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Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) July 30, 2010 On July 31, 2009, three Americans were arrested by Iranian forces after they purportedly strayed across the Iranian border while hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan. Shane Bauer, 27; Sarah Shourd, 31; and Josh Fattal, 27, have been held in Iran ever since, without charges, and are currently [...]
Source: The Washington Post July 30, 2010 “They [the United States and Israel] have decided to attack at least two countries in the region in the next three months.” – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, July 26 President Ahmadinejad has a penchant for the somewhat loony, as when last weekend he denounced Paul the Octopus, omniscient [...]
By Judson Berger Source: Fox News July 30, 2010 Two multinational corporations that have earned millions of dollars in U.S. government contracts are conducting business with Iran in violation of the recently signed sanctions law, according to an Iran watchdog group that has provided its research to FoxNews.com. United Against Nuclear Iran, a non-profit devoted [...]
July 30, 2010 Planet Iran Editorial In recent days, Mohammad-Ali Jafari, Chief Commander of the Revolutionary Guards has for the first time admitted to the support of a number of their agents’ support for the leaders of the opposition movement. Speaking at the launch of the first series of the Defense Readiness Program Trainers, on [...]
To understand the big stories of the last year in Iran, we need better access to the little stories. By Azadeh Moaveni Source: Foreign Policy July-August 2010 In July 2009, the Tehran fixer for a non-Western TV network had his hand chopped off with a machete by a pro-Iranian regime militant. His bosses stayed quiet: [...]
Source: CTV.ca July 29, 2010 TORONTO — A Toronto man found guilty of trying to send devices to Iran that could be used to build nuclear weapons has been sentenced to another 20 months behind bars. Earlier this month a judge convicted Mahmoud Yadegari of nine of the 10 charges he was facing — he [...]
By Ladane Nasseri Source: Bloomberg July 29, 2010 Iran Air, the state-owned flag carrier, plans to sell its first shares to the public and buy as many as 100 new aircraft to expand in the face of tighter international sanctions, the company’s chairman said. Iran Air is seeking to modernize its aging fleet of foreign-built [...]
In 2007, U.S. intelligence said Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program. Analyst policy bias and disinformation from Iranian double agents may explain the mistake. By Edward Jay Epstein Source: The Wall Street Journal July 29, 2010 In a stunning departure from a decade of assessments, the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran declared: [...]
By Sean Maher Source: Oakland Tribune July 29, 2010 // // 0){ document.getElementById(‘articleViewerGroup’).style.width = requestedWidth + “px”; document.getElementById(‘articleViewerGroup’).style.margin = “0px 0px 10px 10px”; } // ]]>SAN FRANCISCO — A moment of clarity struck Nora Shourd recently as her worldwide campaign to free her daughter and two other U.S. citizens from their imprisonment in Iran brought [...]
