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  • British Court Ruling Threatens Iran Sanctions

    LONDON Western government sanctions against Iran suffered a big setback on Wednesday when Britain's top court ruled that the government was wrong to have imposed sanctions on the biggest Iranian private bank over alleged links to Tehran's nuclear program. The Bank Mellat case and 50 more like it pending at the European Union's General Court have cast a cloud over the future of EU ...

  • PM congratulates President-elect Rowhani of Iran

    The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has congratulated President-elect Hasssan Rowhani of Iran on his election. Dr. Singh in his congratulatory message said India and Iran enjoy deep historical and civilizational links, which have provided a strong foundation for our broad-based and mutually beneficial relationship. "We look forward to strengthening this relationship further and ...

  • Israel wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his country would not accept anything less than the total halt of Iranian uranium enrichment. "We cannot accept anything less than a total cessation of all enrichment of nuclear materials at all levels, removal of all enriched nuclear material and a closure of Iran's illicit nuclear facilities," reported Xinhua citing Netanyahu during ...

  • Analysts Assess Impact of Military Attack on Iran

    The United States and the European Union believe Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran says its program is for peaceful, civilian purposes. The international community has been trying for years to persuade Iran to end its uranium-enrichment program, but to no avail. Low-enriched uranium can be used for civilian nuclear-power plants, but highly enriched uranium is an ...

  • NRI lawyer wins Iran bank case in British Supreme Court

    Mumbai-born Parsi lawyer Sarosh Zaiwala Wednesday notched a remarkable success in a bank case in the British Supreme Court, with major ramifications on the international banking system, an official said. By the court verdict, the British government's sanctions on Iran's largest private bank, Bank Mellat, were lifted after the its security service's "Secret Court" failed to produce significant ...

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New York in the 50's

Betsy Blankenbaker's documentary New York in the 50's is not, as the title suggests, so much about a particular time and place as it is about a specific group of likeminded people who, for a few short years, came together in a way that could not be imaginable in any other time or in another other location. ...

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  • Debate Iranian policy is radicalizing the Gulf’s Shi’ites

    There can be no doubt that Iran's expansionist regional ambitions are responsible for radicalizing the region's Shi'ites. These ambitions--which strengthened Tehran following the collapse of the Shah's regime--have led to a preponderance of radicalism among the Gulf's Shi'ites. In fact, this has most often served as the major catalyst for Shi'ite ...

  • US arming of Assads foes forces Iran to bleed resources in Syria

    The fact that Iran, Hezbollah are sending militias, arms and money into Syria is a sign they are worried the regime might fall. Keeping them engaged and pouring resources into Syria weakens them ...

  • Iran cancels local drilling rigs deal to buy from China

    The North Drilling Company of Iran has cancelled contracts with local manufacturers and signed a contract with Chinese manufacturers to build 14 onshore and offshore drilling rigs, Mehr news has reported. Chinese financiers will secure 80% of the required fund for manufacturing the rigs, said NDC managing director Hedayatollah Khademi. The rigs are expected to be delivered within the next two ...

  • Iran Has No Plan to Sell Crude Oil to Russia

    Iranian Oil Ministry spokesman Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar has said Iran has not been in talks with Russia for the sale of crude oil to its northern neighbour, ISNA reported. Referring to some news which has been published by some media outlets, Nikzad-Rahbar said that there is basically no infrastructure for transferring crude oil from southern Iran to the Caspian Sea. On Tuesday, the Mehr ...

  • FIFA World Cup Qualifying Wrap Australia Iran South Korea qualify

    Australia, Iran and South Korea secured their places at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in the last round of AFC qualifying on Tuesday. Iran secured their fourth finals appearance thanks to a 1-0 win over South Korea in Ulsan. Ahead of the game, each team knew a win would secure their place in Brazil, with Uzbekistan hoping to overtake the losers. With the Koreans going into the game a point clear, ...

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