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Missing American in Iran was on unapproved mission

...former Iranian diplomat in Maryland in 1980. Since fleeing to Iran, Salahuddin had become close to some in the Iranian government, particularly to those seen as reformers and moderates.The hotel's registry, which Levinson's wife has...
Keep the Iran sanctions, Netanyahu urges Obama

...Obama's efforts to seek a diplomatic resolution to the nuclear impasse, even as he expressed skepticism about the Iranian government"If diplomacy is to work, those pressures must be kept in place," Netanyahu said of the sanctions during an...
US edges closer to high-level talks with Iran

...signal a turning point in U.S.-Iranian relations - but also could be seen as a premature endorsement for a new Iranian government that has yet to answer key questions about the future of its disputed nuclear program.Obama advisers said no meeting...
Fill-in host Oliver to keep the news fake, funny

...based on a book by Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari, who was falsely accused of being a spy and imprisoned by the Iranian government in 2009 while covering Iran's presidential election.And starting Monday, Oliver will preside on "The Daily...
Iran says it recovered data from captured US drone

...power plants or - at higher levels of processing - weapons.However, unlike the situation with the drone, the Iranian government usually touts these achievements as the result of an indigenous, home-grown research.One area where there is...
Obama appeals to Iranians on Persian new year

...understand their aspirations. And he sharply rebuked the Iranian government for setting up an "electronic curtain" around...that they want," Obama said. "Instead, the Iranian government jams satellite signals to shut down television and...
UN envoy presses Syrian peace plan with Iran, Iraq

...Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.Annan said he has "received encouragement and cooperation" from the Iranian government but did not elaborate. Salehi also did not spell out what Tehran was willing to do to help tame the violence...
Bank settles Iran money probe in NY for $340M

...settlement with Standard Chartered Bank to resolve an investigation into whether the British bank schemed with the Iranian government to launder $250 billion from 2001 to 2007.The bank will pay the civil penalty to the state and will strengthen...
AP source: HSBC to pay $1.9B to settle probe

...enforcement.In another case Monday, a British bank, Standard Chartered, which was accused of scheming with the Iranian government to launder billions of dollars, signed an agreement with New York regulators to settle their investigation with...
Jon Stewart taking 'Daily Show' break to direct film

...Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari.London resident Bahari was falsely accused of being a spy and imprisoned by the Iranian government in 2009 while covering Iran's presidential election. Before being jailed, he was interviewed in Iran by "Daily...


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