Latest in Tag: iran Highlight
Latest in Tag: iran
Foreign dignitaries attend Al-Sisi inauguration
Gulf states, Africa well represented at Al-Sisi’s inauguration, Qatari Emir sends congratulations via telegram
Iranian judge summons Facebook CEO for breach of privacy
Internet use is high in Iran, partly because many young Iranians turn to it to bypass an official ban on Western cultural products, and Tehran occasionally filters popular websites such as Twitter and Facebook.
New Kurdish opposition group calls for Iran dialogue
They dubbed it the “Organisation of Free and Democratic Society for East Kurdistan,” abbreviated to KODAR.
Iran’s Zarif says new diplomacy has isolated Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Netanyahu shamelessly makes a scene saying Iran denies the Holocaust, Iran wants to build a nuclear bomb to carry out another Holocaust,” Zarif said.
Pakistan’s Sharif set to visit Iran amid strained ties
Relations between the neighbours hit a low following the kidnapping by Pakistani Sunni extremists of five Iranian border guards from Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province in February.
IAEA to visit Iran nuclear sites next week
As part of a monitoring process agreed with the UN agency
Iran ex-president urges freedom for political prisoners
He was referring to Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, reformists held incommunicado since February 2011
Egypt, Turkey and Iran: Exchanging roles in a tumultuous Middle East
By Fadi Elhusseini After less than a year of exceptional Egyptian-Turkish rapprochement, the events of 30 June 2013 ruptured this relationship. Similarly, when Egyptian and Iranian statesmen began to decrease tensions and a thaw in relations resulted, events returned things to square one. As these scenes, by and large, have been repeating themselves over and …
UN’s Iran rights watchdog slams case of death-row woman
AFP- A UN human rights monitor on Monday urged Tehran to halt the planned execution of an Iranian woman for the alleged murder of a former intelligence official, saying her trial had been deeply flawed. The case of Reyhaneh Jabbari, who claims she acted in self-defence after a sexual assault, raises concerns because of her …
Israel minister warns Kerry over ‘surrender’ to Iran
AFP- Israel’s intelligence minister Monday slammed as unacceptable comments by US Secretary of State John Kerry on negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme which he said indicated a “surrender” to Tehran. “The things Kerry said in the Congress are worrying, they are surprising and they are unacceptable,” Yuval Steinitz, who is also strategic affairs …
Egyptian accused of terrorism charges after returning from Syria
38 year-old Egyptian had been fighting in Syria alongside the Al-Nusra Front
Iran court overturns ex-US Marine’s death sentence
Convicted of espionage, with the penalty being cut to 10 years in jail
Iran says not considering alternative UN pick
AFP- Iran signalled its defiance Saturday over America’s refusal to grant a visa to its chosen UN ambassador, saying it does not plan to pick an alternative envoy. Tehran also said it was examining its legal options over the row, which has undermined a cautious thaw in relations after decades of enmity following the storming …
Iran, world powers seek to intensify nuclear talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tuesday that he has formed a group of legal experts to help in the “complicated, difficult and slow work” of drafting a deal.
Boeing, GE announce acquisition of US licence to sell spare parts to Iran
Reuters – Boeing Co, the world’s biggest airplane maker, and engine maker General Electric Co said on Friday they had received licenses from the US Treasury Department to export certain spare parts for commercial aircraft to Iran under a temporary sanctions relief deal that began in January. GE spokesman Rick Kennedy said the Treasury had …
Iran director screens film to save man on death row
AFP – An Iranian film director is to hold a private screening of his latest movie on Saturday to raise funds to save the life of a 26-year-old on death row. Mostafa Kiaei, director of “Special Line”, said he had learnt by accident of the young man’s case and wanted to help raise the “blood …
Shifting strategies
Obama’s upcoming visit to Riyadh will do little to ease Saudi concerns over the new course of American foreign policy
Israel open to joint missile defence with Jordan, Egypt
Reuters- The two Arab countries that have full peace treaties with the Jewish state share some of its concern regarding the disputed nuclear programme of Iran and the civil war wracking Syria – both states with long-range missile arsenals. Jordan’s Red Sea port of Aqaba is also under threat from short-range rockets fired by Islamist …
Israel to show long-range rockets from ‘Iran arms ship’
The military says it found 40 long-range M-302 rockets aboard the Panamanian-flagged Klos-C it intercepted in the Red Sea last week, as well as 181 122mm mortar shells and approximately 400,000 7.62-calibre rounds.
Spanish FM cuts short Iran trip over Ukraine crisis
Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, who arrived in Tehran on Saturday for a planned four-day visit, is to attend an emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday.
Russia is no ally for the Arabs
Although some Arabs are fantasising about it, a major alliance with Russia is unwise both morally and practically
Iran says expert nuclear talks to be held ‘next week’
Araqchi said the talks would take place on the sidelines of a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors “next week.”
Iran seeks new Russia reactor in exchange for oil
Russian officials had previously neither confirmed nor denied the discussions,but they stressed that such deliveries would not break existing UN sanctions on the Islamic state.
Iran’s Khamenei says nuclear talks will ‘lead nowhere’
Iran agreed to freeze some nuclear activities for six months in exchange for modest sanctions relief and a promise by Western powers not to impose new restrictions on its hard-hit economy.
Death of a poet in Iran
By Dr Cesar Chelala “I have tried to defend the legitimate right that every people in this world should have, which is the right to live freely with full civil rights. With all these miseries and tragedies, I have never used a weapon to fight these atrocious crimes except the pen,” wrote Hashem Shaabani, a young …
UN refugee chief to visit Iran for talks about Afghans
Some five million Afghans driven by war, oppression and poverty have crossed the border into Iran and Pakistan in the past three decades, seeking better lives and jobs.
Iran warns ready for ‘decisive’ battle with US, Israel
AFP – Armed forces chief of staff General Hassan Firouzabadi has warned the Islamic republic’s arch-foes that Iran is prepared for a “decisive battle” if attacked, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. “We are ready for the decisive battle with America and the Zionist regime [Israel],” Fars quoted Firouzabadi as saying. He also warned neighbouring …
Iran says ‘seven practical steps’ agreed with IAEA
The deal required Tehran to take six practical steps that included visits to the unfinished site of a so-called heavy water research reactor in Arak and a uranium mine in the south.
Iran to unveil revised oil, gas contract model soon
Reuters – Iran said on Friday it would soon unveil a more attractive model of contract aimed at persuading international energy companies to invest in its huge though underdeveloped, oil and gas reserves. Ali Majedi, deputy oil minister in charge of international affairs, told his ministry’s Shana news agency that the government would soon complete …
Obama to face blunt talk in Saudi Arabia
The White House waited until Monday to confirm that Obama would indeed add an unexpected stop in Saudi Arabia onto a previously announced tour of the Netherlands, Brussels and Vatican City in March.