http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62T5FE20100331?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews WASHINGTON/GATINEAU, Quebec (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he wanted tougher U.N. sanctions in weeks against Iran over its nuclear program, and the world’s leading industrial nations expressed optimism that China will agree on possible next steps. Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented a united front on Iran at a […]
It was signed by seventy members of US Congress concerning mismanagement at Voice of America’s Persian news Network: “The apparent lack of oversight regarding the management, staffing, mission, and content of VOA-PNN broadcasting- an American-taxpayer-funded program-ironically may have harmed the plight of those seeking human rights, instead of helping it.
On March 24, Obama administration officials briefed reporters on what was described as a very positive development in the U.S. effort to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon: China had agreed to participate in a conference call to discuss sanctions.
The Islamic regime in Iran has a pool of defenders among the American “elite” media, political analysts, activists, and academia.
By conducting business in Iran, KPMG provides support to the regime which is not wanted by the majority of the Iranian people. This regime must be isolated politically and economically by all democratic minded people. For the Islamic regime, the decision to continue to repress the people and at the same time pursue nuclear weapons to intimidate other countries comes down to a simple cost-benefit analysis.
U.S. Enriches Companies Defying Its Policy on Iran Fernando Bizerra Jr./European Pressphoto Agency President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, center, in Brazil last fall. The nations agreed to share technical expertise on energy projects. The federal government has awarded more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants and other benefits over the past decade to foreign […]
We at the Progressive American Iranian Committee (PAIC), a human rights organization, gratefully appreciate your effort in introducing resolution to punish Islamic regime’s officials responsible for human rights abuses against freedom and peace loving Iranian people. This letter was sent to Senator John McCain, Senator Joe Lieberman, Senator Robert Casey, Senator Dick Durbin, Senator Carl Levin, Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator John Kerry, Senator David Vitter, Senator Ted Kaufman, Senator Susan Collins, Senator Sam Brownback, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Evan Bayh, and Senator Jon Kyl.
He’s been charged for holding a placard during a demonstration at Amir Kabir Polytechnic where he is a student and Ahmadinejad was giving a speech.
The General Assembly this afternoon recognized the International Day of Nowruz, a spring festival of Persian origin, and moved back the dates of the next high-level dialogue on Financing for Development, as it continued its sixty-fourth session.
