Global IssuesNews headlines for “Iran”, page 7
U.S. Group Urges 'More Credible' Military Threat Against Iran
- Inter Press Service
The administration of President Barack Obama should take steps to make threats of a possible U.S. or Israeli attack against Iran more credible, according to the fourth in a series of studies released here Wednesday by a 13-man 'bipartisan' task force dominated by Iran hawks.
U.S.: Growing Elite Opposition to Military Option Against Iran
- Inter Press Service
Like the imminent prospect of one's hanging, to paraphrase the 18th century British essayist Dr. (Samuel) Johnson, the suddenly looming possibility of war can concentrate the mind wonderfully.
EU-IRAN: New Sanctions Aimed at Averting Wider Conflict
- Inter Press Service
European countries are imposing unprecedented sanctions against Iran in part in hopes of preventing an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear installations that could further destabilise the Middle East and wreak havoc on the global economy.
U.S.: Worries Mount over Blowback of Israeli Attack on Iran
- Inter Press Service
A former senior adviser on the Middle East to the last four U.S. presidents says that 'the negatives far outweigh the positives' of war with Iran and the United States should augment Israel's nuclear weapons delivery systems to dissuade it from attacking the Islamic Republic.
In Signal to Israel and Iran, Obama Delays War Exercise
- Inter Press Service
The postponement of a massive joint U.S.-Israeli military exercise appears to be the culmination of a series of events that has impelled the Barack Obama administration to put more distance between the United States and aggressive Israeli policies toward Iran.
Saudi Arabia and Iran Spar over Oil Embargo
- Inter Press Service
Saudi Arabia will make up for any shortfall in world oil supply caused by sanctions against Iran, the country's oil minister has said, despite warnings from Iran that such a move would provoke unspecified 'consequences'.
Iran's Relations with Latin America Less Than Meets the Eye
- Inter Press Service
Its economy hurting from sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been making a show of bolstering its ties to Latin America, with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this past week making his sixth official visit to the region since taking office in 2005.
Price Hikes, Sliding Currency Rattle Iranian Consumers
- Inter Press Service
Massive uncertainty, severe sanctions on its economy and a diminishing supply of hard currency have sent the Iranian currency, the rial, into a tailspin that appears unlikely to stabilise anytime soon.
Clinton Revives Dubious Charge of 'Covert' Iranian Nuclear Site
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's charge Tuesday that Iran had intended to keep the Fordow site secret until it was revealed by Western intelligence revived a claim the Barack Obama administration made in September 2009.
IRAN: Elections Playbook Starts With Crackdown on Critics
- Inter Press Service
Less than two months before Iran's parliamentary elections, as much of the opposition mounts a boycott of the polls, a new wave of arrests and lengthy prison sentences for political activists and journalists appears to herald a renewed crackdown in the Iranian capital.
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