FOX: A senior Treasury Department official called Iran “the central banker of terrorism” in testimony Tuesday before the Senate Finance Committee, but said the United States is succeeding in chasing money tied to the Al Qaeda terror group.
Treasury official calls Iran ‘central banker of terrorism’
U.S. alarmed as some exports veer off course
New York Times: Roadside bombings of American troops in Iraq were occurring with unnerving regularity when military investigators made a disturbing discovery: American-made computer circuits sold to a trading company in the United Arab Emirates had turned up in the bomb detonators.
Tehran pushes to join Central Asian alliance
Washington Times: Seeking to break out of its diplomatic isolation, Iran has applied for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, an alliance dominated by China and Russia and seen as challenging U.S. security interests in Central Asia.
U.S. Treasury says top global banks shunning Iran
Reuters: The world’s top banks have largely stopped dealing with Iran in response to U.S. and U.N. sanctions, and industrialized countries are working on further steps to combat financing for weapons proliferation, a senior Treasury official said on Tuesday.
Iran inflation rate rising ten times faster than national growth
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 01 Irans official inflation rate is rising ten times as fast as the national growth level.
Iran inflation rate rising ten times faster than national growth
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 01 Irans official inflation rate is rising ten times as fast as the national growth level.
Iranian who brokered Iraqi peace is on U.S. terrorist watch list
McClatchy Newspapers: The Iranian general who helped broker an end to nearly a week of fighting between Iraqi government forces and Shiite Muslim militiamen in southern Iraq is an unlikely peacemaker.
Iran OKs result of elections in Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 01 – Iran’s constitutional watchdog has approved the result of the March 14 Parliamentary election for the Iranian capital Tehran and 35 other districts.
Iran OKs result of elections in Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 01 – Iran’s constitutional watchdog has approved the result of the March 14 Parliamentary election for the Iranian capital Tehran and 35 other districts.
4.6 Richter-scale quake jolts south-east Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 01 – An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Kerman Province, south-eastern Iran, on Monday.
