Italy’s ENI to pull out of Iran
BRUSSELS — ENI SpA’s chief executive said Thursday that the Italian energy company will pull out of Iran after current contracts to develop two gas
BRUSSELS — ENI SpA’s chief executive said Thursday that the Italian energy company will pull out of Iran after current contracts to develop two gas
In this town, policy disputes can rattle friendships. Take, for example, the exceptionally nasty donnybrook about Iran policy that erupted this week between Council on
TEHRAN, Iran — Tehran’s former chief prosecutor on Sunday rejected a parliamentary report blaming him in part for the torture and deaths of at least
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson says Haiti has been “cursed” because of what he called a “pact with the devil” in its
An Iranian nuclear scientist was killed Tuesday by a remote-controlled bomb planted on a motorcycle parked outside his home, state news outlets reported. Government-controlled media
Sanctions aimed at the Revolutionary Guard and its extensive business and financial network should be accelerated; action must not be delayed by months of haggling
The Obama administration is readying sanctions against discrete elements of the Iranian government, including those involved in the deadly crackdown on Iranian protesters, marking a
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD of Iran says that the government over which he presides is “ten times” stronger than it was a year ago. Therefore, Mr. Ahmadinejad
State television broke the news in a one-sentence report accompanied by a brief clip of the test. Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi later spoke on
They are eliminating bottlenecks in the process of creating a reliable nuclear warhead,” said Albright, president of the D.C.-based Institute for Science and International Security.
The freighter seized in this port enclave was one of five vessels caught this year carrying large, secret caches of weapons apparently intended for the
Mousavi, 67, and Karroubi, 72, charge that Ahmadinejad’s reelection amounts to an electoral coup d’etat by the government, the Revolutionary Guard Corps and hard-line clerics,
SHIRIN EBADI, a 62-year-old Iranian lawyer who won the Nobel Peace Prize six years ago, is generally cautious and measured in her speech. She is
It is no criticism of Mr. Obama to note that, barely nine months into his presidency, his goals are still goals. His peace prize came
In pursuit of that goal, today’s meeting was a constructive beginning, but it must be followed with constructive action by the Iranian government. First, Iran
We have little time left to expend on Iranian stalling tactics, if that is indeed what this overture is. As we noted in a report
The 61-page indictment includes charges related to his acceptance of as much as $150,000 from New York businessman Morris Talansky — funds that Talansky testified
Get past the advertisement and click on photo #17. Do you think what I’m thinking?! I hope Mehrdad’s soul will rest in peace. (the guy
Tajbakhsh, an Iranian American who holds a doctorate in urban planning from Columbia University, was arrested by Iranian authorities in May 2007, charged with spying
FROM TWITTERERS in Tehran to bloggers in Burma, citizens living under authoritarian regimes depend upon free access to the Internet for information, coordination and the
As Iranians took to the streets to protest a fraudulent election last month, braving tear gas, batons and bullets, pressure mounted on President Obama to
On Sunday morning in Tehran, Newsweek’s Maziar Bahari was detained without charge by Iranian authorities and has not been heard from since. Mr. Bahari is
The bombing of Khomeini’s tomb is bad. They will blame it on the protesters. But we all feel this is their own work. The protesters
The vote difference was so great that many opponents were shocked. Some interesting things happened in areas that were traditionally against this government. The vote
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 17 — A firebrand Islamist cleric, released on bail after almost two years under house arrest, returned triumphantly Friday to his former