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Source: Agence France Presse (AFP) April 29, 2010 STRASBOURG — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov admitted on Thursday that Iran was a “difficult partner” and warned targeted sanctions over its contested nuclear programme may become “unavoidable”. “Iran is a difficult partner and we are disappointed (it) has not responded constructively to the proposals reiterated” by [...]
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By Jonathan Spyer Source: The Jerusalem Post April 30, 2010 Arab leaders in way of Iran’s hegemonic ME goal. Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah reacted angrily yesterday to an Egyptian court verdict which sentenced members of a terror cell organized by the movement in Egypt to prison terms. The verdict, delivered on Wednesday, resulted in the [...]
Source: Reuters April 29, 2010 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Iran’s president on Thursday he will not get a warm welcome at U.N. nonproliferation talks next week if he seeks to sow confusion about Iran’s nuclear program. The United States and some of its Western allies believe that Iran is using its civil nuclear [...]
Source: The Associated Press (AP) April 29, 2010 NEW YORK — The former president of a foundation prosecutors say has provided services to the Iranian government has been sentenced in New York City to three months in prison for obstructing justice. Farshid Jahedi (fahr-SHEED’ jah-HEE’-dee) was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Manhattan. He was [...]
By Robert F. Worth Source: The New York Times April 29, 2010 BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Iranian opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi released a video statement on Thursday calling on workers and teachers to join the reformist cause, in a bold new attempt to broaden and energize the country’s flagging protest movement. Enlarge This Image [...]
Source: Voice of America (VOA) April 29, 2010 The mothers of the three American hikers detained in Iran are appealing to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to bring their children home on his expected trip to the United States. In a letter to Mr. Ahmadinejad Thursday, the mothers of Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Joshua Fattal [...]
MATTHEW LEE , Associated Press Writer Source: Los Angeles Times April 29, 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration Thursday warned Iran and Syria that America’s commitment to Israel’s security is unshakable and that they should understand the consequences of threats to the Jewish state. In a speech, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said [...]
By Jerome Socolovsky Source: Voice of America (VOA) April 29, 2010 Killings of journalists, cross-border lawsuits and internet censorship have all contributed to a deterioration of press freedom worldwide, according to a democracy watchdog based in Washington. It says the gains made after the collapse of communism are in danger. The Freedom of the Press [...]
By Joseph Abrams Source: FoxNews April 29, 2010 Without fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women, handing a four-year seat on the influential human rights body to a theocratic state in which stoning is enshrined in law and lashings are required for women judged “immodest.” Iranian [...]