Ann Wright reports on a citizen peace delegation’s recent trip to Iran, which included a meeting with the country’s foreign minister. By Ann Wright Special to Consortium News We knew that a CODEPINK: Women for Peace delegation to Iran would wind…Read more →
Image: (L) Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R) ( Secretary of State John Kerry. (FLICKR}
By Kourosh Ziabari • January 24, 2016
The “diplomatic coup” triggered by Iran and the US has given rise to a new era in Tehran’s relations with the international community.
Photo: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech under portraits of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and Iran's founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R), on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Islamic revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's death, at his mausoleum in a suburb of Tehran on 3 June, 2014 (AFP).
A proposed US law will complicate Rouhani’s job by forcing him to quash criticism at home instead of considering rapprochement abroad
