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Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) March 31, 2010 Iranian news websites report that Sasi Mankan, an underground rapper, was arrested over the weekend during a trip to Kish Island in southern Iran, but the rapper himself has denied the news of his arrest. On a fan page on Facebook, Mankan wrote that the news was [...]
By Mazyar Mokfi, Charles Recknagel Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) March 31, 2010 Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is one of the most powerful men in Iran. As such, he is usually highly visible in his official functions, which include periodically leading Friday prayers at Tehran’s mosque — an event broadcast nationally on state [...]
By JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL March 30, 2010 // The idea of “containment” seems to be marginalizing any last prospect of a preemptive military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. Indications are beginning to multiply that the Obama administration’s decision to drastically ratchet up pressure on Israel over building in east Jerusalem might be tied to the [...]
By Kristin Deasy, Hannah Kaviani Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) March 31, 2010 BERLIN — On a recent Saturday afternoon in the back room of a small restaurant in Berlin, some 20 young Iranians drift in with plates of food, filling the room with the smell of saffron and the sound of Farsi. They [...]
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) March 31, 2010 Iran’s official media has said the country’s chief nuclear negotiator will visit China on April 1 to “discuss the nuclear issue” with high-ranking Chinese officials. Said Jalili’s visit will come after the foreign ministers of the Group of Eight major industrial economies called for greater pressure [...]
By Stephen Farrell and Elisabeth Bumiller Source: The New York Times March 31, 2010 JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq — Early this year a “fob in a box” — military slang for 80 shipping containers with all the tents, showers and construction material needed to set up a remote forward operating base — was put on [...]
Source: United Press International (UPI) March 30, 2010 BRUSSELS — The European Commission announced Tuesday that it included Iran Air on its list of restricted airliners because of serious safety concerns. The European Commission, in its 13th update to the list of airlines embargoed in the European Union, added Iran Air to its list of [...]
By Christoph Seidler Source: Spiegel Online March 31, 2010 The regime in Tehran has been blocking foreign media broadcasts, including those of the BBC and Voice of America, from Europe’s largest television satellite. The United Nations has condemned the jamming operations, but there is little the international community can do about it. Hot Bird 8 [...]
Source: Agence France Presse (AFP) March 31, 2010 WASHINGTON – Six major powers negotiating with Iran on its nuclear program held fresh talks Wednesday after President Barack Obama said he wanted sanctions within weeks, a US official said. Senior diplomats from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States spoke by conference call for [...]
