Who is the Winner of the Iran Sanctions Game?

by Kourosh Ziabari, Iranian Freelance Journalist, Polyglot and Writer July 14, 2012 (TSR) -  Less than a week ago, the European Union put into effect its comprehensive oil embargo against...

South Korea will resume Iran oil imports from Sep if offered ‘appropriate’ shipping insurance

July 13, 2012 (TSR) - South Korean refiners will decide "soon" whether to accept an offer from Tehran to use Iranian tankers to send oil to South Korea, with the...

U.S. Ambassador to Swiss-German Media: “US too weak for war against Iran”

July 10, 2012 (TSR) - US Ambassador to Switzerland Donald Beyer has ruled out the likelihood of Washington’s military option against Tehran, given the exacerbating economic woes in the United...

Warning: Oil embargo against Iran may hurt UK insurers

June 18, 2012 (TSR) - The oil embargo against Iran which comes into force on July 1 may be a blow to the UK insurance sector. As soon as the oil...

Israel’s Military Chief of Staff Lt.Gen Gantz: Iran Leaders are very rational and unlikely...

April 27, 2012 (TSR) - Israel's military chief said he does not believe Iran will decide to build an atomic bomb and called its leaders "very rational" - comments that clashed with...

How The Swiss Are Making The Oil Embargo ‘No Big Deal’ For Iran

by F. Michael Maloof, Former Senior Security Policy Analyst in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and Former Aide to Chairman of the Defense Policy Board of U.S. Department of Defense April...

The Road To Tehran Goes Through Damascus

February 18, 2012 (TSR) - Between the chaos and artillery fire unfolding in Homs and Damascus, the current siege against the Ba’athist State of Bashar al-Assad parallels events of nearly a century...

US sanctions on Iran’s central bank: Tehran has called this an act of war

Jan 3, 2012 (TSR) - On the last day of 2011, US President Barack Obama signed into law measures penalizing foreign financial institutions doing business with Iran’s central bank, Bank Markazi – the toughest sanctions imposed...