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World must prepare for Iran military option: Blair

World must prepare for Iran military option: Blair »

Source: Agence France Presse (AFP)/Daily Times September 1, 2010 LONDON: Former British premier Tony Blair warned in an interview on Wednesday that the international community may have ‘no alternative’ to taking military action against Iran...

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Iranian threat may be boon for Mideast peace talks

Iranian threat may be boon for Mideast peace talks »

By Scott Wilson Source: The Washington Post September 1, 2010 For video click here As President Obama convenes the first direct Middle East peace talks in 20 months, the question many observers here and in the region are...

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UN agency fails to stage nuke-free Mideast talks

UN agency fails to stage nuke-free Mideast talks »

By GEORGE JAHN Source: The Associated Press (AP) September 1, 2010 VIENNA — Tensions between Israel and Islamic nations have scuttled plans by the U.N. atomic watchdog agency to convene talks this year on a Mideast...

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PLANET IRAN NEWS FOCUS

A Beautiful Family Reunion »

A Beautiful Family Reunion

Source: Azarmehr Blog September 2, 2010 As soon as you can see Norway’s magnificent forests and lakes from your aeroplane window, you get a...

Sep 2 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

* Planet Iran call to support Carla »

* Planet Iran call to support Carla

September 1, 2010 In recent days, Kayhan, the Iranian daily newspaper which is a media arm of the Iranian Supreme Leader,  Seyyed Ali Khamenei published...

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For the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV and the Shi’ite Amal NBN-TV broadcast “The Christ,” an Iranian-produced series rife with an anti-Christian anti-Semitic expressions »

For the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV and the Shi’ite Amal NBN-TV broadcast “The Christ,” an Iranian-produced series rife with an anti-Christian anti-Semitic expressions

The Lebanese Christians protested the program’s airing and it was taken off the air. Source: The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center August 26, 2010 Overview 1....

Sep 1 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Hardliners split over appointment of Presidential envoys »

Hardliners split over appointment of Presidential envoys

August 30, 2010 Members of the Motalefeh Party, close to Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, have criticised the appointment of special envoys by the...

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Minister of Science : “Universities that oppose the regime must be demolished” »

Minister of Science : “Universities that oppose the regime must be demolished”

August 30, 2010 Kamran Daneshjou, Iranian regime’s Minister of Science has threatened that universities which oppose the regime and its paramilitary Bassij forces...

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Quds Day (September 3rd) : The Next Wave of Protests Against the Iranian Regime »

Quds Day (September 3rd) : The Next Wave of Protests Against the Iranian Regime

We’re still standing & we will be there on Quds Day A video call to protests on Quds day. The text and voice-over...

Aug 30 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »

Feature Articles

Is Iran the Winner of the War in Iraq? »

Is Iran the Winner of the War in Iraq?

By Sarah Wildman, Foreign Policy Correspondent Source: Politics Daily September 1, 2010 As Barack Obama appeared on television Tuesday to declare the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq, were viewers happiest in Baghdad, Washington, D.C., or Tehran? The obvious answer would seem to be Washington...

Sep 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »

SPIEGEL Interview with Iran’s Foreign Minister: ‘The West Lacks Political Maturity’ »

SPIEGEL Interview with Iran’s Foreign Minister: ‘The West Lacks Political Maturity’

Source: Spiegel Online August 30, 2010 In a SPIEGEL interview, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, 57, discusses the stoning of adulterers, the consequences of Western sanctions against Iran and the risk of a military strike against his country. SPIEGEL: Mr. Foreign Minister, you are the...

Aug 31 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Arab Iranians suffer cultural marginalization »

Arab Iranians suffer cultural marginalization

Ahwazi movie goers go for satellite channels By Ramadan al-Saedi Source: AlArabiya August 30, 2010 LONDON – Several movie theaters in the predominantly-Arab Ahwaz city in Iran have been shut down as audiences preferred staying at home and watching Ramadan T.V. serials and programs on satellite...

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Oh Lord: Why Iran’s National Search Engine Will Likely Fail »

Oh Lord: Why Iran’s National Search Engine Will Likely Fail

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) August 29, 2010 August 29, 2010 According to various reports, Iran will launch its own national search engine by 2012. From “The Jerusalem Post”: Hadi Malek-Parast, Director General for Research and Development at the Iranian Information Technology...

Aug 30 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

Neda’s mother appeals for help in finding killer »

Neda’s mother appeals for help in finding killer

Source: CNN August 30, 2010 Tehran, Iran – The mother of the 26-year-old woman whose videotaped shooting last year in Tehran sparked anti-government demonstrations throughout Iran appealed Monday to international human rights organizations and to the international court in The Hague for help...

Aug 30 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Beneath Iraq, Afghan, Israel Policy: Iran, Iran, Iran »

Beneath Iraq, Afghan, Israel Policy: Iran, Iran, Iran

By Gerald F. Seib Source: The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) August 31, 2010 When President Barack Obama speaks to the nation Tuesday night about Iraq, he’ll be marking the removal of American combat troops from that nation, an important milestone. But his address will signify something...

Aug 30 2010 / No comment / Read More »
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Human Rights

‘Release Shiva immediately and unconditionally!’

‘Release Shiva immediately and unconditionally!’

Source: The Green Voice of Freedom (GVF) August 27, 2010 Shiva Nazar Ahari, a 26-year-old Iranian citizen and human rights defender is illegally detained in one of the world’s most notorious prisons for...

Sep 1, 2010 / More » Arjang Davoudi Unconscious after 48 Days of Hunger Strike

Arjang Davoudi Unconscious after 48 Days of Hunger Strike

Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA) August 30, 2010 Arjang Davoudi was transferred to the prison clinic on a stretcher while he was unconscious on Sunday, August 29th. RAHANA: According to the Democracy and...

Aug 31, 2010 / More » Ebadi Calls On UN To Take Up Jailed Iranian Journalist’s Case

Ebadi Calls On UN To Take Up Jailed Iranian Journalist’s Case

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) August 30, 2010 Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has written a letter to the UN’s high commissioner for human rights in support of jailed...

Aug 30, 2010 / More »

Women & Minors

Iranian women protest so-called family protection bill

Iranian women protest so-called family protection bill

Source: Radio Zamaneh August 22, 2010 Iranian opposition leader, Zahra Rahnavard urged Iran’s Islamic Parliament to scrap the recent controversial family protection law from its agenda. Kaleme website reports that Rahnavard has called on...

Aug 22, 2010 / More » Life of Maryam Ghorbanzadeh in Danger, Forced Abortion at Six Months

Life of Maryam Ghorbanzadeh in Danger, Forced Abortion at Six Months

August 13, 2010 Deutsche Übersetzung auf Julias Blog lesen Report Originally Published in Persian by Rooz Online | August 12, 2010 Translation SIAVOSH JALILI for Persian2English According to Javid Kian, the lawyer for 25 year old...

Aug 15, 2010 / More » Four Iranian Women Face Execution Any Day Now: Sakineh, Maryam, Kobra, and Azar

Four Iranian Women Face Execution Any Day Now: Sakineh, Maryam, Kobra, and Azar

August 14, 2010 Deutsche Übersetzung auf Julias Blog lesen Originally Published in Persian by ROOZ ONLINE | August 12, 2010 Translation SIAVOSH JALILI for Persian2English In an interview with Rooz Online, Javid Kian, the lawyer for...

Aug 15, 2010 / More »

Gay, Lesbian & Transsexual

Being gay in Iran

Being gay in Iran

(Video) Meeting in secret, living in fear: Members of Iran’s LGBT community tell of arrests, beatings, rape – and escape to the West. But ‘people are showing less fear of...

Aug 24, 2010 / More » Iran set to execute 18-year-old on false charge of sodomy

Iran set to execute 18-year-old on false charge of sodomy

The client of human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei has been sentenced to death in spite of retracted testimony By Saeed Kamali Dehghan Source: Guardian August 8, 2010 An 18-year-old Iranian is facing imminent execution on charges of...

Aug 8, 2010 / More » Gay Illegal Immigrant Seeks Asylum with Deportation to Iran Pending

Gay Illegal Immigrant Seeks Asylum with Deportation to Iran Pending

Mohammad Abdollahi’s Case Highlights Complexity of Asylum Petition Process By Devin Dwyer Source: ABC News July 27, 2010 By the time Mohammad Abdollahi figured out he had been living in the United States illegally for more...

Jul 27, 2010 / More »

Labor & Industry

Union Activists in Iran – Repression Continues

Union Activists in Iran – Repression Continues

Source: Iranian Labor August 18, 2010  The massive crackdown on the independent labor activists continues in Iran. Several leaders and activists in the union movement remain in jails while others have...

Aug 20, 2010 / More » Iranian Union Activist’s Jail Term Extended

Iranian Union Activist’s Jail Term Extended

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) August 13, 2010 The wife of the jailed head of the Tehran bus service union says another year has been added to his prison sentence, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda...

Aug 14, 2010 / More » Mansour Osanloo Tried at the Revolutionary Court in Karaj

Mansour Osanloo Tried at the Revolutionary Court in Karaj

Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA) August 6, 2010 On Sunday, August 1st, 2010, Mansour Osanloo Head of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company was tried at the...

Aug 6, 2010 / More »

Ethnic & Religious Minorities

A Baha’i’s Plea For Understanding

A Baha’i’s Plea For Understanding

By Christopher Schwartz Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) August 21, 2010 Throughout the Muslim world, Baha’is are routinely subjected to systematic derision in the form of elaborate conspiracy theories. Hostile political, religious, and...

Aug 23, 2010 / More » Christian Citizen Detained in Rasht

Christian Citizen Detained in Rasht

Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA) August 22, 2010 Hamed Pishkar who is a Christian resident of Rasht was detained at his house on August 15th for observing his religious rituals. The ...

Aug 22, 2010 / More » Prison Time Totals 140 Years for Seven Administrators of the Baha’i Community

Prison Time Totals 140 Years for Seven Administrators of the Baha’i Community

Source: Committee of Human Rights Reporters August 8, 2010 The Committee of Human Rights Reporters announced that seven former administrators of the Baha’i community were each sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by branch...

Aug 8, 2010 / More »

Regime Lobbies & Promoters Outside Iran

Did NIAC defraud the Congressional funds?

Did NIAC defraud the Congressional funds?

Examination of NIAC’s internal documents released during a defamation lawsuit suggests that this organization has violated the rules governing Congressional funds. Source: www.iranianlobby.com April 30, 2010 To see the entire report in...

May 20, 2010 / More » UPDATED >> Iranian regime’s lobby in the U.S.

UPDATED >> Iranian regime’s lobby in the U.S.

March 14, 2010 Below: A very important video series (in Persian with English subtitles), interviews with Hassan Dai, founder of Reports on Mullahs Lobby in the U.S. and co-founder of Progressive American-Iranian Committee, both...

Mar 14, 2010 / More » Iranian regime lobby in DC becomes active in winning friends and influencing the U.S. Congress

Iranian regime lobby in DC becomes active in winning friends and influencing the U.S. Congress

To find out more about NIAC and their activities as the main lobby of the Iranian regime in Washington DC, please refer to the large number of articles on offer in our ‘Regime...

Mar 2, 2010 / More »

International Companies in Business with Iran

LyondellBasell to End All Business in Iran Due to Sanctions

LyondellBasell to End All Business in Iran Due to Sanctions

By Spencer Swartz Source: The Wall Street Journal August 24, 2010 LyondellBasell Industries NV, one of the world’s biggest plastic and chemical producers, will end its business operations in Iran to shield itself against penalties...

Aug 24, 2010 / More » Lawyer: Nokia Siemens Played Key Role In Saharkhiz’s Arrest

Lawyer: Nokia Siemens Played Key Role In Saharkhiz’s Arrest

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) August 18, 2010 We reported on August 17 about the lawsuit against Nokia Siemens Networks by a prominent jailed Iranian journalist, Isa Saharkhiz, who implicated Nokia Siemens...

Aug 19, 2010 / More » UPDATE 3-Toyota says halted exports to Iran since June

UPDATE 3-Toyota says halted exports to Iran since June

Source: Reuters U.S. August 11, 2010 * Toyota: halted exports due to “international situation” * Toyota shares fall 1.8 pct vs 2.7 pct drop in Nikkei TOKYO Aug 11 (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said...

Aug 13, 2010 / More »

Oil & Gas

Turkey exports less gasoline to Iran in July -data

Turkey exports less gasoline to Iran in July -data

Source: Reuters U.S. September 1, 2010 LONDON - Turkey’s gasoline exports to Iran dropped by a hefty 74 percent in July after U.S.-led sanctions against the Islamic Republic came into force, figures obtained by Reuters from...

Sep 2, 2010 / More » EGL repels accusations of violation of regime of sanctions against Iran: we have contract with NIGEC, instead of Ahmadinejad

EGL repels accusations of violation of regime of sanctions against Iran: we have contract with NIGEC, instead of Ahmadinejad

Source: ABC.AZ August 26, 2010 Baku – The Swiss energy group EGL does not consider that its ?18 billion gas contract with the National Iranian Gas Export Company fall under American sanctions in...

Aug 26, 2010 / More » Nabucco Group Scraps Plan For Iranian Gas Supply

Nabucco Group Scraps Plan For Iranian Gas Supply

Source: The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) August 23, 2010 VIENNA–European energy companies have shelved a plan to source gas from Iran to Europe via the European Union-backed Nabucco gas pipeline given Iran’s...

Aug 26, 2010 / More »
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