Sep 7 01:54 PM US/Eastern By WILLIAM J. KOLE and VERONIKA OLEKSYN Associated Press Writers /Iran/”>Iran veered closer toward the possibility of being slapped with tough new international sanctions Monday after its president refused to stop enriching uranium and the U.N. nuclear watchdog warned of a “stalemate” with the country.President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran is […]

New York, NY – United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) today called on the InterContinental to refuse to host President Ahmadinejad and offered the InterContinental an opportunity to clarify its role as the official host hotel to President Ahmadinejad during his stay in New York for the UNGA.  In a letter to Mr. Leland Lewis, General […]

Ross’s promotion and Takeyh’s eviction could be a sign that the political mood toward Iran is changing the momentum and prospects for friendly approaches with tha Mullahs are rapidly fainting.

For the past several years, a coalition of groups, mainly the left and anti-war organizations have been lobbying to lift the pressure and sanctions against Iran. In late 2007, an official coalition was launched called the “Campaign for a New Policy on Iran” (CNAPI). NIAC coordinates this lobby that includes the Open Society and USA-Engage.

Hence the reason for leverett’s precipitated intervention to control the damage. He wrote an article titled: “Ahmadinejad won the election, get over it. Apparently, this did not convince too many people. He then appeared on TV to declare that “US media’s Iran coverage is ill informed and biased.

By ALEXANDRA SCAGGS and AMIR EFRATI A New York man was charged for allegedly scheming to borrow up to $74 million from CitigroupInc. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and the Federal Bureau of Investigations say Hassan Nemazee fraudulently applied for $74 million in loans for Nemazee Capital Corp., of which he is chairman and Chief Executive. Federal prosecutors contend […]

Several weeks have passed and the uprising has not died yet. Moreover, it became clear that the regime is far from the “united power” that Parsi proclaimed. It was time for a 180-degree reversal

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,druck-643193,00.html The EU and Germany are considering radically tightening sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, SPIEGEL reports. Possible measures include forbidding gasoline exports to Iran. Berlin and Brussels are increasingly prepared to impose massive embargoes on Iran unless Tehran signals soon that it’s ready to compromise in their nuclear dispute. DPA Defying the West: […]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342922895240380.html?mod=googlenews_wsj By MICHAEL JACOBSON AND MARK DUBOWITZ After a fraudulent election and its brutal aftermath, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his junta must now be persuaded that their pursuit of nuclear weapons will be unbearably costly. The Obama administration appears poised to implement what Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called “crippling sanctions” if […]

Azar Aal-Kanaan is an Iranian woman who has been arrested in Islamic Rep. of Iran, took to the prison, tortured and brutally raped…. she is telling her story and describing what has happened that night in the prison….