Dave Siavashi writes for EA: According to The Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration has quietly drawn up plans to provide a key Persian Gulf ally with thousands of advanced “bunker-buster” bombs and other munitions, part of a stepped-up U.S. effort to build a regional coalition to counter Iran. An interesting announcement in itself, but [...]
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Live-blog: Ashura in Iran – December 16, 2010
This is a live-blog report on events in Iran on December 16, 2010, during the Shia mourning day of Ashura. As reports come in, they will be placed at the top of this page. To read this in chronological order it must be read from the bottom up. [8:30AM Tehran Time - December 17, 2010] [...]
Reuters Africa: Obama meets with U.S. woman freed by Iran
“We remain hopeful that Iran will demonstrate renewed compassion and do the right thing by ensuring the safe return of Shane, Josh and all the other missing or detained Americans in Iran,”
L.A. Times: U.S. imposes new Iran sanctions
L.A. Times | September 29, 2010 By Paul Richter Tribune Washington Bureau The Obama administration Wednesday sanctioned eight senior Iranian officials for alleged human rights violations, as it sought to sharpen pressure on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s regime while reaching out to his opponents in Iran. The eight, who include the head of the Iranian Revolutionary [...]
CSM: Hillary Clinton to Iran: stop using death penalty so much
Christian Science Monitor | August 10, 2010 by Howard LaFranchi Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday added her voice to the growing international chorus condemning what Iranian human rights activists say is expanding use of execution as almost routine punishment in Iran. The high-profile case Secretary Clinton cited in a statement is that [...]
NPR: Despite Bluster, U.S., Iran, May Be Open To Talks
NPR | August 5, 2010 by Mike Shuster Signals have come from Iran and the U.S. in recent days that suggest a willingness of both nations to return to the negotiating table. This comes as something of a surprise, given the recent economic sanctions imposed on Iran and hostile public remarks from both sides. Amid [...]
Sanctions Effort May Open Door to Press Iran Central Bank
The New York Times | May 19, 2010 By NEIL MacFARQUHAR and DAVID E. SANGER UNITED NATIONS — Buried in the sanctions resolution now being debated in the United Nations Security Council lies the possibility of a new effort to pressure Iran over its nuclear program: a call for countries to “exercise vigilance” in dealing [...]
Video: “Take a Good Look.” Sparse Crowd at Ahmadinejad Speech in Orumieh
Ahmadinejad gave a speech in Orumieh today, in which he lashed out at President Obama, after the latter revealed new policies with regards to the use of nuclear weapons by the United States. Bahrain’s Gulf Daily News quotes Ahmadinejad: “Be careful. If you set step in George W. Bush’s path, the nations’ response would be [...]
Iran says oil sanctions threat “a joke”
(Reuters) | April 6, 2010 Robin Pomeroy and Hashem Kalantari (Reuters) – The idea of international sanctions on Iranian oil exports is a joke, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday, adding Iran would not abandon its disputed nuclear work despite mounting international pressure. U.S. President Barack Obama is pushing for new U.N. sanctions in [...]
President Barack Obama’s Nowruz Message to Iran
President Barack Obama’s Nowruz Message to Iran, with Persian subtitles:
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 [...]
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