Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...cho Azerbaijan's long cultural attachment to fire. (The name Azerbaijan is said by some to derive from the old Persian Atropatene, meaning, loosely, "Land of Fire", a region that was also the birthplace of the fire-worsh...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Reuters
...The two countries share cultural, language and historical links -- for centuries they were part of the ancient Persian empire -- as well as a long and porous border. Iran said in 2010 it has provided some $500 million in...
Published on May,23 2012 - by Forbes
...5mb/d imports from Gulf States in 2011. Any way you look at it, China knows that Arab output will always trump Persian production. Washington?s road to Beijing therefore runs directly through Riyadh. If China?s core supp...
Published on May,23 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...tion with Washington in a major offensive against al-Qaeda militants who seized control of parts of the south. PERSIAN GULF Majority Shias on the tiny island nation of Bahrain, a vital US ally and home to the US Navy in ...
Published on May,23 2012 - by The Los Angeles Times
...ent to its peace treaty with Israel; reasserting Cairo as a player in an Arab world increasingly influenced by Persian Gulf states; and negotiating with Iran to ease deepening divisions between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. ...
Published on May,22 2012 - by Reuters
...ts closed. A DIPLOMATIC VIEW In the peaceful surrounds of Iran's Abu Dhabi embassy, a handsome building in the Persian Safavid style, Iranian ambassador Mohammad Reza Fayyaz refused to be drawn on the current balancing a...
Published on May,22 2012 - by Reuters
...hment it started two years ago and has since expanded. Paul Pillar, a former CIA analyst for the Near East and Persian Gulf region, said any new sanctions could be counterproductive ahead of the talks as Iran may think t...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Reuters
...o elicit more concessions on the part of Tehran," Maloney said. But a former CIA analyst for the Near East and Persian Gulf region said the sanctions could be counterproductive ahead of the Baghdad talks on Iran's nuclea...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Variety
...n "The Avengers," plays Barber, Rob's first mentor. The pic also features French thesp Olivier Martinez as the Persian shah. "The novel is not only a great adventure revealing the fascinating world of medieval medicine,"...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Forbes
...p its game in Iran, applying sanctions (and more political pressure) on Tehran?s key clients in Asia to reduce Persian off-take. The IEA merely provides more policy space for Washington to turn the screw. 2) America is a...