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ABC EXCLUSIVE: Iran Nuclear Scientist Defects to U.S. In CIA ‘Intelligence Coup’
(ABC News) | March 30, 2010 By MATTHEW COLE Shahram Amiri Disappeared Last June in Saudi Arabia, Reportedly Now Resettled in the United States An award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist, who disappeared last year under mysterious circumstances, has defected to the CIA and been resettled in the United States, according to people briefed on the operation [...]
Iran’s Opposition Seeks More Help in Cyberwar With Government
(The New York Times) | March 18, 2010 Nazila Fathi At a time when the Obama administration is pressing for harsher sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program, democracy advocates in Iran have been celebrating the recent decision by the United States to lift sanctions on various online services, which they say only helped Tehran [...]
Court Rebukes Dutch Policy on Iranian Scientists
A court in The Hague has dealt a blow to the Dutch government’s controversial attempts to keep sensitive nuclear technology out of the hands of Iran. Its policy to ban Iranian-born students and scientists from certain master’s degrees and from nuclear research facilities in the Netherlands is overly broad and a violation of an international civil rights treaty, the court ruled today.
Italian company says no launch for Iran satellite
ROME — An Italian company that helped build a communications satellite for Iran said Wednesday there are no plans to launch it, denying an announcement made in Tehran this week. Iran’s government said Tuesday that it will use Italy to launch the satellite some time after March 2011, after waiting years for Russia to do [...]
Mousavi’s Statement #11 Addressed to the People of Iran (Full English Translation)
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful The honorable, free-spirited and vigilant people of Iran, Nearly three months ago, when you participated in the tenth presidential election, you went to the polls with the belief that your votes would be protected against the power-hungry goals of a minority group. You had been promised [...]
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.
