|
You are here:
March
(in chronological order, most recent articles on top)
Thursday, March 29, 2007Ahmadinejad's Train Might Be Stopped SoonRealising that a train that has “no brake and no rear gear” would finish crashed either in a ravine, or against a mountain rock, or into the final station where it would set everything on blaze and killing score of people, Iranian highest-ranking decision makers are seriously thinking about removing the fanatical train driver before the wild machine kills everyone on board, according to highly informed sources in Tehran. By Safa Haeri.
Britain Gave Ahmadi Nezhad A New Year GiftSunday, March 25, 2007 As tension escalated in Tehran and London relations, Iranian analysts and journalists said the seizure of 15 British navy men and marines and their two boats on Friday 23 March by Iranian revolutionary guards was a “gift of God” to the embattled Government of the fanatic President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad. By Safa Haeri.
Now Russia Leaves Iran’s Sinking BoatThursday, March 15, 2007 The slap the Russians gave the Iranian clerical-led government on Tuesday was so strong that 24 hours after it had been clapped on their face, no one had dared to react. By Safa Haeri.
“Accept ElBaradei Proposal”, Petition Urges Iran Leadership (Urgent)Wednesday, March 14, 2007 As the five permanent members of the United Nation’s Security Council are reported to nearing the signing of a new resolution against the Islamic Republic and the Russian firm that is building Iran’s first nuclear powered electricity plant has said it can not put the plant into service on time, more than 300 political activists, journalists, commentators, political analysts and dissidents, in an unprecedented petition, urged the “highest authorities” to accept IAEA’s Chief proposals for a “mutual suspension”. By Safa Haeri.
Iranian Ayatollahs Prisoners of Russian BearFriday, March 9, 2007 The Islamic Republic suffered a humiliating blow at the hand of its chief ally Moscow after officials at Atomstroiexport, the Russian company that builds Iran’s first nuclear powered electricity plant, warned Tehran that further delays in financial installments of the costs of the Boushehr plant might result in further delays in the final touches to the station. By Safa Haeri.
Iran Women Demand Equality. Police Represses DemonstrationThursday, March 8, 2007 All but three of the 33 Iranian women's rights activists jailed on Sunday were freed Wednesday night, on the eve of International Women's Day, in exchange for a pledge not to demonstrate on 8 March, according to one of their lawyers, Mr. Mohammad Ali Dadkhah. By Safa Haeri.
Iran Women Demand Equality. Police Represses DemonstrationThursday, March 8, 2007 All but three of the 33 Iranian women's rights activists jailed on Sunday were freed Wednesday night, on the eve of International Women's Day, in exchange for a pledge not to demonstrate on 8 March, according to one of their lawyers, Mr. Mohammad Ali Dadkhah. By Safa Haeri.
Maintaining PerspectiveTuesday, March 6, 2007 'It's too soon to tell", The late Chinese leader Zhou Enlai is reported to have answered when asked for an evaluation of the significance of the French Revolution of 1789. This was nearly two centuries after the great upheaval of France. Revolutions are full of cunning, and the Iranian Revolution, now almost three decades old, has been no exception-cunning and ferocity side by side, the talk of a revolutionary millennium often concealing the skills of a leadership steeped in the ways of the bazaar. By Safa Haeri.
Target at the IRI’s Achilles heelSaturday, March 3, 2007 The London meeting of the 5+1 group have not made any specific decision yet. The European Union, especially France, Germany, and Italy, are the largest trading partners of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). The EU's share of Iran's total imports is some 40%. EU trade with Iran has even expanded since Iran's secret nuclear programme was exposed. Russia and China represent another 15% of Iran's total imports. Oil represents 80% of Iran's total exports. Under such economic factors, the perspective of economic sanctions can always be a bargaining counter and sanctions will probably not be held for years to come. By Jahanshah Rashidian.
Iran: The Radical Wins AgainFriday, March 2, 2007 As the Tehran leadership prepares to go to the wire in its confrontation with the international community over the nuclear issue, one thing is clear: President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad is emerging with his position in the Khomeinist establishment strengthened. By Amir Taheri.
Atom And Nothing ElseWednesday, February 28, 2007 We Iranians are condemned to always bow to a taboo that we are unaware of its impacts on our lives. This time the name of the game is Atom, which, wrapped in a sanctified and uncricisible Taboo, is forcing and urging all of us to prostrate in its saint front. By By: Ahmad Zeydabadi.
Protocols of the Mollahs of Qom Aims At Annihilating SunnisFriday, February 23, 2007 As religious and sectarian killings in Iraq intensifies, with major Arab nations uniting their forces to stop the growth in strength and popularity of the Sh’ia Muslims, but particularly non Arab that is aiming at becoming the Middle East’s super power, Arab historians, intellectuals, journalists and ulemas have started a vigorous anti-Iranian, anti Shi’a campaign. By Safa Haeri.
|
