AFP: British author Doris Lessing, whose powerful feminist and anti-colonial writing won her the Nobel Prize in Literature, died on Sunday at the age of 94. Born in what is now Iran in 1919, Lessing was raised by British parents in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.
Nobel Prize-winning British author Doris Lessing dies at 94
Iran’s parliament approves final Rouhani minister
AP: Goudarzi is a 58-year-old Tehran University professor in physical education planning. He is not a major figure in any political faction, although he was a member of the Revolutionary Guards in the early 1980s.
Hollande heads to Israel ahead of Iran talks
AFP: French President Francois Hollande heads to Israel on Sunday hoping to give a push to stalled peace talks with the Palestinians despite Israel’s preoccupation with negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme.
Israeli president warns over nuclear-armed Iran
AFP: Countries across the Middle East will want to acquire nuclear weapons if Iran is allowed to develop an atomic bomb, Israel’s president told a French newspaper ahead of a meeting Sunday with his French counterpart.
Camp Ashraf residents taken hostage twice by Iraqi government
NewsBlaze: Here is an interview with a former hostage who was abducted by Iraqi forces on the previous attack on Camp Ashraf in 2009. They are now dealing again with a similar hostage taking by the Iraqi government after 4 years. This conversation might be of interest to NewsBlaze readers.
Brutal regime has to change
Ham & High: Lord (Anthony) Clarke of Hampstead, 81, a life peer and former Labour Party chairman, writes about the brutal killing of Iranian dissidents in Iraq and calls on Prime Minster David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague to “open their eyes” over the future of Iran
Obama gets Feinstein support to avoid new Iran sanctions
Bloomberg: President Barack Obama received support from the chairman of the U.S. Senate intelligence committee in his efforts to dissuade lawmakers from imposing further sanctions on Iran amid international negotiations.
Israel urges France not to waver on Iran
AFP: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged France to stand firm in international negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme. “We hope France will not yield,” Netanyahu said in an interview to Le Figaro newspaper due out on Saturday.
US officials: Nuke deal offers Iran minor relief
AP: Iran would get only minor relief from economic sanctions under an international proposal to prevent it from producing nuclear weapons, two Obama administration officials said Friday, seeking to calm concerns in Israel and on Capitol Hill that the U.S. and its allies are giving away too much to Tehran.
US believes Iran deal ‘possible’ at next talks
AFP: US officials gearing up for new talks with Iran said Friday a deal could be struck next week in the decade-long bid to rein in its nuclear program, but warned tough issues and Congress could still scupper the negotiations.
