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U.S. Hopes Internet Exports Will Help Open Closed Societies


(The New York Times) | March 7, 2010
By MARK LANDLER
WASHINGTON — Seeking to exploit the Internet’s potential for prying open closed societies, the Obama administration will permit technology companies to export online services like instant messaging, chat and photo sharing to Iran, Cuba and Sudan, a senior administration official said Sunday.
On Monday, he said, the [...]

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Farsi Translation of President Barack Obama’s Address to the Iranian People – پیغام رئس جمهور امریکا به مردم ایران ِ28/12/2009


پیغام رئس جمهور امریکا به مردم ایران ِ28/12/2009
امریکا به همراه جامعه بین المللی شدیداسرکوب غیر عادلانه و وحشیانه مردم بی گناه ایران را محکوم میکند. این سرکوب ها باعث زندانی و مجروح شدن و حتی کشتن مردم شده است. در ماهای اخیر مردم ایران فقط در جستجوی حقوق انسانی خود بوده اند و هر بار [...]

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President Barack Obama clearly Expresses Solidarity with Iranian Protesters


BREAKING NEWS: In a speech today, President Barack Obama, expressed solidarity with the protesters in Iran.
Watch the video:

Here is the full transcript.
The United States joins with the international community in strongly condemning the violent and unjust suppression of innocent Iranian citizens, which has apparently resulted in detentions, injuries and even death. For [...]

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Iran opposition urges targeted sanctions against Tehran


(WashingtonTV)
Updated: Friday, November 20, 2009
Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf said on Thursday that US President Barack Obama should increase his public support for Iran’s democratic movement, and intensify sanctions on Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.
Makhmalbaf, who has become a spokesperson outside of Iran for the main opposition movement, said that the movement supports targeted economic sanctions [...]

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As Iran Stalls on Nuclear Deal, New Sanctions Weighed


(New York Times)
By STEVEN ERLANGER
Published: November 20, 2009
PARIS — Senior officials from Western powers discussed the possibility of new sanctions on Iran on Friday for flouting the United Nations Security Council’s demands and expressed disappointment that Iran had not yet accepted a draft agreement to export most of its enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.
The [...]

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Beijing remains guarded on Iran


By Daniel Dombey in Washington
November 17 2009
Barack Obama, the US president, on Tuesday sought to convince China to increase pressure on Iran’s nuclear programme – but received no public commitment that Beijing would support sanctions.
After meeting Hu Jintao, China’s president, Mr Obama said both had agreed Iran “must provide assurances to the international community that [...]

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Clinton Says U.S. Wants ‘Civil,’ Diplomatic Iran Ties


By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. wants a “civil, diplomatic relationship” with Iran and has told the regime that possessing a nuclear weapon isn’t in the nation’s best interests, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.
President Barack Obama conveyed that message to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Hoseini Khamenei, Clinton said in an [...]

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Obama renews some long-standing Iran sanctions


WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama renewed some long-standing U.S. financial sanctions against Iran on Thursday, the White House said.
Obama notified Congress that, as expected, he was extending a set of existing U.S. measures against Tehran for another year, saying “our relations with Iran have not yet returned to normal.”
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Barack Obama’s Message to Iran on November 4


The following is a message from Barack Obama to Iran, on the 30th anniversary of the hostage crisis in which 52 Americans were held hostage in the American embassy in Tehran for 444 days:
“Thirty years ago today, the American Embassy in Tehran was seized. The 444 days that began on November [...]

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Live blogging – Student’s Day Demonstrations – Iran – November 4, 2009


[7:00AM Tehran Time]
A lot of additional videos are still being posted to social media sites. The following two are particularly troubling: security forces beating women and innocents:

[5:00PM Tehran Time]
What a day it has been. The boldest protests yet since the rigged election took place on June 12. While thousands of people protesting [...]

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