• TEHRAN, IRAN ( BosNewsLife )- A member of one of Iran's largest evangelical house church movements has been released from prison, 14 months earlier than expected, but many other believers remain behind bars, Iranian and other activists told BosNewsLife. (bosnewslife.com)
  • If the Zionist Regime attacks Iran, we will surely strike its nuclear facilities with our missile capabilities," Revolutionary Guards commander-in-chief Mohammad Ali Jafari told Iran's Arabic language al-Alam TV station. (honestlyconcerned.info)
  • British Petroleum reportedly began to organize capital flight out of Iran, through its strong influence in Iran's financial and banking community. (freerepublic.com)
  • The Government is deeply concerned by Iran's destabilising involvement in regional conflicts, including in Syria and Yemen, through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ( IRGC ) and IRGC Qods Force, and by reported financial and military support to militant and proscribed groups, such as Hizballah and the Houthis in Yemen. (theyworkforyou.com)
  • Plans to use bases in neighboring Iraq to "watch Iran" have not panned out and the U.S. finds itself pressured to leave most of Iraq after tensions with Iran boiled over in January following U.S. decision to blow away near Baghdad airport Iran's Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Iran's uranium-conversion facility in Isfahan (file photo) (AFP) PRAGUE, August 30, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad on August 26 inaugurated a heavy-water plant that is to provide fuel for a heavy-water nuclear reactor, which Iran hopes to finish by 2009. (rferl.org)
  • How do the two projects tie into Iran's overall nuclear program and does it all mean Iran is edging closer to making a nuclear bomb? (rferl.org)
  • In contrast, concerns about Iran's nuclear program as well as cyberattacks on governments, banks or corporations are limited to a few nations. (pewresearch.org)
  • Israelis and Americans are among the most concerned about Iran's nuclear program, while South Koreans and Americans have the greatest concern about cyberattacks relative to other publics. (pewresearch.org)
  • He also noted Iran's announcement earlier this year that it had finalized a deal to buy Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, and said Iran is looking to buy additional military equipment from Russia, including attack helicopters, radars and combat-trainer aircraft. (yahoo.com)
  • He said the burgeoning military partnership between Iran and Russia is harmful to Ukraine, Iran's neighbors in the Middle East and "quite frankly to the international community. (yahoo.com)
  • Even if Iran does receive outside assistance," he said, "it will not improve Iran's position. (csmonitor.com)
  • Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is the ultimate decision-maker in Iran. (aijac.org.au)
  • Both conservative groups identify with his position - associated with the desire for Iran to achieve status as a regional power, determination to pursue Iran's nuclear policy, and a repressive, Islamist outlook with regard to domestic policy. (aijac.org.au)
  • We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, express our serious concern over an Iranian court order to dissolve one of the country's largest registered NGOs working on poverty alleviation, in apparent coordination with Iran's abusive intelligence and security apparatus. (hrw.org)
  • Iran's actions, such as shutting off IAEA cameras at some nuclear sites, have also fueled concerns. (indepthnews.net)
  • This situation prompted Israel's Air Force to conduct a large-scale military exercise simulating an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. (indepthnews.net)
  • Abu Dhabi's investments in missile defense reflects a serious concern about Iran's large and developing missile arsenal. (missiledefenseadvocacy.org)
  • Iran is hosting a international conference on its natural gas exports Saturday and Sunday in Tehran. (voanews.com)
  • They accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons -- a charge Tehran denies. (voanews.com)
  • Contrary to the views expressed at the meeting at St George's in Tehran, the Special Rapporteur's findings, which confirm CSW's research, indicate a worrying deterioration in the human rights situation in Iran," he said. (bosnewslife.com)
  • Last May, the White House said Russia was interested in buying additional advanced attack drones from Iran for use in the war against Ukraine after it used up most of the 400 drones it had previously purchased from Tehran. (yahoo.com)
  • Government officials here maintain that a normalization of relations between Washington and Tehran, if that happens with the passage of time, will not help Iran win the war. (csmonitor.com)
  • [2] The greater challenge was the fast-growing low-income areas of Tehran and other large cities. (merip.org)
  • It was not until October 1998 that authorities finally facilitated circulation of a newsletter for volunteers in Tehran, which has the largest number of them. (merip.org)
  • Untreated entry wastewater in Tehran WTPs contained a larger variety of helminth eggs than those of Isfahan, as well as higher total egg counts. (who.int)
  • 2 Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health and Institute of Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • We therefore aimed to evaluate the occurrence of parasite eggs in raw and treated wastewater of wastewater treatment plants (WTP) in two metropolitan cities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the capital city Tehran, and Isfahan, in the central part of the country. (who.int)
  • So far in Israel, Tehran and its nuclear program have loomed large in much of the discussions during Biden's trip. (theworld.org)
  • Adopting different approaches, Israel has conducted covert sabotage and assassination operations to slow Tehran down, while the US has insisted on diplomacy and restoring the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that former US President Donald Trump withdrew from. (theworld.org)
  • I mean, if you're sitting in Tehran and you see that a bunch of countries are joining their forces to basically defend against the backbone of your defense strategy, well, it's quite concerning from a Iranian standpoint. (theworld.org)
  • In Iran, Biden's diplomatic failures have inadvertently empowered policymakers in Tehran to advance their nuclear ambitions covertly. (indepthnews.net)
  • Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • The parallel strikes against the world's largest botnet likely made a big enough dent to dampen Trickbot's damage before election day. (csoonline.com)
  • Serving the world's largest corporate clients and institutional investors, we support the entire investment cycle with market-leading research, analytics, execution and investor services. (jpmorgan.com)
  • In particular, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan are estimated to be the world's largest per capita consumers of raw or minimally processed opium, with more than 40% of global opium consumption occurring in the Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • They think they are helping the Iranian people by investing in Iran,' she said. (voanews.com)
  • Oil and gas analyst Fereidoun Fesharaki argues that international sanctions against Iran do not prohibit companies from talking with the Iranian government. (voanews.com)
  • The Christian received a two-and-a-half year sentence on July 16, 2013, following a raid by Iranian security services on the home of a Church of Iran pastor, Christians said. (bosnewslife.com)
  • Iranian President Rouhani had been due to visit Italy from 14-15 November, where he would also be meeting with Pope Francis who has expressed concerns about the plight of Christians in countries such as Iran, but his European visit was postponed following the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, November 13. (bosnewslife.com)
  • 1- President Obama and his administration should decisively side with the people of Iran and deny Ahmadinejad (or any other Islamic Republic delegations for that matter) the right to obtain an entry visa to the United States for the purpose of „representing" the Iranian nation during the 64th United Nations General Assembly on September 15, 2009. (honestlyconcerned.info)
  • Such decision taken by the United States and President Obama will bear an enormous impact on the Iranian people's struggle for freedom and democracy in Iran and the prevalence of peace worldwide. (honestlyconcerned.info)
  • In retrospect, the 25-year partnership with the [British Petroleum] consortium and the 50-year relationship with British Petroleum which preceded it, have not been satisfactory ones for Iran Looking to the future, NIOC [National Iranian Oil Company] should plan to handle all operations by itself. (freerepublic.com)
  • Discussions among the Iran and the P5 countries and Germany on the Iranian nuclear energy program are ongoing in Vienna. (carnegiecouncil.org)
  • China has been the largest consumer of Iranian oil and has indicated its opposition to unilateral U.S. sanctions. (brookings.edu)
  • The differences within the conservative bloc are not about ultimate goals - both groups are committed to the Iranian nuclear program, to spreading the Islamic revolution, to building Iran as a regional power and to maintaining the current system of government in Iran. (aijac.org.au)
  • We call on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as well as the member states of the Human Rights Council and ECOSOC to raise this case with the Iranian government at the highest levels, and to pressure them to stop further curtailing the already restricted civil space in Iran. (hrw.org)
  • Iran holds the world's second largest natural gas reserves, after Russia. (voanews.com)
  • Amid flare-ups in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Iran and Russia are keeping a watchful eye on developments in the South Caucasus, from Israel's warming relations with Baku to potentially shifting control over regional transport corridors. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • In Tehran's view, the latter scenario threatens to shift the regional balance away from Iran and Russia, especially regarding control of regional transportation infrastructure. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • Azerbaijan's reclaimed territory includes areas along its border with Iran, as well as a portion of the main highway linking Iran to Armenia-a crucial trade route to Russia and the Black Sea. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • The thirty-one-page report includes whole chapters on Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, as well as additional sections on infectious diseases, biological weapons, and "anomalous health incidents. (nationalinterest.org)
  • This long-term shift has long-term consequences that mean countries such as Iran, China and Russia, which the U.S. sees as adversaries, will have a larger footprint in places where the U.S. is reducing its role. (thedailybeast.com)
  • On the one hand the U.S. National Defense Strategy wants to move away from counter-insurgency to competing against large states like Iran, China and Russia. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Nine in 10 consider ISIS a serious threat to the U.S., outpacing concerns about Iran, China, North Korea or Russia by double digits. (cnn.com)
  • And apprehension about tensions between Russia and its neighbors, or territorial disputes between China and surrounding countries, largely remain regional concerns. (pewresearch.org)
  • WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House voiced concern Tuesday that Iran may provide Russia with ballistic missiles for use in its war against Ukraine , a development that likely would be disastrous for the Ukrainian people, a U.S. national security official said. (yahoo.com)
  • National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby noted that Iran already has been providing Russia with unmanned aerial vehicles or drones, guided aerial bombs and artillery ammunition, and may be preparing "to go a step further in its support for Russia. (yahoo.com)
  • We are therefore concerned that Iran is considering providing Russia with ballistic missiles now for use in Ukraine," Kirby told reporters during a conference call. (yahoo.com)
  • In total, Iran is seeking billions of dollars worth of military equipment from Russia to strengthen its military capabilities,' Kirby said. (yahoo.com)
  • Russia has also been helping Iran develop and maintain its satellite collection capabilities and other space-based programs. (yahoo.com)
  • U.S. officials say Iran has also provided Russia with artillery and tank rounds for its invasion of Ukraine. (yahoo.com)
  • A U.S. intelligence finding released in June asserted that Iran was providing Russia with materials to build a drone manufacturing plant east of Moscow as the Kremlin looks to lock in a steady supply of weaponry for the war. (yahoo.com)
  • Both Iran and Russia, which have been aiding Damascus in its anti-terror campaign, have warned Turkey against launching such an offensive. (presstv.ir)
  • Having been overtaken by Russia as China's largest supplier, the Saudis are eager to establish long-term supply contracts in the country and raise Aramco's international profile. (nationalinterest.org)
  • The BRICS leaders announced that they would welcome six new members in January 2024: Iran, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. (yahoo.com)
  • One, there is a good chance that the United States would, in support of Saudi Arabia, deploy nuclear weapons to the region, which Iran would see as a threat, and it's a quite valid threat. (theworld.org)
  • Saudi Arabia may just go ahead and develop its own nuclear arsenal, which is another concern for Iran. (theworld.org)
  • Furthermore, since the 2003 US invasion and subsequent occupation and destruction of Iraq, Middle East politics has been marked by a new cold war1 over regional influence between two competing axes led by Saudi Arabia on one side and Iran on the other. (lu.se)
  • Iran is under international sanctions over its nuclear program and the participation of major international energy firms in the conference is drawing criticism, as VOA's Sean Maroney reports. (voanews.com)
  • Simone Dinah Hartmann is with the Vienna-based group, Stop the Bomb, which lobbies for enforcing sanctions against Iran. (voanews.com)
  • The United Nations, the European Union and the United States have imposed sanctions on Iran for its disputed nuclear activities. (voanews.com)
  • Of course, another issue here is the question of sanctions on Iran that have been in place for decades at this point. (carnegiecouncil.org)
  • Obviously, Iran is hoping to gain more sanctions relief in the final deal. (carnegiecouncil.org)
  • Senator Kirk of Illinois and Senator Menendez of New Jersey tried to put forth a bill that would preauthorize additional sanctions on Iran in the case that the talks failed. (carnegiecouncil.org)
  • On July 31, the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling on Iran to halt its uranium-enrichment activities within a month or face possible sanctions. (rferl.org)
  • He is using sanctions to reduce oil exports from Iran and Venezuela, tightening global oil markets. (brookings.edu)
  • While Kasich said he would rip up the deal if Iran was caught cheating and would "slap the sanctions back on," most of his comments sounded like they were drawn from White House talking points on the Iran deal. (newsmax.com)
  • ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has expressed deep concern over continued restrictions in occupied Jammu and Kashmir despite so many confirmed cases of coronavirus and two deaths due to the disease. (dawn.com)
  • But he warned that the changes now taking place in Afghanistan did not mean that the agency did not have to be prepared for the possibility of a massive influx of new refugees into Pakistan and Iran. (unhcr.org)
  • MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is an enzootic pathogen present in dromedary camels in many parts of the world, including the Middle East, Iran, Pakistan, and Africa ( 2 , 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The Baháʼí Faith is an independent world religion that originated in 19th century Iran, with an emphasis on the spiritual unity of mankind. (wikipedia.org)
  • There is also concern that North Korea could use chemical or biological weapons during a conflict or attack. (nationalinterest.org)
  • The U.S. says the Kremlin's reliance on Iran, as well as North Korea - countries largely isolated on the international stage for their nuclear programs and human rights records - shows desperation. (yahoo.com)
  • Iran threatened Saturday to strike Israel's nuclear installations if it is attacked by the Jewish state, Reuters reported. (honestlyconcerned.info)
  • Israel's caretaker prime minister, Yair Lapid, pushed Biden to go beyond his official stance on Iran, and called on all nations to act if Iranians continue "to develop their nuclear program. (theworld.org)
  • The assassination marks a dangerous escalation in US-Iran tensions. (aljazeera.com)
  • Both regions are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change, as is Asia, where a median of 41% voice great concern about the issue. (pewresearch.org)
  • http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~aigp22 Con carino, Kathy UPDATE FROM LARRY ROMANS VISITS TO CONGRESSMEN/WOMEN U.S. - Calling for accountability for detainee abuse Amnesty International has expressed great concern about U.S. policies and actions related to detentions, treatment (including torture) and transfer of detainees after 9/11, with its research and recommendations. (caltech.edu)
  • But as the Islamic militant group ISIS maintains its hold in Iraq and Syria and intensifies its grisly public executions, Europeans and Middle Easterners most frequently cite ISIS as their main concern among international issues. (pewresearch.org)
  • Publics in 14 countries express the greatest concern about ISIS, the militant group seeking to create an Islamic state in Iraq and Syria. (pewresearch.org)
  • As ISIS continues to control territory in Iraq and Syria, concern in neighboring countries is high. (pewresearch.org)
  • Hezbollah, together with Syria, form the core of the coalition bloc led by Iran. (lu.se)
  • The partisan gap on how things are going in the fight against ISIS isn't quite as large as it was on Iraq in April 2007, when perceptions of how that war was going hit a low point. (cnn.com)
  • The signatory countries have been concerned with chemical warfare on a massive scale, such as the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88). (nature.com)
  • Iraq has publicly asserted that release of the American hostages will not help Iran gain the upper hand in the nearly four-month-old Gulf war. (csmonitor.com)
  • Last week, Iraq President Saddam Hussein told a group of Kuwaiti newspaper editors that he assumed the United States would resume its supply of spare parts and armaments to Iran once the hostage issue has been completely resolved. (csmonitor.com)
  • President Hussein, for example, has pointedly accused the United States of encouraging Iran in its war against Iraq -- with the help of the Israelis, Syrians, and Libyans. (csmonitor.com)
  • Iraq, which broke diplomatic relations with the United States during the Arab-Israel war of 1967 -- but which nonetheless allows a relatively large American interest section to operate here, describes its present relations with Washington as "not good. (csmonitor.com)
  • Both Iran and Iraq are known to be receiving a certain amount of foreign aid, according to Eastern and Western diplomats. (csmonitor.com)
  • I will do everything I can to prevent a war with Iran, which would be far worse than disastrous war with Iraq. (ontheissues.org)
  • It was used in chemical warfare as early as World War I and as late as the Iran-Iraq War in 1980-1988. (cdc.gov)
  • At the direction of the Russian government, Kirby said the Wagner mercenary group was preparing to provide an air-defense capability to either Hezbollah or Iran. (yahoo.com)
  • We used hourly NO x and NO 2 concentrations and metrological parameters, automatic monitoring network during October and November 2012 for two monitoring sites (Abrasan and Farmandari sites) in Tabriz, Iran. (springer.com)
  • Une étude a été menée en milieu scolaire en 2010 et 2011 à partir d'un échantillon aléatoire de 5197 élèves (âge moyen : 15,7 ans) dans la ville de Tabriz. (who.int)
  • 4Clinical Psychiatry Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • The ODNI report expresses nuclear concerns about other countries, including Iran. (nationalinterest.org)
  • This is particularly true in Latin America and Africa, where majorities in most countries say they are very concerned about this issue. (pewresearch.org)
  • Global economic instability also figures prominently as the top concern in a number of countries, and it is the second biggest concern in half of the countries surveyed. (pewresearch.org)
  • A median of 59% say they are very concerned, including about half or more in all countries surveyed. (pewresearch.org)
  • The U.S. and other countries have taken steps to thwart the potential supply, sale or transfer involving Iran and ballistic missile-related items, Kirby said. (yahoo.com)
  • Diplomats here doubt that there will be any major change in the present military situation between the two countries, even if Iran receives limited American aid, which they consider unlikely. (csmonitor.com)
  • With 3.8 million databased specimens and with a large number remaining to be registered, the entomological collections are one of the largest in the Nordic countries, and they are very important both nationally and internationally. (lu.se)
  • Almost all countries expressed concern about the low price of waterpipe tobacco and the need for higher taxes. (who.int)
  • 2 The Advisory Group recognized that opium consumption is of considerable public health concern for the countries where it is consumed, and also that there were studies being conducted in these regions that could contribute evidence to the evaluation. (who.int)
  • What Really Happened to the Shah of Iran? (freerepublic.com)
  • Ball recommended that Washington drop support for the Shah of Iran and support the fundamentalistic Islamic opposition of Ayatollah Khomeini. (freerepublic.com)
  • This imposed dramatic revenue pressures on Iran, which provided the context in which religious discontent against the Shah could be fanned by trained agitators deployed by British and U.S. intelligence. (freerepublic.com)
  • Under the Shah, Iran had a mildly forward-looking family law limiting men's rights to polygamy and unilateral divorce, and, at least theoretically, basing child custody on the best interests of the child. (merip.org)
  • And, CSW complained about "a spike in executions under Rouhani" with Iran executing more people per capita, including women, political activists and religious minorities, than any other country. (bosnewslife.com)
  • The seven researchers - in political science, hydrology and geography - also work with other regions in the Middle East where there is a shortage of water, such as Tunisia, Iran and Egypt. (lu.se)
  • Sollte Israel die Atomanlagen des Iran angreifen, drohen die Revolutionsgarden mit Vergeltung: Ganz Israel liege in Reichweite iranischer Raketen. (honestlyconcerned.info)
  • Sollte das zionistische Regime den Iran angreifen, würden wir mit Sicherheit einen Schlag mit unseren Raketen gegen seine Nukleareinrichtungen führen", sagte der Kommandeur der Elite-Einheiten, Mohammed Al Dschafari. (honestlyconcerned.info)
  • In a statement church leaders said that they were "deeply concerned about the hostilities unleashed by Azerbaijan on the eastern border of the Republic of Armenia, which threatens to escalate into a full-scale war. (christiantelegraph.com)
  • That threat is if not completely, you know, over, then it has been diminished to large extent. (kunm.org)
  • All told, 70% describe ISIS as a "very serious threat," more than 25 points ahead of Iran (44%), which is viewed as the next largest threat. (cnn.com)
  • Global climate change ranks substantially lower as a comparative global threat for Americans, with 42% saying they are very concerned about the issue. (pewresearch.org)
  • In Europe, a median of 70% express serious concerns about the threat posed by the growing organization. (pewresearch.org)
  • Changes in Africa strategy are only the tip of the iceberg of a much larger policy shift. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Zoonotic infections have been repeatedly reported on the Arabian Peninsula and have led to large nosocomial outbreaks. (cdc.gov)
  • Outbreaks of novel virus infections among people are always of public health concern. (cdc.gov)
  • With their dependence on British-controlled export apparently at an end, Iran appeared on the verge of independence in its oil sales policy for the first time since 1953, with eager prospective buyers in Germany, France, Japan and elsewhere. (freerepublic.com)
  • GENEVA, Nov. 13 (UNHCR) - The rapid military gains made by Northern Alliance forces across much of Afghanistan during the past few days have not led to large-scale refugee exodus, raising hopes that UNHCR and other humanitarian organisations will soon be able to assist people inside the country. (unhcr.org)
  • UNHCR is also appealing to the government of Iran to look into the possibility of opening its borders to allow in Afghan civilians from the camp, which is just a few kilometres inside Afghanistan," the statement said. (unhcr.org)
  • 20 August 2023 (IDN) - In a series of swift and ill-conceived diplomatic moves, US President Joe Biden has plunged into catastrophic decision-making, most notably concerning Afghanistan. (indepthnews.net)
  • And the Bishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Sebuh Sarkisian, said the plight of Christians in Iran was better than that of Christians elsewhere in the Middle East. (bosnewslife.com)
  • This policy change raises the question of where Iran lies in the administration's overall policy goals. (brookings.edu)
  • A rocket fired into space by Iran earlier this week raises „suspicions" over Tehran's claims to have no ambitions to build a nuclear weapon, a Russian foreign ministry official told domestic news agencies Wednesday. (honestlyconcerned.info)
  • Any movement on creating a weapon of such potential of course worries others too, and, in addition, raises suspicions concerning Iran over its possible desire to create a nuclear weapon," Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov was quoted as saying by Interfax and RIA Novosti. (honestlyconcerned.info)
  • Der Iran sei dank des Fortschritts der vergangenen zwei Jahren in der Lage, einen derartigen Angriff auszuführen. (honestlyconcerned.info)
  • Iran will in naher Zukunft zwei Trägerraketen starten und einen Satelliten auf die Umlaufbahn bringen. (honestlyconcerned.info)
  • I especially liked Huckabee's comment that "Iranians treat it [the Iran deal] like it's toilet paper, and we must simply make it very clear that the next president, one of us on this stage, will absolutely not honor that agreement, and will destroy it and will be tough with Iran, because otherwise, we put every person in this world in a very dangerous place. (newsmax.com)
  • Not withstanding Baghdad's sudden offensive against Iran last Sept. 23, the Iraqi news media constantly push the line that the "racist" Iranians are the real aggressors. (csmonitor.com)
  • So, the US is increasingly concerned with the new technologies that the Iranians have acquired over time, new centrifuges that Iranians have introduced. (theworld.org)
  • Doch ungeteilten Beifall gibt es für diese Exkursion dummerweise nicht: Ein Komitee gegen deutsche Kultur im Iran und anderswo hatte für vergangenen Freitag zu einer Protestkundgebung aufgerufen, die unmittelbar vor dem Beginn des Shakespeare-Stücks stattfinden sollte. (honestlyconcerned.info)
  • About three-quarters are worried the military action against ISIS will develop into a larger war that could spread. (cnn.com)
  • Defense Minister Adnan Khayrallah Talfah was more specific when he insisted that Iran had been unnesessarily prolonging the conflict by refusing Iraq's offers of negotiation in hopes of obtaining foreign aid. (csmonitor.com)
  • The Pentagon believes that "inter-state strategic competition, not terrorism, is now the primary concern in US national security. (thedailybeast.com)
  • The killing of General Qassem Soleimani , who led the elite Quds Force in Iran 's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ( IRGC ) , was ordered by US President Donald Trump . (aljazeera.com)
  • As for China, the report states that "Beijing will continue the largest-ever nuclear force expansion and arsenal diversification in its history. (nationalinterest.org)
  • What does the decision mean for oil markets, for key consumers like China and India, for U.S.-Iran relations, and beyond? (brookings.edu)
  • Early on, many of the patients at the epicenter of the outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China had some link to a large seafood and live animal market, suggesting animal-to-person spread. (cdc.gov)
  • I predict that if Bush and Kasich (I discount Paul as a real contender) insist on siding with Democrats, Washington insiders, and the foreign policy establishment on crucial national security issues like the nuclear deal with Iran, they will not win the Republican presidential nomination. (newsmax.com)
  • But, as the ranks of the Volunteer Health Workers swelled, the authorities realized the political potential of such a large organization. (merip.org)
  • Iran has not officially declared its nuclear capabilities, but by the time of the next US presidential election in 2024, it might already have become a nuclear power, posing severe threats to the Middle East and the broader international community. (indepthnews.net)
  • People are afraid that Iran will eventually have a very large, highly-enriched-uranium plant to produce nuclear weapons on a large scale. (rferl.org)
  • But the advantage of heavy-water reactors is that they can use unrefined natural uranium as fuel and uranium can be mined in Iran. (rferl.org)
  • Reports indicate that in the absence of a restored nuclear agreement, Iran has enriched a significant quantity of uranium to 60% purity, indicating its progress toward a potential nuclear weapon. (indepthnews.net)
  • All of the GOP presidential candidates did well on the disastrous nuclear agreement with Iran except for Jeb Bush, Rand Paul and John Kasich. (newsmax.com)
  • Rubio, Walker, and Huckabee also had strong rejoinders to Bush and Kasich's positions on the Iran nuclear deal. (newsmax.com)
  • Marco Werman: What does it mean for Iran, especially as multiparty talks for a revived nuclear deal are still alive? (theworld.org)
  • How likely is it that Iran will race to get the bomb if these negotiations fail and there is no nuclear deal? (theworld.org)
  • So, I believe that unless there's a major shift in the security environment, I don't think Iran will go ahead and weaponize its nuclear program. (theworld.org)
  • Kasich made comments similar to Bush, saying that Senator Cruz's pledge to tear up the Iran agreement was "playing to the crowd" and that America needed to act with its allies on Iran. (newsmax.com)
  • Of equal importance is knowledge concerning the main oral manifestations of HIV-infected patients. (bvsalud.org)
  • Iran Politics Club supports the fight to establish Freedom, Secularism, Federalism, Human Rights and Democracy in Iran. (iranpoliticsclub.net)
  • Suroush Saraie, a member of the Church of Iran denomination, was released November 11 from Adel Abad Prison in the southwestern city of Shiraz where he had been held on charges of "action against the national security" and "propaganda against the order of the system. (bosnewslife.com)
  • The BBC gave Ayatollah Khomeini a full propaganda platform inside Iran during this time. (freerepublic.com)
  • As far as official Iraqi propaganda is concerned, the United States still is a cohort of Iran. (csmonitor.com)
  • The Islamic Republic regime has ruled Iran for over 30 years. (honestlyconcerned.info)
  • At the same time, the Islamic regime in Iran and its supporters abroad are trying to emerge from the current crisis and seek international recognition and legitimacy for the rulers of the Islamic Republic. (honestlyconcerned.info)
  • In 1989, concerned about the burgeoning population, the Islamic Republic made a volte face and introduced one of the most successful family planning programs in the developing world. (merip.org)
  • Activities the court cited as evidence of "deviation" include "questioning Islamic rulings such as qisas (retribution in kind)" and "promoting falsehood by publishing statements against the Islamic Republic of Iran. (hrw.org)
  • The Islamic Republic of Iran has in parts a semi-dry climate and there are insufficient water sources in some parts. (who.int)
  • Although health aspects of guidelines in such an application are necessary, there are few data on the diversity and concentration of helminth eggs in reused wastewater in the Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • The majority of studies conducted sampling method of the study can be in the Islamic Republic of Iran on ado- found elsewhere [24]. (who.int)
  • The available epidemiological studies on opium consumption and cancer in humans have almost all been carried out in the Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • In November 1978, President Carter named the Bilderberg group's George Ball, another member of the Trilateral Commission, to head a special White House Iran task force under the National Security Council's Brzezinski. (freerepublic.com)
  • Clearly this is what the human rights advocates in the State Department wanted What was I to make of the Administration's sudden decision to call former Under Secretary of State George Ball to the White House as an adviser on Iran? (freerepublic.com)
  • White House divided on Iran protests. (debka.com)
  • Deeper down, however, Iran is also worried about Azerbaijan's close and increasingly public relations with Israel. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • Their enthusiasm resulted in the expansion of the program to nearly 100,000 Volunteer Health Workers (Rabetin-e Behdashat), the largest such public mobilization in the modern history of Iran. (merip.org)
  • Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) remains a disease of global public health concern for which no proven specific countermeasures are available. (cdc.gov)
  • [3] In Iran, each Volunteer Health Worker receives basic health care training and then is assigned to cover 50 to 80 households in her neighborhood. (merip.org)
  • The additional aid for Ukraine is part of a larger $106 billion funding request from the Democratic president that also would support Israel, Taiwan and the U.S. operations on the border with Mexico. (yahoo.com)
  • Tom Burt, vice president of consumer security and trust at the software giant, offered details of this Trickbot take-down attempt in a blog post in which he reiterated that "ransomware is one of the largest threats to the upcoming elections. (csoonline.com)
  • While a median of 42% report being very concerned, global climate change is not one of the top two threats in any European country surveyed. (pewresearch.org)
  • Decisions on the PA must also be viewed in the larger regional perspective, which includes issues concerning Iran, the cartoon controversy, and democratization. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • The former prime minister cited an incident on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights in which the IDF "encountered Israeli-made weapons" in a place "where we are trying to prevent Iran from opening a second Lebanon front, a second terrorist front against us. (timesofisrael.com)
  • And I think it has to be made clear to them that, actually, they are the ones hurting people in Iran. (voanews.com)
  • What we're concerned with is that somebody will do something noticeable, or noticeable enough that people will start talking about the integrity of the system at large. (csoonline.com)
  • This is especially puzzling concerning Bush who has such a large foreign policy team that his campaign is turning people away. (newsmax.com)
  • Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in people and many different species of animals, including camels, cattle, cats, and bats. (cdc.gov)
  • Now is not the time to be discussing with Iran investments in its oil and gas industry, given its status in the international community regarding its behaviors, which are clearly outside the norm and have been judged by the [United Nations] Security Council to be outside acceptable international behavior,' he said. (voanews.com)
  • The document also incorporated language from an earlier International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution, which urged Iran to halt its heavy-water project at Arak, as a confidence-building measure. (rferl.org)
  • Across the nations surveyed, the level of concern about different international issues varies considerably by region and country, and in some places multiple issues vie for the top spot. (pewresearch.org)
  • An exhaustive 2009 review of these infections in this region provides detailed information on the large number of species infecting humans, their pathogenicity, diagnostic issues, and treatments. (medscape.com)
  • The regulations and inspection regimes focus on certain types of chemicals owned by states in large quantities - both chemical weapons, such as sarin and mustard gas, and the chemicals, including phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) and thionyl chloride, that are used to prepare them. (nature.com)
  • Presently, the chemical is found at a few Army facilities in large quantities and at several locations in smaller quantities. (cdc.gov)
  • [ 9 ] The genus Echinostoma is considered the largest, which includes Echinostoma hortense , Echinostoma angustitestis , Echinostoma cinetorchis , Echinostoma echinatum , Echinostoma ilocanum , Echinostoma macrorchis , and Echinostoma revolutum . (medscape.com)