Tag: Iran

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, addresses his Gulf counterparts in the Conference Palace, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. In remarks opening a conference, Hagel said Wednesday that Washington is hopeful of progress this week in the Iran deal-drafting talks in Vienna. Hagel said that regardless of the outcome of the Iran negotiations, the U.S. will remain "postured and prepared" to ensure that Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

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Hagel: Iran deal won’t weaken Gulf security

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 10:14 am

European foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif, right, wait for the start of closed-door nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The talks between Iran and six world powers have entered an ambitious new stage with the two sides sitting down to start drafting the text of a final deal. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iran shows openness to improving Saudi ties

Adam Schreck · May 14, 2014 10:12 am

UN experts: Iran’s banned nuke buying has showed

UN experts: Iran’s banned nuke buying has showed

Edith Lederer · May 13, 2014 12:39 am

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, second right, points a UV-Index Monitoring System, a device to measure the level of the ultraviolet radiation (UV), as he unveils it in a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 11, 2014. Rouhani said Sunday his country has nothing to offer except transparency in nuclear talks with world powers, rebuffing hard-liners as negotiators seek a final deal over the Islamic Republic's contested program. He is accompanied by Vice President for science and technology affairs Sorena Sattari, right, and Health Minister Hassan Hashemi. (AP Photo/ Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno)

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UN’s nuclear probe of Iran falters

George Jahn · May 12, 2014 7:57 pm

FILE -- In this Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 file photo, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, delivers a speech during an annual rally commemorating anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, at the Azadi 'Freedom' Square in Tehran, Iran. Rouhani said Sunday, May 11, 2014 that his country has nothing to offer except transparency in nuclear talks with world powers, rebuffing hard-liners as negotiators seek a final deal over the Islamic Republic's contested program. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran president says Tehran ‘transparent’ in talks

Nasser Karimi · May 11, 2014 5:52 pm

In this April 30, 2014 photo, Qazvin Azad University students assemble the Havin-2, or Brilliant Sun, for a test drive in Qazvin, Iran. A group of Iranian students and their teachers geared up for a summer road trip through the American heartland, fueled only by the sun and their hopes to shine in what will be a first for the Islamic Republic. The flat, rectangular Havin-2, drove for tests alongside slightly larger gas-powered motor vehicles outside the capital, Tehran, ahead of the eight-day, 1,700-mile (2,700-kilometer) race that will take it from Austin, Texas, to Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran students gear up solar car for US challenge

Nasser Karimi · May 8, 2014 6:43 am

FILE- In this file photo taken on April 3, 2006, members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard attend maneuvers in the Persian Gulf. Iran will target American aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf should a war between the two countries ever break out, the naval chief of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Tuesday as the country completes work on a large-scale mock-up of a U.S. carrier. (AP Photo/IRNA, File)

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Iran admiral: US ships are a target in case of war

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · May 6, 2014 5:59 pm

Iran triples trade envoys abroad to boost commerce

Iran triples trade envoys abroad to boost commerce

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 6:03 am

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, Iran's heavy water nuclear facility is backdropped by mountains near the central city of Arak, Iran. International nuclear inspectors will visit two sites in Iran in the coming days, the country's official news agency reported Sunday, as an official said that would fulfill a series of demands made by the United Nations nuclear watchdog. (AP Photo/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan, File)

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Report: Nuclear inspectors to visit Iranian sites

Nasser Karimi · May 4, 2014 7:08 pm

An Iranian missile passes in front of a portrait of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a military parade marking National Army Day outside Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Obama’s ‘process’ diplomacy plants seeds for future wars

James Jay Carafano · May 4, 2014 4:00 am

Hard-liners in Iran protest nuclear deal

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Hard-liners in Iran protest nuclear deal

Washington Examiner · May 3, 2014 5:25 pm

Iran mother recalls act of mercy for son’s killer

Washington Examiner · May 1, 2014 7:44 pm