Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U.N. Panel of Experts report seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
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A nuclear-armed Iran would not pose a fundamental threat to the United States and its regional allies like Israel and the Gulf Arab monarchies, according to a new report released here Friday by the Rand Corporation.
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The disruptions are also linked to Iran’s stated plan of rolling out a national intranet that it says will be faster, more secure and clean of “inappropriate” content, observers say.
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Iran said that the US decision to boycott the UN conference on disarmament due to Iran’s presidency over the meeting will not affect Tehran’s resolve and plans for the world gathering.
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They were blocked by the State Department from winning damages in court, because the agreement that freed them, the Algiers Accords, barred such suits. But now they could get compensated hrough fines on companies caught violating trade sanctions with Iran
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A surprisingly frank recap of what has happened in Syria until now from the Guardian. Then again, this paper has been attacked viciously for it’s one sided view of this conflict and it had to do something.
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The Bahai faith was founded in Iran in the 19th century and is anathema to the Islamic clerical regime. Relocating their headquarters from Iran to Israel might not have helped either.
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Israel is considering partnering with several moderate Arab states in a US-brokered defense alliance that would be aimed at containing Iran, which is accused of nuclear weapon ambitions, a British newspaper reported Sunday.
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The airstrike that Israeli warplanes carried out in Syria was directed at a shipment of advanced surface-to-surface missiles from Iran that Israel believed was intended for Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese organization, American officials said Saturday.
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Shell has reportedly consulted London on the possibility of paying British pharmaceuticals maker GSK to provide medicine to Iran in exchange for the debt but the proposal has been rejected.
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