Global IssuesNews headlines for “Iran”, page 26
POLITICS: West Treats Iran's Nuclear Offer with Caution
- Inter Press Service
The declaration by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that his country is ready to exchange low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel has been met with a mostly cautious reaction by Western leaders.
US-IRAN: Ahmadinejad's Offer for Prisoner Swap Angers Families
- Inter Press Service
Six months after Iranian authorities arrested three U.S. citizens who mistakenly crossed the unmarked border between Iran and Iraq, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that Iran could be willing to exchange them for Iranians imprisoned in the United States.
POLITICS: Iran and U.S. Moving in Circles?
- Inter Press Service
The recent expansion of U.S. missile defence systems in the Persian Gulf just days after President Barack Obama warned Iran of 'growing consequences' if it did not accept the West's conditions over its nuclear programme signals a possible change of approach by Washington even as uncertainty still prevails how it will deal with Iran eventually.
U.S.: Obama Losing Control of Iran Policy
- Inter Press Service
In a surprisingly swift move on Thursday night that could have wide-ranging implications, the U.S. Senate passed a bill containing broad unilateral sanctions to punish foreign companies that export gasoline to Iran or help expand its domestic refinery capabilities.
US-IRAN: Sanctions, 'Regime Change' Take Centre Stage
- Inter Press Service
With the Senate set to take up major sanctions legislation against Iran by mid-February, neo-conservative and other hawks are calling on the administration of President Barack Obama to pursue a more aggressive course of 'regime change' in Tehran.
IRAN: Is a Ceasefire in the Making?
- Inter Press Service
As Iran nervously awaits the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution on Feb. 11 - the day that has traditionally drawn the largest public demonstrations - a subtle change in public discourse can be detected.
MIDEAST: Turkey Going Its Own Way
- Inter Press Service
The recent diplomatic crisis between Turkey and Israel has raised questions about the future of relations between the two closest allies of the United States in the region and the direction of the markedly independent foreign policy agenda that Turkey has pursued in recent years.
POLITICS: Iran Uses Fear of Covert Nuclear Sites to Deter Attack
- Inter Press Service
The New York Times reported Tuesday that Iran had 'quietly hidden an increasingly large part of its atomic complex' in a vast network of tunnels and bunkers buried in mountainsides.
Q&A: Attack on Karrubi Was a 'Coordinated Effort'
- Inter Press Service
Hussein Karrubi, the son of Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karrubi, whose car was struck by two bullets on Thursday in Qazvin, a city near Tehran, tells IPS the Islamic Republic is trying to silence and intimidate his father.
IRAN: New Revelations Tear Holes in Nuclear Trigger Story
- Inter Press Service
New revelations about two documents leaked to The Times of London to show that Iran is working on a 'nuclear trigger' mechanism have further undermined the credibility of the document the newspaper had presented as evidence of a continuing Iranian nuclear weapons programme.
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