Iran still meddles into other country's business.
Worried that US troops could stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014, Iran is mounting an aggressive campaign to fuel anti-American sentiment here and convince Afghan leaders that a robust, long-term security The Iranian initiative involves cultivating closer relations with the Taliban, funding politicians and media outlets, and expanding cultural ties with its eastern neighbour.
According to the ChicagoTribune, Iran and West may be ready to resume talks concerning their nuclear program...Why bother talking to this regime?..Haven't they learn their lesson!?
Turkey has delivered a Western offer to Tehran to renew negotiations over its nuclear programme, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday, expressing hope talks stalled a year ago could soon be revived. As new sanctions from the United States and the European Union added pressure on the Iranian economy, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Tehran was also interested in returning to the negotiating table.
Iran continues to feel pain from economic crisis, as sanction bites!
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The latest U.S. sanctions on Iran have exposed both the depth of the country's economic pain and new fault lines within the government. In the two days after President Barack Obama approved sanctions targeting Iran's central bank and oil sectors, the value of currency plunged 13 percent. The central bank chief followed that with public criticism of the government for interfering in markets. Adding to the pressure on Iran over its nuclear ambitions, the European Union on Thursday was weighing similar sanctions in tandem with the U.S.
Big buyer starts shunning Iranian oil, according to latest Reuters report.
Iran faced the prospect on Thursday of cutbacks in its oil sales to China and Japan as new measures to cut off Tehran's crude exports appeared to be driving its economy to the wall. The developments in Asia follow news on Wednesday that EU leaders had agreed to halt European purchases of Iranian crude. China, Iran's biggest trade partner, has already cut its purchases of Iranian oil by more than half this month and will extend the cuts to February, a Beijing-based trader who deals with Iranian oil said. Japan will consider cutbacks in its Iranian oil purchases to secure a waiver from new U.S. sanctions signed into law on New Year's Eve by President Barack Obama, a government source said.
Internet-usage deemed too dangerous to the despicable regime, so they decide to clamp down on it. The Mullah want to install their own Islamic Sharia-law abetting internet, full of anti-Western propagaganda.
Iran is clamping down heavily on web users before parliamentary elections in March with draconian rules on cybercafes and preparations to launch a national internet. Tests for a countrywide network aimed at substituting services run through the world wide web have been carried out by Iran's ministry of information and communication technology, according to a newspaper report. The move has prompted fears among its online community that Iran intends to withdraw from the global internet. The police this week imposed tighter regulations on internet cafes. Cafe owners have been given a two-week ultimatum to adopt rules requiring them to check the identity cards of their customers before providing services.
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