President Barack Obama “is deeply disappointed at this news,” his spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
Correspondents say the case will have serious implications for US-Iranian relations at a time when Mr Obama has reached out to the Tehran.
Archive | April, 2009
Israelis feel chill as US sets out new ground rules
But now officials in his [Barack Obama's] administration are openly using Israeli anxiety at Iran’s nuclear program as a bargaining chip to force its hand on giving up control of the West Bank Palestinian territory.
No less a figure than the White House chief-of-staff, Rahm Emanuel, was quoted this week laying down the law: if Israel wants US help to defuse the Iranian threat, then get ready to start evacuating settlements in the West Bank, he was reported to have told Jewish leaders in Washington.
Iran sentences U.S. journalist to 8 years
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — A U.S. journalist in Iran was sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage, her father, lawyer and news reports said Saturday — a sentence that prompted denunciation from the United States.
Reports in Iranian media, including an Iranian judiciary source quoted Saturday by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency, confirmed the sentence of Roxana Saberi, a 31-year-old Iranian-American from North Dakota.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was “deeply disappointed” by the news.
Israel stands ready to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites
Sheera Frenkel in Jerusalem
The Israeli military is preparing itself to launch a massive aerial assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities within days of being given the go-ahead by its new government.
Among the steps taken to ready Israeli forces for what would be a risky raid requiring pinpoint aerial strikes are the acquisition of three Airborne Warning and Control (AWAC) aircraft and regional missions to simulate the attack.
Iranian Woman’s Execution Imminent For Crime Committed At Age 17
By Golnaz Esfandiari
A young Iranian woman faces imminent execution, five years after being convicted of committing murder at the age of 17.
Delara Darabi’s lawyer, Abdolsamad Khoramshah, was quoted as saying on April 16 that her death sentence has been confirmed by the Supreme Court.
Darabi will be executed by April 20 unless the family of the elderly woman she was convicted of murdering at the age of 17 decides to pardon her.
Iran chokes on Holocaust at UN conference
THE Holocaust remains the sole issue blocking agreement on the final declaration of a UN conference on racism, diplomats said.
Negotiators in Geneva are working against the clock to finalise a fresh declaration, with urgency added by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s stated intention to attend the proceedings, which start on Monday.
“There is just one lingering point, the question of the Holocaust…”
Toronto man charged with trying to export nuclear technology to Iran
A Toronto man is facing charges of illegally trying to export nuclear technology to Iran, the RCMP said Friday.
The charges stem from an alleged attempt to illegally move pressure transducers from Boston to Toronto and onto Dubai, with Iran as the final destination, police said.
A New Approach to Iran: The Need for Transformative Diplomacy
MIT CIS Scholar Provides Roadmap and Rationale for U.S.-Iran Relations
CAMBRIDGE, MA April 15, 2009—A months-long study of U.S.-Iran relations concludes that a new diplomatic approach by the United States to transform the relationship with Iran could produce a breakthrough that will boost security and prosperity for the entire region.
Gates warns against Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities
The Defense secretary tells a group of Marine students that such a strike would only delay the nuclear program while strengthening the Iranians’ resolve.
Israel’s Peres says no to military option on Iran
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Thursday that there was no military solution to arch-foe Iran’s controversial nuclear programme.
“The solution in Iran is not a military one,” Peres was quoted by his office as telling visiting US Middle East envoy George Mitchell.
Obama’s back door to Iran ties
Obama officials are playing cat-and-mouse these days with Iran’s envoys.
The new administration is eager to catch a meeting in any international forum that might lead to one-on-one talks. Issues range from Iran’s nuclear program to an American journalist charged by Iran with spying.
If US diplomats do snag a secret negotiation, they’d be smart to start with the one issue in which Iran and America share a strong common interest: Afghanistan.
Iran at forefront of stem cell research
Though the world’s attention has focused on Iran’s advancing nuclear program, Iranian scientists have moved to the forefront in embryonic stem cell research, according to a recent joint study by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Iran willing to build new relationship with US
“The Iranian nation is a generous nation. It may forget the past and start a new era, but any country speaking on the basis of selfishness will get the same response the Iranian nation gave to Mr. Bush,” Ahmadinejad told thousands in the southeastern city of Kerman.
Iran Says It Plans New Nuclear Offer
By NAZILA FATHI
Published: April 15, 2009
TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran said Wednesday that he was preparing a new proposal to resolve disputes with the West over Iran’s nuclear program, opening the door to talks with the United States, the official I.R.N.A. news agency reported.
Russia says not selling missile system to Iran
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has not supplied Iran its advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, an official in Russia’s state arms export service was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
“Nothing is happening. There are no deliveries,” Interfax news agency quoted Alexander Fomin, first deputy director of Russia’s Federal Military and Technical Cooperation Service, as saying at an arms fair in Rio de Janeiro.
What Does Iran Want for Roxana Saberi?
By Robert Mackey
The trial of Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American who has been charged with spying for the United States, began on Monday in Tehran, according to a report by the Iranian state news agency IRNA. Ms. Saberi was arrested in January after her press credentials had expired and Iran called her subsequent reports “illegal.”
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