Posts Tagged: Iran sanctions
Drop in Oil Prices Forces Hezbollah to Impose Salary Cuts, Delay Payments to Suppliers
Yahoo - Hezbollah, the Shi'a militant group, is facing a new enemy: financial austerity. A slump in global oil prices and nuclear-tied sanctions are squeezing the group's...
Rouhani: Iran Must End Isolation for ‘Sustainable Growth’ in Economy
Economic Times/AFP - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that foreign investors should no longer be viewed as a threat and signalled his country's decades-long...
Economic Hardships Unlikely to Soften Iran’s Nuclear Goals
Reuters - A big oil price slide will hurt Iran's attempts to rescue battered living standards, but economic pain is unlikely to soften its stance...
Iran Says Nuclear Talks With U.S. Are Proceeding Well Despite Gaps Over Major Issues
Reuters - Iran said on Tuesday bilateral nuclear talks with the United states were proceeding in a good atmosphere despite lingering gaps over key issues such...
Iranian President Rouhani Says Fall in Oil Prices is ‘Treachery’
Fox NY/Associated Press - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that the sharp fall in global oil prices is the result of "treachery," in an apparent...
Obama Administration’s Approach to Iran Alienating Middle Eastern Allies, Expert Tells Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America's allies in the Middle East are profoundly skeptical of the Obama Administration's attempts to reach a deal with the Iranian regime over its nuclear...
Netanyahu Expresses Relief at Failure of ‘Terrible’ Iran Nuclear Deal, as Tehran Hints at ‘Plan B’
As today's deadline for a deal between Iran and the international community over Tehran's nuclear program passed without an agreement being reached, Israel Prime Minister...
Iran’s Choice: Economic Relief or Continued Nuclear Quest
JNS.org - While reports suggest that Iran and its Western negotiating partners are close to striking a nuclear deal before the Nov. 24 deadline...
Doubts Surface About Iranian Nuclear Deal as Deadline Approaches
Washington Post - For the six global powers in talks with Iran, the goals have always been clear — blocking Iran's path to a nuclear...
Iran Quietly Expresses Fear About Republican Takeover of Congress Following Midterm Elections
Washington Free Beacon - Iranian leaders are quietly expressing fear about the Republican takeover of Congress Tuesday night, with many conveying concerns that Tehran has...
Iran Seeks Removal of All Sanctions Before Signing Nuclear Deal
Yahoo/ AFP - Iran wants all Western sanctions to be lifted before striking a deal on its contested nuclear programme by a November deadline, a...
We Must Pressure Iran to End Its Support for Terrorism
Over the past few months, the world has witnessed a new wave of terrorist acts by extremists in the Middle East. We were horrified when...
Don’t Let Iran Off the Hook on Nuclear Talks
As world leaders have turned their attention to fighting the "network of evil" that is the Islamic State, the powers negotiating with Iran are perhaps considering...
U.N. Probe Into Iran’s Atomic Arms Stalls
ABC News/AP - A new and seemingly promising U.N probe of allegations that Iran worked on atomic arms has stalled, diplomats say, leaving investigators not...
