UPI: We have seen failures of the United Nations in protecting refugees. If the world stands by and watches, the same could happen to Iranian refugees in Iraq.
The promises of the United Nations
India plans guarantee for refineries importing oil from Iran
Trend: India is reportedly seeking to devise a mechanism to provide a state guarantee to refineries importing oil from Iran, whose energy sector has been targeted by sanctions, Press TV reported.
Iran’s top leader: US not good Mideast mediator
AP: Iran’s top leader has lashed out at the Unites States, saying America is not a good mediator in Mideast peace talks because it allegedly sides with Israel.
Call to recognize 1988 Iranian massacre as crime against humanity
Digital Journal: The National Council of Resistance to Iran (NCRI), the leading opposition to the Iranian Government created a petition asking the United Nations to investigate the Massacre of 30,000 Iranian Political Prisoners in 1988.
Iran’s plan B for the bomb
New York Times: Is Iran finally ready to talk? Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, has said he’s ready for nuclear negotiations. And in recent weeks, the Iranian government has repeatedly expressed its desire to reach a deal on its uranium enrichment program.
Iran can take the heat, Rouhani says
UPI: Iran’s ability to withstand international pressures will remain steadfast in the new political era in Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday.
Report says Iran building missile site
UPI: Iran is building a ballistic missile testing site in the northern Semnan province, footage published by IHS Jane’s Military and Security Assessments indicates.
Commander: Iran’s armed forces ready to withdraw from economic activities
Trend: Iran’s Armed Forces are ready to withdraw from economic activities, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran, General Seyyed Hassan Firouzabadi said, Bahar daily reported.
Iran oil-tanker owner seen expanding fleet by IHS amid sanctions
Bloomberg: NITC, Iran’s biggest tanker company, increased the capacity of its supertanker fleet by 23 percent this year amid sanctions related to the nation’s nuclear program that bar most of the world’s ships from carrying the nation’s crude, according to IHS Maritime.
Don’t view Iran’s president with rose-colored glasses
UPI: Since the emergence of Hassan Rouhani as the new president of Iran, policymakers have been wondering what the future may hold for nuclear talks with Tehran.
