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More Catholic Than The Pope, But How Much?

Safa Haeri — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:01:59 UT

The megalomaniac leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran has decreed Monday 29 December a day of mourning for the innocent Muslim Palestinians killed under “savage” Israeli air attacks and has strongly condemned Arab leaders, particularly the Egyptian President Hosni Mobarak and the Jordanian King Abdallah, -- whom he has called “hypocrites” -- for talking to the dreadful Israelis.

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Intolerant Ayatollahs Shut Down Office of Iran Human Rights Centre

Safa Haeri — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:48:39 UT

The international community has severely condemned the Iranian Government over the brutal closure of the Centre of Human Rights Defenders, the sole such organization in the Islamic Republic of Iran, on 21 December by the Police, special security guards and plainclothes agents, acting on orders from the Tehran and Islamic Revolution Tribunal Prosecutor.

Necessity Of Establishing U.S.-Iran Relations

Issa Saharkhiz — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:26:52 UT

e Various opinion polls show that despite persistent enmity and cold relations between governments in Washington and Tehran, the majority of the Iranian people desire that firm steps to be taken in normalizing political, economic, social, cultural and sports relations between the two countries.

Some Changes Are Possible In Iran: Qassem Sho'leh Sa'di

Safa Haeri — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:01:44 UT

Some Iran watchers think that the four coming years are “instrumental” for Iran. In their view, the regime faces two opposite ways that leads to the same point: A more breathing space for Iranians.

Zbigniew Brzezinski: Israel's push for Iran strike may hurt U.S. ties

Natasha Mozgovaya — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:54:11 UT

“Israel really cannot execute effective strike against Iran without American permission. “Because if you look at the map, you can see the reason why it is so", Mr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former national security adviser to Jimmy Carter told the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

Students Protests Against the Government, The Regime.

Safa Haeri — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:45:40 UT

Seriously anxious at the prospects of the fundamentalists represented by fanatic President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad loosing the next presidential elections, Ayatollah Ali Khameneh’i was again compelled to come down personally in the political arena, acting not as the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic who stands above political lines, but as the champion of a political party fighting for survival.

The Distortion Factory

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:05:49 UT

In a recent article, Mr. Hoseyn Bastani, the Editor of “Rooz”, an independent, pro reform internet newspaper based in Paris and London, explained that what makes the senior Iranian decision-makers take wrong decisions and their wishes for realities is the so-called “confidential” bulletins which contains unreal, extravagant analysis and theories prepared by persons who wants to influence the decision-makers by pleasing the few people who takes important decisions, above all the very person of the megalomaniac Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameneh’i.(see IPS article “Who Is Behind the Decisions of Iranian Decision-Makers”)

Who Is Behind The Decision Of Iran’s Top Decision-Makers?

Safa Haeri — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:23:49 UT

Iran’s recent announcements on the “seriousness of foreign threats”, discovering and dismantling espionage networks working for Israel, testing successfully new missiles, militarization of the country, increasing security measures in Tehran and other major cities etc translates more the fear of the ruling ayatollahs of a possible social explosion than a possible threat from the United States, Israel, or the two together, according to veteran political analysts.

Billionaire Revolutionary Becomes Interior Minister

Safa Haeri — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:25:02 UT

A Persian proverb says: “each time from this garden arrives new fruit, every time more fresh than before!”

Ahmadi Nezhad's New Task: Presenting Mehdi To The World

Safa Haeri — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:03:13 UT

Content to have executed the wishes of his boss in sending a message of congratulation to the new American President-elect, Mr. Barack Obama, the fanatic Iranian President has set himself a new “mission”: presenting imam Mehdi, or the Shi’s Muslims messiah, to the world.

Iran Is Going Mad

Safa Haeri — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:51:26 UT

If you have been strong enough as not go mad from stories we have been subjected in the last months of the presidency of George W. Bush about the maddening international financial and economic crisis, it is not late, just look at what happened in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the past few days:

Tehran Intends To Outlaw Cooperation With The BBC Persian Service TV

Yasamin Manteqi — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:18:46 UT

As the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) started running experimental programmes of its latest child, a television channel in Persian language covering Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance last week issued a ‎statement outlawing “any form of cooperation between Iranian public ‎or journalists with the BBC Persian television network”.

A Challenge That Is Not Economic ‎

Azadeh Kian — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:42:12 UT

As the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad finally decided to give up introducing Value Added Tax (VAT), a decision that triggered the unprecedented strike of the Bazaar in several major cities, including Tehran, pundits and economists continue to analyse the reasons behind such a defeat.

If Khatami Runs In Next Presidential Elections, He Would Dig His Political Grave

Safa Haeri — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:39:45 UT

With the date of presidential elections in Iran approaching, the big question of the day is to know if former moderate president Hojjat-ol-eslam Mohammad Khatami will enter the arena or not.

Israel Gets Real on Iran

Trita Parsi — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:33:16 UT

On the eve of his departure from political life, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert delivered a stinging parting shot – putting under question not only the wisdom of holding on to Palestinian land, but also the feasibility of an Israeli military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Who Is Behind The Bazaar Strike?

Safa Haeri — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:23:14 UT

In a recent article, we said since the creation of the Islamic Republic in Iran, Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad is the “strongest president the co0untry never had, much stronger than his predecessor, the moderate Mohammad Khatami or even Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, considered as the most powerful man of the regime after the leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameneh’i”.

Deciding The Fate Of The Mojahedin Khalq Organisation

Trita Parsi — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:41:52 UT

The Bush administration inherited many of Iraq's problems when it invaded that country, including an Iranian terrorist organization funded and armed by Saddam Hussein, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO).

Will There Be A Second Cold War?

Jalal Alavi — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:13:31 UT

In his September 4 commentary titled Who Wants Cold War II? [1], Shlomo Ben-Ami, a former Israeli foreign minister, proposes a new world order in which the United States and Russia can be strategic partners.

Will Mr. Kordan resign, or be dismissed?

Safa Haeri — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:28:39 UT

Will Mr. Ali Kordan, the Iranian Interior Minister resign, or be removed and tried, now that he has admitted that his “honorary doctorate” he had claimed was obtained from Oxford University was a fake?

Ahmadi Nezhad’s Speech At The UN Criticised Inside and Outside Iran

Safa Haeri — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:05:45 UT

Once again, the Iranian fanatic President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad participated at the United Nations General Assembly and once again, not only his performance was an exercise in futility, not only he made himself the fool of the international community, but also the subject of shame for the Iranians.

Germany’s Biggest Mosque To Be Built In Koln

Parviz Mardani — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:40:14 UT

Some 1.000 extremists who had planned a two day meeting in Koln to stop the project for building a masque in this city were finally defeated by a counter meeting by 40.000 people, most of them Turks and other Muslims, but also lawmakers from left an right, members of the Koln city council.

Ahmadi Nezhad: The Most Powerful of All Iranian Presidents

Safa Haeri — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:12:50 UT

Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad is a fanatic, he is not coherent, he is encircled by a bunch of people who do not grasp the responsibilities they are in charge, he is rude, often impolite with his subordinates, vulgar, excessive in language, an economic catastrophe and bad manager. Some describes him as “stubborn”, “unpredictable”, “instable” etc..

Russia raided Georgian Airfields To Be Used By Israel Against Iran

DEBKA file — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:28:38 UT

As Tehran continue to deploy an oversize and much disputed diplomatic activity concerning the Caucasian crisis, placing itself on the side of Moscow and criticizing the ”unwise” decision of the pro-American Georgian President to handle the situation, an Israeli intelligence news service says that the overwhelming Russian response to the Georgian provocation was to destroy facilities that Israel could use to attack Iranian nuclear facilities.

Is An Israeli Strike On Iran Imminent? No

Jalal Alavi — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:12:03 UT

Is an Israeli attack on Iran imminent? The answer to this question would very much depend on what sorts of issues and constraints are taken into consideration.

Ahmadinejad's New Enemy: Women

Amir Taheri — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:32:56 UT

In one of his last sermons before his death, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini warned of "three threats" to his vision of Islam: the US, the Jews and women. Two decades later, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad thinks he has the United States and the Jews in hand - and is moving on the third "enemy."

Ahmadinejad's New Enemy: Women

Amir Taheri — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:49:57 UT

They Are Laying the Groundwork For My Assassination

Safa Haeri — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:48:33 UT

After the official Iranian news agency IRNA two weeks ago officially accused the daughter of Mrs. Shirin Ebadi, the winner of the 2003 Nobel to have converted to Bahaism, voices have raised to express “serious concerns” for the life of the Iranian lawyer and human rights campaigner.

We Are Witnessing The Return of Cold War Clichés

Elaheh Koula'i — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:10:46 UT

“If the Georgian leadership had paid due attention to Russia’s behavior in Chechnya, it could predict Russia’s behavior and the heavy tolls would have been avoided”, says Mrs. Elaheh Koua’i.