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’s plan B for the bomb
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.
Arrests for Baghdad anti-govt demo, protection for pro-Iran demo
Niqash.org: Activists who put on an anti-governemt demonstration in Baghdad last Friday say they were treated unfairly and harassed by security forces while a pro-Iran demonstration was protected by state security. Now they want to know why.
Israel says Iran upping enrichment despite Rowhani election
AFP: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Iran had expanded its sensitive enrichment of uranium despite the election as president of moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani.
Iran, U.S. waiting for other side to make nuclear compromise
Reuters: The presidency of moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani has opened a window of opportunity in Iran’s delicate nuclear diplomacy with the West but Tehran-watchers say that window could close as each side waits for the other to make the first move.
Iranian-Americans and Members of Congress mark 1988 massacre with exhibition
PRNewswire: Twenty-five years have passed since the summer 1988 massacre of some 30,000 political prisoners in Iran. To mark the occasion Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) and Members of Congress sponsored an exhibition in the House of Representatives.
