Netanyahu to address AIPAC amid controversy
Polling has shown Americans disapprove of House Speaker John Boehner’s move to invite Netanyahu without notifying the White House. That, and the timing of the speech so close to the…
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After 7 Months in Jail, U.S. Journalist in Iran Is Allowed to Hire Lawyer
Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post’s Tehran correspondent, who has been imprisoned by the Iranian authorities on undisclosed charges for more than seven months, has been allowed to hire a lawyer…
Kerry Is Pushing for Agreement in Iran Nuclear Talks
WASHINGTON — They have spent long hours alone together. They exchange private emails. Their walk along the Rhone River in Geneva in January so unnerved hard-line lawmakers in Tehran that…
Robert Levinson Fast Facts
Birth place: Flushing, New York Birth name: Robert A. Levinson Father: unknown publicly Mother: unknown publicly Marriage: Christine Levinson (dates unknown publicly) – December 15, 2013 – U.S. Secretary of…
Sanctions Put Academic Freedoms to a Test on a Campus Far From Tehran
AMHERST, Mass. — Word of the new policy spread through Facebook, text messages and emails, leaving consternation and fury in its wake. The state’s flagship campus had announced this month…
Sanctions Put Academic Freedoms to a Test on a Campus Far From Tehran
AMHERST, Mass. — Word of the new policy spread through Facebook, text messages and emails, leaving consternation and fury in its wake. The state’s flagship campus had announced this month…
UMass Amherst lifts ban on Iranian engineering students
UMass Amherst based its decision on a law Congress enacted in 2012. The “Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012,” restricts Iranian citizens from education in United…
Iran Ayatollah Khamenei Sent Obama Secret Letter: WSJ
(Adds White House declines to comment, more details from the report, background) WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded to overtures from U.S. President…
Now’s not time for more Iran sanctions
Some members of the U.S. Congress may be resisting proposed new sanctions on Iran, but their opposition doesn’t seem likely to stop Congress passing legislation on Tehran’s nuclear program by…
Iran’s Leader Accuses West of Distorting Atomic Plans
Portraying himself to be as tough as his domestic critics, President Hassan Rouhani of Iran criticized nuclear-armed powers on Wednesday, singling out the United States and Israel for what he…
Draft Of Arrest Warrant For Argentine President Found At Dead Prosecutor’s Home
Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor whose mysterious death has gripped Argentina, had drafted a warrant for the arrest of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, accusing her of trying to shield Iranian…
Iran’s President calls airstrikes on ISIS ‘theater,’ says broader campaign needed
“It is a common threat for all of us,” he said. “And this requires a unison effort from all of us.” “We need a vast campaign of operations … the…
U.S. and Iranian Lawmakers Look to Take Nuclear Issue Into Their Own Hands
WASHINGTON — When the House of Representatives opens hearings on Tuesday about imposing new sanctions against Iran — a step that President Obama said would undermine nuclear talks with Tehran…
Hills, hairpins, harmonies: On the road in Iranian Kurdistan
“Yavash, yavash,” the small, gray-haired doctor says, leaning across from the passenger seat to put a hand on his friend’s shoulder, imploring him to slow down the black Toyota as…
Argentine Phone Calls Detail Efforts to Shield Iran
BUENOS AIRES — Intercepted conversations between representatives of the Iranian and Argentine governments point to a long pattern of secret negotiations to reach a deal in which Argentina would receive…
The upside of dealing with the ‘enemy’?
“The sanctions are having an effect now,” says Jimmy Robertson, who leads Angus Dundee in Russia, until recently one of the single-malt specialist’s best markets. “Customers are having to negotiate…