Global IssuesNews headlines for “Iran”, page 16
Iran Steps Up Crackdown on Opposition Leaders
- Inter Press Service
On Monday night, Iranian security agents raided the home of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, separating him from his wife, searching his house and arresting his son, Ali Karroubi, according to the local media outlet Saham News.
As Talks Stall with Iran, U.S. Steps Up Propaganda War
- Inter Press Service
Egypt's revolution appears to have stiffened the spine of the Barack Obama administration when it comes to Iran.
U.S.-IRAN: Unrealistic Agenda Undermined Nuke Talks
- Inter Press Service
No observers of U.S. relations with Iran over the past three decades were surprised when late-January talks in Istanbul failed to hint at, let alone deliver, a breakthrough that would ease tensions between the Islamic Republic and the West.
Behind the Spin, Egypt Gives Tehran Political Heartburn
- Inter Press Service
Judging from official propaganda in both Iran and much of the Arab world, the uprisings that toppled Tunisia's dictatorship and threatens Egypt's authoritarian regime is the direct descendent of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
IRAN: Istanbul Talks Prove to Be a Non-Starter
- Inter Press Service
Prospects for a negotiated solution of the world's nuclear quarrel with Iran are cloudier in the aftermath of talks in Istanbul that ended without even an agreement to meet again.
US-IRAN: Glimmer of Hope on Eve of New Nuclear Talks
- Inter Press Service
While expectations for any major breakthroughs in the latest round of talks between Iran and the major powers are virtually nonexistent, the two-day meeting that begins Friday in Istanbul could help ease growing tensions over Iran's nuclear programme.
Q&A: A Portrait of Iran's Shah, in Shades of Grey
- Inter Press Service
In 'The Shah', a prominent Iranian author and scholar at Stanford University in the United States offers new insights into Iran's modern history, including the 1953 coup, the revolution a quarter century later, and the current repressive political situation.
Sanctions Forced Iran to Slash Bloated Energy Subsidies
- Inter Press Service
Touring Iran's Arab rivals this week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sounded almost triumphant as she asserted that economic sanctions have helped slow Tehran's nuclear progress.
US-LATAM: Disappointment May Yield to Distrust
- Inter Press Service
While U.S. officials took strong exception to outgoing Brazilian President Inacio Lula da Silva's recent complaint that 'nothing has changed' in Washington's relations with Latin America two years into the Barack Obama administration, many independent U.S. analysts ruefully nodded their heads.
Obama Scores Win with New START Ratification
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama scored key wins Wednesday in both foreign policy and domestic politics Wednesday as more than the required two-thirds of the Senate - including 13 Republicans who defied their party's leadership - voted to ratify the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia.
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