Bloomberg: The Ukraine crisis jeopardizes President Barack Obama’s efforts to enlist Russia’s cooperation on a range of issues, including seeking an end to Syria’s civil war, halting Iran’s nuclear ambitions and facilitating the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Afghanistan.
Ukraine crisis may thwart Obama plans from Iran to China
Minister admits Iran cannot block Facebook forever
AFP: Iran will not be able to keep up forever its ban on legal access to Internet hubs such as Facebook, which has four million Iranian users, Culture Minister Ali Janati said Sunday.
Paris conference on International Women Day
Ground Report: Women activists from around the globe joined with prominent women politicians and dignitaries from Europe and the US to reject the notion that Iran’s new President, Hassan Rouhani, is a moderate or has any moderate agenda.
Iran retracts announcement of abducted soldiers’ release
AFP: An Iranian general on Sunday retracted his earlier announcement that five border soldiers abducted by rebels and reportedly taken into Pakistan have been released, state media said.
Iran advancing its nuclear program despite pact with West
USA TODAY: Iran is moving ahead with a nuclear program that U.S. officials said would be frozen, and it is now clear the USA and other world powers are willing to accept an Iranian enrichment program that Iran refuses to abandon, say analysts.
Iran continues its campaign of deception over its nuclear program
International Business Times: Iran is engaged in a public media campaign of deception to mislead U.S. and European negotiators into believing that Tehran is candidly debating the nuclear deal.
Rouhani tells Iran generals to cut hostile rhetoric
Reuters: President Hassan Rouhani urged Iran’s military leaders on Saturday to let diplomacy prevail in dealing with potential foreign threats, in a clear reference to efforts to end the nuclear dispute and decades of hostile relations with the West.
Iran says nuclear program to stay ‘intact’
Reuters: Iran is willing to address international concerns about its atomic activities but will keep its nuclear program “intact”, not close it down, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday.
U.N. nuclear agency opted against sensitive Iran report – sources
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog planned a major report on Iran that might have revealed more of its suspected atomic bomb research, but held off as Tehran’s relations with the outside world thawed, sources familiar with the matter said.
US slams armed crackdowns on pro-democracy protests
AFP: In Tehran, where a new more open leadership came to power in August, US officials said “our conclusion is that we’ve seen little meaningful improvement in human rights in Iran under the new government.”
