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Exclusive: Iran supplies weapons to Taliban

Exclusive: Iran supplies weapons to Taliban

By Nima Elbagir
Source: Channel 4
March 18, 2010
Channel 4 News can reveal the Taliban insurgency against British and American forces is being supported by Iranian weapons smuggled over the border including mines, mortars and plastic explosives.

The exclusive images and documents show, for the first time, the full extent of Iranian support for the [...]

Document – Iran: Political activist at risk of torture in Iran: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi

Document – Iran: Political activist at risk of torture in Iran: Heshmatollah Tabarzadi

Amnesty International Urgent Action: 66/10 Index: MDE 13/033/2010 Iran
Date: 16 March 2010
URGENT ACTION
Political Activist at RISK of TORTURE IN IRAN
Heshmatollah Tabarzadi (known as Heshmat), a journalist and leader of a banned political party in Iran, is at high risk of torture in Evin prison in Iran’s capital, Tehran. He was arrested shortly after writing an [...]

Mir-Hossein Mousavi & Zahra Rahnavard to address the nation via video

Mir-Hossein Mousavi & Zahra Rahnavard to address the nation via video

Source: The Green Wave of Freedom (GVF)
March 17, 2010
Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard will address the nation for the New Year celebrations of Nowrouz.
Mousavi’s website Kaleme announced that the 2009 presidential candidate and his wife will speak to Iranians for the occasion of the new Iranian year. The video of the address [...]

US-China differences ’should not harm Iran cooperation’

US-China differences ’should not harm Iran cooperation’

By Robert Saiget
Source: Agence France Presse (AFP)
March 18, 2010
BEIJING — Chinese-US differences over Taiwan and Tibet should not stop Beijing from backing strong sanctions against Iran or trip up cooperation on global issues, Washington’s ambassador to Beijing said Thursday.
“Differences on Taiwan and Tibet cannot, must not, prevent us from working together [...]

In Moscow Talks, Iran Looms

In Moscow Talks, Iran Looms

Source: Council on Foreign Relations
March 17, 2010
Interviewee: Stephen Sestanovich, George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, CFR.org
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s agenda for her Moscow visit this week includes the second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, Iran sanctions, and a meeting of the Middle East [...]

Iran Offers to Exchange Low-Grade Uranium But on Iranian Territory

Iran Offers to Exchange Low-Grade Uranium But on Iranian Territory

Source: Voice of America (VOA)
March 17, 2010

The head of Iran’s atomic energy agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, is making a new proposal for the exchange of Tehran’s low-grade uranium with the West, Wednesday, offering to carry out the exchange at once and on Iranian soil.
Iran’s official Press TV signals a new proposal [...]

China shows no sign of budging on Iran sanctions

China shows no sign of budging on Iran sanctions

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
Source: The Associated Press (AP)
March 17, 2010
BEIJING — China showed no sign Tuesday of throwing its support behind new sanctions against Iran following talks with Britain’s foreign minister, who had hoped to persuade Beijing to join a growing international consensus for more stringent measures.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi maintained that [...]

Flight Of Iran’s Critical Voices Shows Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore

Flight Of Iran’s Critical Voices Shows Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore

By Golnaz Esfandiari
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
March 17, 2010
In early January, the daily dose of sarcasm that many Iranians had come to depend on in turbulent times disappeared from the blogosphere.
Alireza Rezaei failed to update his popular blog for days, prompting loyal readers to fear the worst. Had [...]

Guidance Minister: We Acted Legally. Press Undersecretary: I Don’t Accept the Law!

Guidance Minister: We Acted Legally. Press Undersecretary: I Don’t Accept the Law!

By: Samnak Aghaei
Source: Rooz Online
March 16, 2010

Mohammad Hosseini, Ahmadinejad cabinet’s minister of culture and Islamic guidance, defended his press undersecretary’s massive crackdown on independent and critical publications for the second time in a week two days ago.  Noting the reasons behind banning independent and reformist publications, he claimed, “The ministry of [...]

Abdolkarim Soroush in Exclusive Interview with Rooz: Democracy Is Not Extractable from Islam

Abdolkarim Soroush in Exclusive Interview with Rooz: Democracy Is Not Extractable from Islam

By Nooshabeh Amiri
Source: Rooz Online
March 17, 2010
Rooz spoke with prominent thinker Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush about the separation of church and state, disagreements between seculars and religious reformists and the green movement’s future.  Noting that, “With political, trans-religious secularism, a person who is pious is assured that his religion and faith [...]

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