Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
March 11, 2010
Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has praised the two Iranian activists who were awarded the Homo Homini prize presented annually by the Czech NGO People in Need “in recognition of a dedication to the promotion of human rights, democracy, and nonviolent solutions to political conflicts” and called on [...]
March 10, 2010
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(Reuters) First Iranian-built destroyer launched in Gulf. Iranian state television said the first Iranian-built destroyer was launched on Friday in a ceremony attended by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
(AOL News) Feb. 19 — Some Doubts Iran’s Boasts Over New Destroyer. In the midst of a diplomatic standoff over [...]
Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA)
March 9, 2010
Simin Behbahani was prevented from leaving for France for International Women’s Day ceremonies.
RAHANA – “Paris municipality had invited me for March 8 and I had prepared a text about feminism and a poem about women which I was going to read at the ceremony and [...]
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
March 9, 2010
Internet giant Google has welcomed a U.S. decision to relax restrictions that have prevented U.S. companies from exporting Internet services and software to Iran, Cuba, and Sudan.
The U.S. Treasury Department eased the sanctions on March 8, allowing U.S. companies to export services to those countries that are related [...]
Source: Al Jazeera
March 9, 2010
Recep Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, has cautioned against further UN Security Council sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme during a visit to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.
“I don’t believe that any further sanctions will yield results,” Erdogan told journalists, adding that earlier rounds of sanctions ”have never yielded results.”
Turkey, which has good [...]
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
March 9, 2010
It’s rare to have Iran-related news coming out of Prague, but here’s an encouraging one for all those fighting for more rights and democracy inside the country.
Two activists and representatives of Iran’s student movement, Abdollah Momeni and Majid Tavakoli, are this year’s recipients of the Homo Homini Award, [...]
By Masih Alinejad for Planet Iran
March 9, 2010
In his recent press conference, Iranian dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad once again looked straight into the eyes of journalists and denied reality. As Mir-Hossein Mousavi would put it, “Ahmadinejad can look right into the cameras and tell big lies without batting an eyelash.”
During a press conference with the international [...]
Source: Reuters and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
March 8, 2010
TEHRAN — Iran’s parliament approved President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s 2010/11 budget today, state radio reported, but some lawmakers attacked the plan, saying planned cuts in subsidies could spark runaway inflation.
“It was approved,” speaker Ali Larijani said. The Mehr news agency said 151 deputies out of 290 approved [...]
Source: Reuters
March 9, 2010
BERLIN — Germany has said it turned down a request from Iran to extradite a Kurdish leader, who was detained but later freed, prompting an angry response from Tehran.
The news came a day after Germany, which is involved in international efforts to curb Iran’s nuclear program, said it would grant political asylum [...]
Source: The Green Voice of Freedom (GVF)
March 9, 2010
Following the decision by the German government to accept a certain number of political refugees from Iran, German Green Member of the European Parliament Barbara Lochbihler, Chair of the EU Parliament delegation to Iran, has issued the following statement:
“I warmly welcome the decision of the German government [...]
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