ambitions. Despite the “ifs” […]
(CNN) Iran’s President on Friday hailed the proposed international deal on his country’s nuclear program, vowing that Iran will stick to its promises and — assuming other countries live up […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. … Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:7-9) Source: BBC An outline […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. … Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:7-9) Source: BBC An outline […]
Geopolitical Diary APRIL 1, 2015 | The Obama administration has slipped past self-imposed deadlines and minced words over red lines before. Although certainly an embarrassment for the White House, another missed deadline in the seemingly never-ending Iran nuclear negotiations — which stretched beyond the latest deadline of March 31 — […]
Source: Stratfor: The Obama administration has slipped past self-imposed deadlines and minced words over red lines before. Although certainly an embarrassment for the White House, another missed deadline in the seemingly never-ending Iran nuclear negotiations — which stretched beyond the latest deadline of March 31 — may not matter much […]
Iran: Proposed Laws Reduce Women to ‘Baby Making Machines’ 31 March, 2015 Women in Iran could face significant restrictions on their use of contraceptives and be further excluded from the labour market unless they have had a child, if two proposed laws are approved, says a new report by Amnesty […]
By Elise Labott and Jethro Mullen, CNN Updated 5:50 AM ET, Wed April 1, 2015 Lausanne, Switzerland (CNN) International talks to reach a preliminary agreement on Iran’s nuclear program have run […]
By Elise Labott and Jethro Mullen, CNN Updated 5:50 AM ET, Wed April 1, 2015 Lausanne, Switzerland (CNN) International talks to reach a preliminary agreement on Iran’s nuclear program have run […]
Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:29PM Hamid Baeidinejad (L), an Iranian nuclear negotiator, speaks with press about negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program outside the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 31, 2015. © AFP A senior member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team says Tehran and the P5+1 group […]
Source:CNN Lausanne, Switzerland (CNN)Nuclear talks reached a critical point Saturday as the ministers of France and Germany arrived to push a framework agreement with Iran ahead of Tuesday’s deadline. The talks hit a snag as the negotiations entered their third day, with Iran standing firm on several sticking points that […]
| By Nasser Karimi ALLAHYAR, Iran (AP) – Here in this Persian replica of Mecca, built at the cost of millions of dollars, an Iranian film company is attempting to […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
Continue reading the main story in BBC Rouhani’s Iran Are Iran nuclear talks heading for deal? Talks lifeline Can diplomacy succeed? Clock ticking Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says progress made […]
Washington (CNN) Congress is giving President Barack Obama some breathing room on nuclear talks with Iran, while Obama is appealing directly to Iranians to support a deal facing a deadline at […]