Far from helping the Iranian economy, the Turquoise asset is invested in real estate and Tehran stock exchange, entirely speculative and fully controlled by regime’s factions with no connection to the country’s economic reality.

The Iranian regime’s desperate hunt for raw uranium highlights the fact that its nuclear program is uniquely designed to acquire the nuclear weapon. Iran’s main response to the question of why pursuing such a costly program for a country that owns the second global reserve of oil and gas combined, has been its desire to remain “independent” in case that reserves are ended.

As the Syrian regime continues its brutal repression of the popular uprising, Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio Congressman has travelled to Syria, met with Assad and expressed some degree of sympathy for the his regime.

In an interview published today by the Iranian website “Iran Diplomacy”, the former President Rafsanjani declared that “the time has come to negotiate with US”. He recounted his presidency (1988-1997) and how he tried to reach out to the West but the Supreme Leader prevented the mush necessary rapprochement with the US “In 1998 the war with Iraq has ended and Imam (Khomeini) has passed away.

Kayvan Kaboli, 7.2.2011 After two years of sorrow and worrisome, families of Josh Fattai and Shane Bauer appealed to Ban Ki-Moon for help. CNN reported the families of hikers detained in Iran with charge of espionage met the U.N. Secretary-General and asked him to intervene just a month away to a trial which was postponed last […]

The Iranian regime’s coming parliamentary elections are nourishing factional animosities inside the regime and causing divide between the so-called leaders of the green movement and what remains of its popular base.

On July 3, the Iranians warned India to find a solution to the issue but India has offered to pay in its own currency Rupee, an offer that Iran has so far refused to accept. According to financial reports, ” Korea and China use their own currency to pay for Iranian imports.