Iran

Iran police detain 109 over rally

BBC News (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

More than 100 people were detained in Tehran following protests on Wednesday , Iranian officials say.

Iran’s Green Movement

Flesh is Grass (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

This is an anaemic post about a subject I think about a lot but don’t seem to be able to do justice to here. Mehdi Khalaji, writing for the Washington Institute, points to splits between Ahmadinejad’s opponent Mousavi, himself deeply conservative, and the young third generation of Iranians who comprise the majority of Iran’s Green Movement. Hamid [...]

Iran Tested Nuclear Warhead Design

Sweetness & Light (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

From the UK’s Guardian: Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead design – secret report Exclusive: Watchdog fears Tehran has key component to put bombs in missiles By Julian Borger The UN’s nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting that Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the Guardian has learned. The very existence of the...

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Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi in exile: 'I can't sit and say nothing as Iran suffers'

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Crown Prince of Iran tells Simon Heffer he is ready to help bring change to his country but says the West needs to increase pressure on the Tehran regime.

Israel Warns IDF Ready to Roll Against Iran

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Israel's warnings that it will not tolerate an existential threat in the form of a nuclear Iran should be taken seriously, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon warned in an interview with the Britain-based Sky News on Friday. "The one who's bluffing is Iran, which is trying to play with cards they don't have," Ayalon told the news network. "All the bravado that we see and the testing...

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Danish journalism student held in Iran

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago

IRANIAN AUTHORITIES are believed to be holding a Danish journalism student arrested in a crackdown on foreign reporters. Niels Krogsgaard (31) was reported missing on Wednesday after attending a rally organised by the Iranian government to mark the 30th anniversary of the storming of the American embassy in Tehran.

He challenged Iran's supreme leader in public … could he be the bravest man in the world?

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

AN UNASSUMING mathematics student has become an unlikely hero in Iran for daring to criticise the country's most powerful man to his face.

He challenged Iran's supreme leader in public … could he be the bravest man in the world?

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

AN UNASSUMING mathematics student has become an unlikely hero in Iran for daring to criticise the country's most powerful man to his face.

Netanyahu: Iran's Shipment of Arms to Hezbollah - a War Crime

Connecting the Dots in the New World Order (Free subscription) | yesterday

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the ship carrying hundreds of tons of weapons believed to have originated in Iran and meant for Hezbollah, which Israel intercepted early Wednesday, constituted a war crime that should be reviewed by United Nations bodies.' Read more... Netanyahu is making it really obvious that this shipment of arms is an Israeli staged operation to help Israel's...

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Taking “No” As Iran’s Answer

Outside the Beltway (Free subscription) | yesterday

The editors of the Washington Post articulate a position similar to the one that I took yesterday: The Obama administration and European governments have set the end of the year as a deadline for the transfer of the uranium out of Iran and for progress in the overall negotiations. But the administration must consider whether it [...]

Guardian: Iran Testing Advanced Nuclear Warhead Designs

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday

Some troubling news has come out from the British Guardian . According to sources in the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iranian scientists have been working on a nuclear warhead design which makes it easier to miniaturize the bomb. This allows the warhead to be placed on a missile for deployment. Western weapons experts say there are no such civilian applications, but the use of co-ordinated detonations...

Danish student 'arrested in Iran'

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

A Danish journalism student is arrested in Iran after covering anti-government protests, says the Danish Union of Journalists.

Rights group: Iran covered up rape of detainees

Sify (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

An international human rights group said Friday it has documented three cases of sexual assault against detainees arrested during Iran's postelection turmoil, including one that was supported by

Doubts renewed over Iran aims

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Revelations of an experimental Iranian warhead design raises all sorts of questions about Tehran's nuclear ambitions, the BBC's Jonathan Marcus says.

Number of journalists arrested in Iran tops 100

Jon Slattery (Free subscription) | yesterday

Reporters Without Borders is warning of worsening press freedom and treatment of detained journalists in Iran as well as more arrests in the past few days. Agence France-Presse correspondent Farhad Pouladi and Nafiseh Zareh Kohan, a journalist who writes for various pro-reform newspapers, were arrested in Tehran during demonstrations marking the 30th anniversary of the US embassy’s seizure. Hassin...

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zmxiaochen | yesterday

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Iran: Revolution or Dogmatic Theocracy?

Nadia Marques de Carvalho | 26/09/2009

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” George Orwell After 30 years of a harsh, totalitarian and dogmatic Islamic theocracy, the June 12 th elections in Iran have provided a platform for people, for the first time, to voice their opinion on not only the vacuum of democracy but also criticise how Islam is being used as a veneer for this abusive, austere and autocratic...

West Burns Fingers: Ahmadinejad Confirmed as Iran President! - By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal

abdulruff | 01/07/2009

West Burns Fingers: Ahmadinejad Confirmed as Iran President! - By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal ----- [786* I dedicate all my journalistic, research writings to the memory of my grandmother Mohammad Meera Umma, who taught me alphabets and numericals...