Reporters Without Borders urged the Tehran authorities in vain on 18 March to allow independent forensic doctors to carry out an autopsy, as his lawyer, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, had requested.
With Iran now fast approaching the nuclear threshold, an Administration that doesn’t want bullets to fly needs more than diplomacy. The only way Iran’s regime is going to stop its nuclear program is if it feels some pain it can believe in.
According to a 25-count indictment made public in Washington yesterday, Sligo-based Mac Aviation shipped some of the parts to an Iranian military firm the US government believes to be “owned or controlled by entities involved in Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programe”.
Russia cannot consider Iran’s nuclear program “transparent” while the UN nuclear watchdog still has concerns on this account, a senior Russian member of parliament said Wednesday.
On behalf of the Iranian-Americans, gratefully appreciate your Nowruz greeting on the occasion of Iranian New Year, and, rightly praising the Iranian people and its heritage. We believe the only way to halt the nuclear apparatus of the rulers of the Islamic Republic by all the international community would be to cut off ALL the economic and diplomatic relations with the rulers of the Islamic Republic and to side with the people of Iran.
Considering Brzezinski´s influence in Washington and the impact of his views on Obama´s administration, his remarks merit thorough examination. His past views and judgments on Iran have always had three characteristics: Passing of time have proved them wrong; they profited the Iranian Mullahs; And finally, once his judgments were translated into policy, generations of people in the region have had to pay a heavy price to repair the damage.
May I remind you of the rest of “Saadi’s” poem which recites:
“Human beings are members of one whole,
In creation of one essence and one soul.
If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.
If you have no sympathy for human pain,
The name of human you cannot retain.”
Iranian Regime welcomes all new crisis as long as it doesn’t put a direct and immediate treat to itself. That’s why the presence of the American in Iraq and Afghanistan was a historical chance for the Iranian State; that’s why not only they helped triggering these two wars but applied all their power to make these wars last and worst for the Americans.
Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in Iranian calendar. It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed. As well as being a Zoroastrian holiday and having significance amongst the Zoroastrian ancestors of modern Iranians. The moment the sun crosses the equator and equalizes night and day is calculated exactly every year and Persian families gather together to observe the rituals.
US President Barack Obama’s appeal for a ‘new beginning’ with Iran has been met by a pledge to turn on the country’s nuclear power plant this year.
