Telling Thoughts (Free subscription) | yesterday
Telling Thoughts For those outside the United States who were unable to see the important PBS Frontline documentary, A Death in Tehran, due to broadcast restrictions — I am pleased to say that I found it today on You Tube. Once you have seen the program, and the “as it happened vision” filmed during the massive public [...]
Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new Australian film, My Tehran for Sale, has just been released and tells the story of young Iranians in Tehran struggling to survive in a brutal dictatorship. Shot largely undercover for security reasons, its appearance is a success in itself:
Foreign Policy (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
As Iran's leaders waffle, don't be tempted to think all is lost. Here's why the country’s stalling on its nuclear deal with the West is good news.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Iran has taken a step closer to its goal of moving its capital away from Tehran to a new, as yet unbuilt location near the town of Qom. This seems like an extreme move but it's one that has been repeated throughout history - as far back as the Egyptian dynasties of the Middle Kingdom, in ancient China and many times during the Roman empire.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
After watching the Frontline World's "A Death in Tehran" documentary, I can say, undoubtedly, that if we want to pick one picture or short video...
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Women students of the University of Tehran, who are members of Islamic Basij militia, hold placards during a protest gathering in front of Iran's Foreign Ministry building in Tehran November 23, 2009. Iran's Basij militia protested on Monday against what they said was an Israeli-backed assault by Saudi Arabia on Shi'ite Muslims in Yemen. Saudi Arabia launched its assault on neighbouring Yemen's Shi'ite...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Tehran - The Iranian press watchdog on Monday banned the Tehran daily Hamshahri after it published a photograph of a Baha'i temple in Iran, the official news agency IRNA reported. Hamshahri, which belongs to the Tehran municipality and has the highes...
Jesus Lives! (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
From Rubin Reports Why Won’t the Arabs Protect Themselves from Iran by Actively Battling Against Tehran Having Nuclear Weapons? Posted: 18 Nov 2009 02:17 PM PST By Barry Rubin It isn’t hard to conclude that Iran having nuclear weapons is a direct threat to Arab states, except Syria—Tehran’s ally—which would benefit. Why, [...]
Baltimore Reporter (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
By Barry Rubin It isn’t hard to conclude that Iran having nuclear weapons is a direct threat to Arab states, except Syria—Tehran’s ally—which would benefit. Why, then, don’t Arab states and intellectuals public express more concern? Western observers were shaken up when at a debate in Qatar, the relatively moderate Arab audience split almost down the [...]
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Flew out of Dubai at 1.15 am and landed in Tehran at just after 3 am. To my surprise I flew through passport control and customs. Of course it helped that I had an entry visa. If you try and get one on the spot, you will often be turned down. Got to Paul’s place around [...]
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Man-o-man! TEHRAN ( Reuters ) - Iran can take legal action if Russia refuses to fulfill its commitments to deliver an advanced missile defense system to the Islamic Republic, a senior military official said on Tuesday. Iranian officials have voiced growing irritation at Russia's failure so far to supply the S-300 missile system, which Israel and the United States do not want Tehran to have. "The...
France 24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Top Iranian officials said on Tuesday that Tehran is ready to send its low-enriched uranium abroad provided there is simultaneous exchange on its own soil of nuclear fuel processed by world powers. Iranian officials said a simultaneous exchange of uranium inside Iran would guarantee that Tehran would receive the fuel required for its research reactor. "The guarantee sought by the Islamic republic...
KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | yesterday
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's official news agency reports a political activist and former head of the Tehran municipal council has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the post-election unrest. Mohammad Atrianfar headed the council in late 1990s. He was a close ally of Mahdi Karroubi, one of the losing candidates in disputed June presidential election who...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iran's official news agency reports a political activist and former head of the Tehran municipal council has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the post-election unrest.
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iran is not opposed to sending low-enriched uranium abroad, but demands 100 percent guarantees for a nuclear fuel deal, a spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. "The Iranian government is not opposed to shipping its low-enriched uranium abroad, but the process needs further review by Iran," spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told a press conference in Tehran. He noted that Iran demands...
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abdulruff | 18/06/2009
Victory of President Ahmadinejad: Unnecessary Alarm in West -I -Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal (Part-1) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has won with a clear majority, but the anti-Islamic nations led by USA and Israel are deeply worried because they will have to revise their terror strategies now. US-led western powers seem to have roped in as many anti-Ahmadinejad leaders as possible in a poll coup in Iran,...
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