The Real Cost of Iran's Support in Lebanon
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The notion that Iranian dollars are going to Lebanese Shi`ites is causing much bitterness in Tehran and is fuelling animosity between the Persian community and the Arab world
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Iran's leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promise $1bn (Â£493m) to help Bolivia exploit oil and gas reserves.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - The United States and Arab allies sent military aid to Lebanon on Friday and the Lebanese army deployed extra troops to a Palestinian camp where it has been battling Islamist militants this week.
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Iran-China trade is expected to reach US$7 billion by the end of this year, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. Ali Hamzeh-Nejad, official of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce was quoted as
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Lebanon&#039;s already shaky economy could suffer long-term harm if the Israeli air and sea blockade continues, economists say.
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Sunni-Shi'ite tensions have a long history in Lebanon, but the latest upsurge is fueled by a battle for regional supremacy between powers thousands of miles from Beirut
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Text of report by Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran West Azarbayjan Provincial TV on 19 June  A budget of 400m dollars was allocated to great project of Miyando'ab petrochemical.
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Iranian and Syrian interference in Lebanon is a major U.S. concern and will be a subject of discussion during President Bush's trip to the Middle East later this week, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Monday.
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The sovereignty of Lebanon has suddenly become an issue of regional and global interest, including resolutions in the US Congress and the United Nations Security Council.
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For Israel, the U.N. cease-fire deal is far from perfect. A U.N. force deploying in south Lebanon as part of the truce will have trouble keeping Hezbollah at bay for long or prevent the Iranian-supplied guerrillas from rearming, critics said, pointing to past failures of international peacekeepers.
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Analysis: It's doubtful the Iranian President  really wanted to visit. What he really wanted was just what he got: a ferocious reaction
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A federal judge yesterday ordered Iran to pay more than $2.6 billion to nearly 1,000 family members and a handful of survivors of a 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Lebanon that killed 241 soldiers. The ruling brought cheers and tears from survivors but faces long odds of being fulfilled.
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BAZOURIYA, Lebanon -- There are two faces to the U.N. force today in Lebanon, ensuring a cease-fire that ended 33 days of war with Israel. One has a certain swagger: more than 4,800 soldiers, 14 French battle tanks, four 155mm artillery guns, 10 Italian amphibious assault vehicles and an array of...
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BEIRUT -- The Lebanese political crisis risks creating a new proxy conflict between Shia-dominated Iran, which supports Hezbollah, and Sunni Arab regimes allied with the United States.
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According to "Tehran Times", some 37,971 tons of goods, valued at $26.1 million dollars, was exported from this north-central Iranian province during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-November 21). This showed 43% increase in weight compared to the same period last year.
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By rushing to rebuild Lebanon, Hizballah and Iran are spreading their influence in the Middle East. Can the U.S. do more?
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UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 23 -- In the months after President Bush's 2002 speech branding Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "axis of evil," North Korean officials channeled at least $2.7 million through a bank account normally used to process United Nations development projects because of fears that the...