Topic: Iran
California's insurance regulator plans to take steps Wednesday to pressure insurance companies into ending any financial relationship they have with Iran. A state law that took effect last year outlaws direct investments in Iran by California-based companies. An insurance department review released in December found no such ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia next week for talks that a U.S. official said on Tuesday would likely focus on Iran, Iraq and the Arab-Israeli conflict. On Sunday, Clinton will meet the Qatari ruler, Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, and will speak at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum, a ...
Iranian nuclear technicians set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to a significantly higher level, prompting President Barack Obama to warn of a "significant regime of sanctions." Iran's acceleration in its enrichment program was a defiant step that puts weapons-grade uranium in closer reach, should Tehran choose to go after the bomb. It was also ...
