Iran’s Broken Banking System
April 29, 2017
By Mehdi Dehghan
The Iranian state-run radio and TV (IRIB) is flooded with bank commercials offering attractive interest rates, lines of credit and services that do not accurately reflect the country’s alarming economic...
Trump to resume precision munitions deliveries to Saudis -officials
June 13, 2017
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration notified Congress last week that it soon planned to begin delivering precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia under a 2015 weapons deal, congressional officials said on Tuesday.
The...
Attackers bomb Iran parliament and mausoleum, at least 12 dead – Iranian media
June 7, 2017
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin
LONDON (Reuters) - Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked Iran's parliament and the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran on Wednesday morning, killing at least 12 people in a twin assault at...
Rouhani Faces Pressure to Improve Human Rights in Iran
By Babak Dehghanpisheh
May 30, 2017 BEIRUT (Reuters) – In the week before the May 19 presidential election in Iran, the eventual victor, Hassan Rouhani, criticised the judiciary and the powerful Revolutionary Guards with rhetoric rarely heard...
U.S. appeals court to review Trump revised travel ban
May 15, 2017
By Tom James
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments on Monday over President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim-majority...
Mohsen Dehnavi, Media and US J1 Visa
July 17, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
The way some of the leading Western media reported the deportation of a member of the paramilitary wing of the Revolutionary Guards from US should enter journalism’s text books as...
U.S. Judge Asks if Turkish Gold Trader’s Lawyers Work for Iran
May 02, 2017
By Brendan Pierson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday said he wanted to know whether Iran employs any lawyers for a wealthy Turkish gold trader accused of helping that country...
In Travel Ban Case, U.S. Judges Focus on Discrimination, Trump’s Powers
May 16, 2017
By Tom James
SEATTLE (Reuters) - U.S. appeals court judges on Monday questioned the lawyer defending President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban about whether it discriminates against Muslims and pressed challengers to explain...
EU’s Mogherini Confident U.S. Will Stick to Iran Nuclear Deal
June 13, 2017
OSLO (Reuters) - European foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday she was confident the United States would stick to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, despite its protestations to the contrary, as the...
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Revive Travel Ban
June 1, 2017
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive his plan to temporarily ban travelers from six Muslim-majority nations after it was blocked...
