Reuters: Senior U.S. lawmakers expressed sharp frustration with the Obama administration’s call to delay new sanctions against Iran on Wednesday, underscoring the difficult sales job the Democratic president has as he pursues a rapprochement with Tehran.
U.S. lawmakers question Obama’s plea for Iran sanctions pause
Hollande, Obama say ‘up to Iran’ to accept nuclear deal
AFP: French President Francois Hollande and US President Barack Obama on Wednesday jointly urged Iran to accept a deal presented by world powers on its nuclear programme, Hollande’s office said.
Judge asked to invalidate Iran-Argentine probe of 1994 bombing
Reuters: An Argentine prosecutor has asked a judge to declare as unconstitutional an agreement between Argentina and Iran to jointly investigate the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that local courts blamed on Tehran.
US-UN: Kill the messenger not the dictator!
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?
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.
