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Month: May 2019

U.S. B-52 Bombers Arrive In Qatar To Counter Unspecified Threat From Iran

RFL/RE - The U.S. Air Force has confirmed that B-52 bombers sent by the White House to the Persian Gulf…

U.S. Warns Iran While Urging Leaders To Sit Down For Talks

RFL/RE - The United States appears to be taking a carrot-and-stick approach to Tehran, threatening “swift and decisive” response to…

China, India Seen as Europe’s Last Hope to Save Iran Deal

VOA — The European Union will defend the Iran nuclear accord despite Tehran's decision to backtrack on its commitments in…

US Carrier, Bombers Arrive in Middle East to Deter Iran

VOA — The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group and four B-52 bombers have arrived in the Middle East…

Official: Pompeo Returns to US to Discuss Iran, North Korea

VOA — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cut short a European trip and returned to Washington for meetings on…

Iran’s Minister of Education Sees “Plot” Behind Videos of Dancing Schoolchildren

CHRI - Iran’s minister of education has called on the police to trace the “source” of what he described as “disturbing…

UN Calls on Iran to Stop Executing Juvenile Offenders

CHRI – UN human rights experts* called on Iran to immediately halt the practice of executing child offenders, citing serious…

Amid US pressure, Iran warns Europe of another ‘wave’ of refugees

Al-Monitor - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has declared that Iran would consider asking Afghan refugees to leave the country if…

Translating the Legacy of Ahmad Shamlou, One of Iran’s Greatest Poets

hyperallergic.com — Niloufar Talebi’s Self-Portrait in Bloom, a hybrid memoir of prose and poetry with some photos thrown in, delves into the…

U.S. And Europe Reacting To Iran’s Nuclear Decision

Radiofarda - Iran's announcement that it is suspending the full implementation of the 2015 nuclear agreement was "intentionally ambiguous," U.S.…