Israel Says Won't Allow Iran To Join 'Nuclear Weapons Club'
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his annual United Nations address on Thursday to launch an all-out assault on the historic nuclear deal with Iran,...
View ArticleNetanyahu slams Iran nuclear deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has used his annual United Nations address to launch an all-out assault on the historic nuclear deal with Iran, warning that his country would never let the...
View ArticleNormal ties between Iran and US unlikely despite nuclear deal
UNITED NATIONS: Iran is unlikely to normalize relations with the United States despite a landmark nuclear deal reached with America and other major powers and the first handshake between a US president...
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Dual Messages And Iran’s Security Strategy By Gareth Porter October 01, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - "MEE"- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s address at the UN General Assembly and a talk the...
View ArticleRouhani’s Dual Messages and Iran’s Security Strategy
Rouhani’s UN message has opened the door on engagement with the US but insists that cooperation on resisting IS is the priority in Syria Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s address at the UN General...
View ArticleRouhani's Dual Messages and Iran's Security Strategy
Rouhani's UN message has opened the door on engagement with the US but insists that cooperation on resisting IS is the priority in Syria Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's address at the UN General...
View ArticleWhy Iran Doesn't Trust America -- And What Can Be Done to Change That
During his speech before the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Barack Obama accused Iran of using "violent proxies to advance its interests," which he claimed served to "fuel sectarian...
View ArticleIran and U.S. to Intensify Tactical Cooperation
President Hassan Rouhani contradicted Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's remarks about the potential rapprochement between the US and the Islamic republic. Although, Mr. Khamenei continues...
View ArticlePresident Rouhani, It's Time to Make Good on Your Human Rights Promise
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spent five days in New York, culminating his speech during the opening of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, in which he repeatedly stressed the need for...
View ArticleIranian Parliament Votes To Approve Nuclear Deal
11:03 AM ET Laura Wagner Twitter i Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Sept. 28. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption...
View Article6 things that happened at the UN this week that weren’t about Syria
UNITED NATIONS — From afar, the annual United Nations General Assembly might seem excruciatingly boring, with dark-suited world leaders reading hours upon hours of speeches extolling their own nations’...
View ArticleFrom pariah to player – Russia’s big push for relevance
Through the summer of 2015, Vladimir Putin has played a bold and unexpected diplomatic hand, taking Moscow from being frozen out over Ukraine to a power-broker in the Middle East. By turns the Russian...
View ArticlePresident Rouhani: Mideast, Europe security to serve interests of all
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says security in the Middle East and Europe will benefit the entire world, stressing that the Islamic Republic is ready to hold talks with the European Union (EU) to...
View ArticleObama's Mideast Foreign Policy
President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry Question: Why is Obama's Mideast policy like a donut? Answer: Because for all its substances it lacks a center. The Middle East continues to move toward...
View ArticleUnity in Mideast will eliminate terrorism: Rouhani
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani urges a serious and organized fight against terrorism in the Middle East, through fostering unity and solidarity among all regional countries. In a meeting with Lebanese...
View ArticleIsrael’s Vanishing Red Lines in Syria
TEL AVIV, Israel — Gen. Nikolai Bogdanovsky, the Russian military’s deputy chief of general staff, paid a rare visit to Israel on Tuesday. It’s not exactly a friendly visit: Although Russia’s...
View ArticleA Name That Frightens and Inspires
Photo source: http://commons.wikimedia.org Javad Zarif is a name you may encounter in the media reports and news stories these days frequently. Aside from being Iran's Foreign Minister, a U.S.-educated...
View ArticleKhamenei Forbids Iran Negotiating With U.S. After Nuclear Talks
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banned any further negotiations between Iran and the United States October 7, in a blow to moderates hoping to end the two nations' decades-long...
View ArticleThe Oracle of American Exceptionalism: Obama Enumerates Our Core Principles
Listening to our statesmen wax idyllic about America’s role in the world, you may find yourself conceding that these people actually believe what they’re saying. They believe in American...
View ArticleIran, Germany must boost anti-terror cooperation: Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran and Germany play a very important and instrumental role in regional and international developments, stressing that the two countries need to improve...
View ArticleIs the UN General Assembly a place to defend war criminals?
The United Nations was finally formed in 1945 after World War II with the hope of resolving international issues and defending humane values. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in his speech...
View ArticleThe Two Faces of Modern Iran
When I sat down for an interview this summer with Iranian Vice President Massoumeh Ebtekar in Tehran, I expected the rhetoric of a Hezbollah apparatchik. It turned out to be one of the more substantive...
View ArticleIran FM wants 'humanitarian' solution for US reporter
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's foreign minister said Saturday there are serious charges against jailed Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian but that he is seeking to resolve the case from a "humanitarian...
View ArticleIsrael says won't allow Iran to join "nuclear weapons club"
By Louis Charbonneau and Hugh Bronstein UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations on Thursday that his country would not allow Iran "to break in, to...
View ArticleAyatollah Contradicts Rouhani And Bans Negotiations With U.S.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is prohibiting any further negotations with the United States. His ban puts the brakes on moderates hoping to end Iran's isolation after reaching a nuclear...
View ArticleRussian cooperation with Iran and Iraq has broader consequences than saving...
Nader Habibi, Brandeis University and Harith Hasan Al-Qarawee, Brandeis University The sudden launch of Russia's military operations in Syria late last month caught the United States and regional...
View ArticleIran's Supreme Leader bans negotiations with the US
Dubai: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday banned any further negotiations between Iran and the US, putting the brakes on moderates hoping to end Iran's isolation after reaching a...
View ArticleUN spotlight on Mideast crises; Netanyahu blasts Iran deal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In an impassioned speech interspersed with bouts of dramatic silence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday condemned the Iran nuclear deal as empowering Tehran to...
View ArticleWill Iran and the US shake hands in 2017?
When he addressed the UN General Assembly last week, Iran's president Hassan Rouhani struck a mostly positive note, proclaiming a new era of engagement with the outside world. But there was no...
View ArticleGood-faith JCPOA implementation to determine next on US-Iran agenda: Zarif
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the good-faith implementation of the agreement recently reached between Iran and the P5+1 countries over Tehran's nuclear program will pave the way for...
View ArticleIranian lawmakers OK nuclear accord with six world powers
Iran nuclear Meghdad Madadi / AFP/Getty Images Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, center, smiles as he chats with lawmakers during a session in Tehran on Oct. 13, 2015, in which parliament...
View ArticleIran's supreme leader bans negotiations with the United States
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday banned any further negotiations between Iran and the United States, putting the brakes on moderates hoping to end Iran's...
View ArticleIran’s President Rouhani warns of spread of terrorism
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called for world countries to seriously take into account the issue of violence and terrorism, warning that the phenomena has now spread into Europe like a...
View ArticleThe Story of the Iran Deal and the "Scraps of Paper" That Are Gone!
While nearing the end of his first term, the former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad boldly termed the tough, cruel economic sanctions against Iran as "scraps of paper", naively advising the world...
View ArticleXi Jinping Meets with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran (Ministry of Foreign...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China) On September 28 local time, President Xi Jinping met in New York with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran. Xi Jinping noted that...
View ArticleIMF: Iran accord to lift Mideast economy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the Middle East and North Africa are set to benefit from Iran’s nuclear agreement, lifting economic growth in the region next year. In its biannual World...
View ArticleWho Does Iran Want for This U.S. Prisoner?
Iran says it wants to trade 19 of its own for a Washington Post reporter. The White House hasn’t ruled out a swap. So who are these Iranians in U.S. jails? The Tehran regime didn’t just convict...
View ArticleIran parliament approves nuclear deal bill in victory for Rouhani
DUBAI - Iran's conservative-dominated parliament passed a bill on Tuesday approving its nuclear deal with world powers, signalling victory for the government over hardline opponents who worry the...
View Article'Check your enthusiasm at the door' -- Netanyahu to U.N. on Iran deal
U.N. and Netanyahu Timothy A. Clary / AFP/Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Oct. 1. (Timothy A....
View ArticleIran, Japan must improve relations: President Rouhani
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says “very appropriate” grounds have been prepared for Iran and Japan to improve relations and to make up for previous shortcomings. In a meeting with the visiting...
View ArticleIsrael's Netanyahu continues to protest Iran nuclear deal in U.N. speech
UNITED NATIONS — In an impassioned speech interspersed with bouts of dramatic silence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday condemned the Iran nuclear deal as empowering Tehran to...
View ArticlePresident underlies on Tehrans decision to continue for the regional...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of IR of Iran) President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with the Lebanese Foreign Minister described foreign interference in the regional states domestic affairs;...
View ArticleShould the U.S. Cooperate with Russia on Syria and ISIS?
by Deana Arsenian Vice President, International Program and Program Director, Russia and Eurasia, Carnegie Corporation of New York US President Barack Obama with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the...
View ArticleIran parliament approves nuclear deal with world powers
TEHRAN: Iran's parliament approved the country's nuclear deal with world powers Tuesday, paving the way for the historic agreement curbing Tehran's atomic programme to take effect and for sanctions to...
View ArticleIran’s Javad Zarif on Russia and Peace in Syria (Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of IR of Iran) While in the United States, Zarifhad a busy time taking to the officials, media people and academics. On the day before his return to Tehran, the New...
View ArticleHow the Iran deal might change the Middle East
The nuclear deal hat the United States and five other world powers signed with Iran is a means to an end, not the end in itself. In that regard, the pact, scheduled for formal adoption on Oct. 19,...
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