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(in chronological order, most recent articles on top)
Iran's Troubling OppositionSaturday, June 28, 2008 On Monday the British parliament removed the People's Mujahedeen of Iran (MEK) from the U.K.'s list of banned terrorist organizations. The decision upholds a Court of Appeals' ruling in May that there is no evidence linking the Iranian opposition group to terrorism, and that it should be free to recruit, organize and raise money in Britain. By Amir Taheri.
Ahmadinejad's New Claim: The Americans Wanted to Kidnap MeFriday, June 27, 2008 Almost one week after his sensational revelations that the Americans had planned to “abduct” him during his official to Baghdad more than three months ago, the fanatic President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continue to refuse to give slightest details about the abduction. By Arash Cigarchi (with additional imputs by Safa Haeri).
"Neglecting Democracy Is More Dangerous Than Nuclear Weapons": Shirin EbadiTuesday, June 24, 2008 While the United States and Britain are talking about tougher sanctions on Iran, including sanctions on its gas and oil industry -- Tehran's major source of revenue – Mrs. Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Noble Peace Prize laureate and international human rights defender, argues that this tactic has not weakened the government, but the Iranian people. By Omid Memarian.
On Iran And Mideast Peace: Who Is Obama Trying To Please?Thursday, June 19, 2008 When, in a recent AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) conference, Barack Obama revealed some of the specifics of his revised approach in dealing with Iran and its controversial nuclear program, many John McCain supporters interpreted it as either a sign of weakness or an indication of a flawed character on his part that is out to deceive the US electorate. By Jalal Alavi.
Iran On The Same Path As the Defunct Soviet Union: Ebrahim YazdiTuesday, June 17, 2008 “Under present conditions and circumstances, Iran goes the same way the USSR went, to collapse from inside. This is the conclusion most of Iranians officials, from left or right, except the leader, have reached”, says a former Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister who suggest to change, or reform the present Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran. By Safa Haeri.
For France, Nuclear Crisis Is Separate From Human Rights in IranSunday, June 15, 2008 In an exclusive interview with the independent, pro-reform Iranian internet newspaper RoozOnLine, French Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner says France’s concdern about the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran is not “linked” to the country’s controversial nuclear programmes. By Hoseyn Bastani and Noushabeh Amiri.
The Accuser Is Accused, And JailedWednesday, June 11, 2008 As expected, The man who created sensation on 3 May 2008 by naming more than 44 high-ranking personalities, including nine senior clerics as the biggest corrupt people in the Islamic Republic establishment was arrested, charged with “confusing public opinion, slandering, dissemination of false accusations and unpaid loans contacted from a bank etc.. and send behind bars.
Is Ali Khameneh’i “Cleaning” His House?Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Who is behind the unprecedented revelations made by an unknown lawmaker who exposed the octopus of corruption in the Islamic Republic of Iran? Is Ayatollah Ali Khameneh’i, the all powerful leader of the regime trying to clean his house from senior corrupt elements of the ruling theocracy? And how to explain the silence of the people whose names had been given as senior corruptors? By Mahboubeh Niknahad and Safa Haeri.
Larijani's Election Can Boost Congressional DiplomacySunday, June 8, 2008 Iranian Nobel prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has long argued that the United States and Iran need to have a dialogue with each other at three different levels: between their executive branches, between their civil societies and between their legislatures. By Trita Parsi.
UN Apologised To Iranian Journalist Ahmad RafatThursday, June 5, 2008 The United Nations Food And Agriculture Organisation apologised Wednesday to Mr. Ahmad Rafat, an internationally known Iranian journalist who was barred from the Summit the UN food agtency organised in Rome to discuss and review the growing world food and agriculture crisis, allegedly due to opposition from the Islamic state whose president was among participants here. By Safa Haeri.
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