iran popularity and iran trends

India may get yet another US waiver for oil imports from Iran, as Washington and New Delhi get ready for the annual strategic dialogue here next month.

Erst vor kurzem sollen Hacker mehrere US-Banken angegriffen haben. Politiker machten dafür den Iran verantwortlich. Jetzt sollen iranische Cyber-Angreifer sich die Energieversorgung der USA vorgenommen haben.

India may get yet another US waiver for oil imports from Iran, as Washington and New Delhi get ready for the annual strategic dialogue here next month.    

Insultar en las redes sociales no es libertad de expresión, sino una manera de difamar de gente que se nutre, como parásitos, de la fama de los demás y no construye una sociedad más sincera, sino peor

CANNES (Reuters) - An Iranian director who was jailed for anti-government propaganda in 2010 emerged at the Cannes film festival on Friday to premiere a new film about state oppression that he shot in secret in his home country.

59% of those polled view Germany positively, with 55% having warm fuzzies when they think of Canada or the UK. Everyone hates Iran, North Korea and Pakistan. The USA sits mid-table, more liked than not. China, India and Japan are the big slumpers, for some reason, compared to previous polls. [BBC]    

US Secretary of State John Kerry criticised Iran for cutting all but eight men out of the country's presidential poll.

More than 4.5 million Syrians are internally displaced within their own country, and about 1.5 million have sought refuge in neighboring countries. A recent report by Amnesty International accused the international community of a "spectacular failure" in Syria. The report was a broader commentary on refugees around the world, whom Salil Shetty, Amnesty's Secretary General,...

"The true enemies of Syria make up these accusations to provoke the people of this country," says Iranian Foreign Ministry.

Iranian-backed hackers have escalated a campaign of cyber assaults against U.S. corporations by launching infiltration and surveillance missions against the computer networks running energy companies, according to current and former U.S. officials.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, says he will pursue a policy of resistance against the West if elected....

India has made "tremendous progress" in reducing oil imports from Iran, a senior US government official said on Friday.

Netanyahu tells UK's Hague that new IAEA report "shows clearly that Iran is continuing to expand its nuclear enrichment program."

Germany has most positive influence on world according to survey of 26,000 people; Israel tops only North Korea, Pakistan and Iran.

According to the WSJ, Iran has hacked US oil, gas and power companies. The hackers were able to gain access to control-system software "that could allow them to manipulate oil or gas pipelines". Basically, the hackers are far enough inside that people are starting to get worried.Read more...    

Following release of IAEA report, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tells British Foreign Minister William Hague economic, diplomatic pressure has failed to stop Iran, presenting the "biggest challenge of our time."

Le Trésor américain a annoncé jeudi de nouvelles sanctions contre une vingtaine d'individus et d'entreprises en Iran "pour leur implication dans des réseaux liés à la prolifération nucléaire et de missiles". Ces réseaux sont accusés de transporter des équipements et de fournir des services aux...

...fill in the blanks: Teapot Dome, Watergate, Iran Contra, Lewinsky.....Benghazi? Political scandals are so very juicy, aren't they? Sure, we deplore the morality or criminality...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Swiss-based commodities giant Glencore Xstrata said on Thursday that it had done nothing wrong when it engaged in metal swaps with Iran, rejecting a suggestion by U.N. experts that such bartering could have been a way of evading sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.

La ordenanza de paisaje urbano de Barcelona establece que los 100.000 euros deberían pagar las obras del monumento pero irán a proyectos sociales. Por CAMILO S. BAQUERO

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister says a new report by the U.N. atomic agency shows that international pressure is having no effect on halting Iran's suspect nuclear program....

European Union says Iran's expansion of nuclear activity breaks UN resolutions, raises concern over nature of program.

The UN atomic agency has described "rapid" progress by Iran in developing its uranium enrichment facilities, just weeks after a report suggested the Stuxnet worm that first hit the country in 2009 had increased the country's nuclear strength.    

Glencore Xstrata has denied any wrongdoing over an Iranian alumina deal, after a leaked UN report said the transactions could have been a way of skirting international sanctions.    

Robert Reimann watched the second plane hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001 and then observed as his office nearby destroyed as the towers fell. Then he did something few Americans considered at the time: He took a bike tour across Iran. "I wanted to see a Muslim country and see what people in that part of the world were actually thinking vs....

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran denied on Thursday that one of its drones had violated the airspace of Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, Iranian media reported.

Vote passes 99-0 on resolution favoring US support.

Hat der Rohstoffriese Glencore die Sanktionen gegen Iran umgangen? Das deutet ein Papier der Vereinten Nationen an, über den die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters berichtet. Der Konzern habe Aluminium an eine iranische Firma geliefert.

Die internationale Gemeinschaft will den Bürgerkrieg in Syrien beenden, und doch halten ihn Teile von ihr am Leben: Während Russland das Assad-Regime mit Waffen beliefert und Iran sogar Kämpfer nach Syrien schickt, unterstützen westliche und einige arabische Länder die Opposition. Wer was will. Eine interaktive Grafik gibt Überblick.     

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment program, a U.N. nuclear report showed, but experts said it was unclear when Tehran's new machines could start operating and how efficiently they would work.

Iran is making significant progress in expanding its nuclear programme, including in opening up a potential second route to developing the bomb, a new UN atomic agency report showed Wednesday.

Alliance calls for immediate withdrawal of Iranian fighters, Hezbollah from Syrian territory; says armed presence "regional threat."

Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential UN Panel of Experts report seen by Reuters    

International nuclear inspectors said Iran had increased its capabilities, but their report suggested that Tehran had not passed a “red line” that could incite military action.    

Iran is making significant progress in expanding its nuclear programme, including in opening up a potential second route to developing the bomb, a new UN atomic agency report showed Wednesday.

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:31 P.M. EDT   MR. CARNEY: Hello, everyone.  Welcome to the White House.  Thanks for being here.  Before I take your questions I wanted to mention something that I think is breaking now, as Wolf Blitzer would say, and that is that on Sunday, May 26th, the President will travel to the Oklahoma City area to see firsthand the response...

Economy has been struggling due to international sanctions that have helped fuel inflation, which has been officially put at 32.2%

Iran is making significant progress in expanding its nuclear programme, including in opening up a potential second route to developing the bomb, a new UN atomic agency report showed Wednesday.    

John Kerry seeks support for British-led move as means of pressuring Bashar al-Assad to enter into peace negotiationsThe United States is lobbying European governments to back a British-led call to amend the EU arms embargo on Syria to put pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to enter into talks with the opposition.John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has been urging...

Iran steckt in einer Systemkrise. Mittel- und Oberschicht wenden sich ab von der Regierung, nur die Armen stehen noch zum Kleriker-Regime. In dieser Lage versucht der geistliche Führer Chamenei jedes Risiko auszuschließen - bei der anstehenden Präsidentschaftswahl gilt nur ein Kandidat als reformorientiert.    

El principal favorito es Said Yalilí, actual jefe del equipo negociador atómico de Teherán

VIENNA (AP) -- The U.N. atomic agency on Wednesday detailed rapid Iranian progress in two programs that the West fears are geared toward making nuclear weapons, saying Tehran has upgraded its uranium enrichment facilities and advanced in building a plutonium-producing reactor....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new push to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions by crippling the country's economy gathered momentum on Capitol Hill Wednesday with approval of legislation by the House Foreign Affairs Committee that would impose even tougher economic sanctions against Tehran....

Main domestic and international issues facing Iran ahead of its June 14 presidential election:...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could eventually produce plutonium for a nuclear weapon if Tehran decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U.N. Panel of Experts report seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

As someone who is pretty friggin' wary about the use of American force in Syria, and as someone who does not shy away from snark in the blogosphere, I found Steve Walt's top ten warning signs of liberal imperialism to more alienating than endearing.  Part of it is the "liberal imperialism" label -- as I noted when Mearsheimer first coined the term, it obfuscates far...

Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's former chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been barred from running in Iran's upcoming presidential election. Iran's Guardian Council, tasked with vetting candidates, determined the final list of candidates for the June 14 election Tuesday night, which included six ultraconservative...

Rafsanjani, Mashaei banned from presidential bid in Iran Top news: A governing body of the Iranian government issued its list of approved presidential candidates and excluded two leading contenders -- Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei -- a decision that all but guarantees that the next Iranian president will be drawn from a conservatives...

British foreign secretary says Assad regime upping dependency on "external support"; vows to support int'l conference to end conflict.

Im Iran zeichnet sich ein neuer Streit um die Kandidaten für die Präsidentenwahl im Juni ab. Amtsinhaber Ahmadinedschad wehrt sich gegen den Ausschluss seines Vertrauten.

The nuclear question and Iran's role in Syria could remain unresolved and unclear even after the polls next monthThe field of 700 candidates has been winnowed down to eight men acceptable to the guardians of the revolution in Tehran, and those men must now compete for an office that was stripped years ago of the power to make strategic foreign policy decisions.Yet the...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has increased its capacity to refine uranium by installing hundreds of more centrifuges at its Natanz plant, a U.N. nuclear agency report said on Wednesday, underlining Tehran's defiance of Western demands to curb the activity.

AMMAN (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hezbollah were "propping up" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and giving him increasing support.

Omission of Akbar Rafsanjani from election list seen as attempt to offset street protests    

Acht Kandidaten dürfen bei der Präsidentenwahl im Iran antreten. Nicht zugelassen wurden unter anderem der reformorientierte Ex-Präsident Rafsandschani und ein Vertrauter von Amtsinhaber Ahmadinedschad. Dagegen will der scheidende Staatschef nun vorgehen.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed to take a decision to disqualify a close ally from a vote to elect his success to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, denouncing it as an act of "oppression".    

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Einem Bericht der "Washington Post" zufolge hat Iran eigene Soldaten nach Syrien geschickt, die gemeinsam mit der regulären Armee und Hisbollah-Miliz gegen die Opposition kämpfen. Laut Bundesnachrichtendienst hat sich das Assad-Regime inzwischen militärisch stabilisiert. Die aktuellen Entwicklungen im Newsblog.     

VIENNA (AP) -- Iran is moving ahead to update a program the West fears could be used to make nuclear weapons, diplomats said Wednesday, despite high-level diplomacy aimed at stopping it from doing so....

TEHRAN : Iran’s June 14 presidential election steps up a gear on Tuesday as the list of candidates bidding to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is finalised, with at least two well-known figures already targeted for disqualification. The two, moderate former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and close Ahmadinejad ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, have come in for heavy criticism...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities barred two potentially powerful and disruptive candidates from running in next month's presidential election on Tuesday, ensuring a contest largely among hardliners loyal to the clerical supreme leader.

Das Regime in Teheran hat unliebsame Kandidaten von der Präsidentschaftswahl ausgeschlossen. Unter ihnen ein Kandidat der Reformer und ein Vertrauter Ahmadinedschads.

Two key challengers in the race to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran have been banned from taking part in next month's elections, it emerged on Tuesday night.    

Der Hoffnungsträger der Liberalen im Iran, Ex-Präsident Rafsandschani, darf nicht bei der Präsidentenwahl antreten. Auch der Gefolgsmann von Amtsinhaber Ahmadinedschad darf nicht teilnehmen.

Acht Kandidaten dürfen am 14. Juni bei der Präsidentenwahl in Iran antreten, doch zwei prominente Politiker werden nicht auf dem Wahlzettel stehen. Der Wächterrat hat Ex-Präsident Rafsandschani disqualifiziert. Auch für den engsten Vertrauten von Amtsinhaber Ahmadinedschad kam das Aus.

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List of eight candidates allowed to run in race to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad excludes two leading figuresAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the leading opposition-backed candidate in Iran's presidential election, was disqualified on Tuesday from standing in a blow to those hoping for significant change when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leaves office.Iranian state-run television broadcast...

Irans früherer Präsident Rafsandschani darf bei der kommenden Präsidentenwahl nicht antreten. Der Wächterrat verweigert ihm laut der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur Fars die Teilnahme.    

El ministro de Salud cree que los profesionales de estos países cuentan con más garantías de formación que los de la isla

A vetting panel rejected Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, an ally of President Ahmadinejad, and former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.    

Ex-president Hashemi Rafsanjani and an ally of President Ahmadinejad disqualified from running in presidential polls.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's election overseers removed potential wild-card candidates from the presidential race Tuesday, blocking a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers....