A Policy for the Next U.S. Administration
By Aaron David Miller and Richard Sokolsky 7 November 2016
The latest idea de jour on how the next U.S. administration should deal with Iran, trumpeted especially by the Hillary Clinton camp, is the need to be tougher and more aggressive in confronting Tehran. Only a stiff spine in standing up to the mullahcracy, as the argument goes, will block its expansionist desires and prevent a rising Iran from dominating the region. Read More »
by:Elizabeth Lee
LOS ANGELES —
Farid Khanlou owns Jordan Market in an area of Los Angeles called Persian Square. It’s packed with Persian businesses, many of which fly the country’s flag from before the 1979 Iranian revolution. Read More »
By Alister Doyle
OUARZAZATE, Morocco (Reuters) – On the edge of the Sahara desert, Morocco is building one of the world’s biggest solar power plants in a project largely funded by the European Union. Read More »
Sanctions may have eased, but outsiders still face obstacles in doing business
By: Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran
On the northeastern outskirts of Tehran stands a building with a blue glass façade built for Pars Online, an internet service provider run by the Fateh brothers. It was finished two years ago in the hope that the business would be scaling up with help from a foreign partner. Read More »
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The chase is on for some of the most prized oil and gas assets in the world, following the lifting of sanctions on Iran earlier this year. The historic deal paved the way for the country to rebuild its lost production capacity and fight for market share. Read More »
Stakes are high as world leaders meet with a critical deadline looming, and covert surveillance activity is dense – but Lausanne is less of a hotspot than Vienna
By: Julian Borger 24 March 2015
On a few occasions during the recent Iranian nuclear talks in Vienna, the microwave radiation from the surveillance efforts of competing intelligence agencies was so intense that diplomats had to walk some distance from the venue to use their mobile phones. Read More »
The Hotel Président Wilson in Geneva cordoned off during talks on Syria
Prosecutors say computer equipment at Geneva venue was infected with espionage malware but they had to close case
by:Philip Oltermann
A number of computers at a five-star Geneva hotel that has hosted sensitive talks, including Iranian nuclear negotiations, were found to be infected with malware used for espionage, Swiss prosecutors have revealed. Read More »
CHAPTER 3
STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM
To designate a country as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, the Secretary of State must determine that the government of such country has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. Once a country is designated, it remains a State Sponsor of Terrorism until the designation is rescinded in accordance with statutory criteria. A wide range of sanctions are imposed as a result of a State Sponsor of Terrorism designation, including: Read More »
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told VOA that she believes the government of Iran is a dictatorship, and she said the United States wants to assure Iranians that their aspirations for freedom are legitimate.
An Iranian speaking to Sputnik says that if Tehran’s ambitious ‘trans-Iranian’ canal, running from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf, is to move forward, it will need Russia’s initiative to help get it off the ground. Read More »
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