Scoop: You would think this story would appeal to the media: 52 unarmed people shot dead, six women and a man taken hostage and hidden away. So why have the media hardly mentioned it at all? Because the Foreign and Commonwealth Office won’t let them publish it? If so, why won’t it?
US-UN: Kill the messenger not the dictator!
White House: New Iran sanctions could lead U.S. to ‘war’
UPI: The White House warned Congress imposing new economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program could lead the United States on a “march to war.” The heightened rhetoric came as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was to meet behind closed doors with members of the Senate Banking Committee.
Kerry to warn US Senate off new Iran sanctions
AFP: Secretary of State John Kerry faces a potentially hostile reception Wednesday when he urges skeptical US lawmakers not to proceed with proposed new sanctions aimed at halting Iran’s nuclear drive.
Local Iranians demanding action against Iranian Gov’t
CBS 8: Dozens of people lined up outside Horton Plaza Sunday to protest executions in Iran and demand the release of seven Iranian hostages being held at a refugee camp in Iraq.
Khamenei’s conglomerate thrived as sanctions squeezed Iran
Reuters: Seven years ago, the United Nations and Western powers began subjecting Tehran to steadily harsher economic sanctions. Around the same time, an organization controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei started to study how some developing economies managed to grow fast.
Broken U.S. promises distress Iranian refugees
Richmond Times: Many years ago, when I was a student at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., I once went to a church near the campus and had a conversation with one of the priests inside the chapel. He gave me a book about the life of Jesus Christ.
Maliki is the cause of violence in Iraq not the solution
Huffington Post: The U.S. is on track to ignore Nuri Al Maliki’s unaccountability and to strengthen his government, playing directly into the hands of the Iranian regime. A new dictator is today prowling the streets of Baghdad and it appears he still has the backing of President Obama.
Obama faces worry at home, abroad over Iran talks
AP: President Barack Obama’s hopes for a nuclear deal with Iran now depend in part on his ability to keep a lid on both hard-liners on Capitol Hill and anxious allies abroad, including Israel, the Persian Gulf states and even France.
Iran’s Supreme Leader runs business empire worth £60bn
The Independent: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei controls a business empire worth around £60 billion – a sum exceeding the value of his oil-rich nation’s annual petroleum exports – a six-month Reuters investigation has found.
UK: Iran to face tougher sanctions without nuclear deal
Reuters: British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday that there would be pressure to intensify sanctions on Iran if it could not reach a deal with world powers over its disputed nuclear program.
