Iran News Digest

President Obama’s Nowruz Message

Mar 21st, 2011



Bouncing back?

Feb 24th, 2011

The opposition has shown it is still alive; how strongly is less clear



Iranian Refugees: A Human Rights Disaster

Jul 15th, 2010

According to UNHCR, Iranian refugees comprise 19% of the total registered refugee population in Turkey. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the passage of Penal Law in 2008 authorizing death penalty for apostasy and especially after June 2009 fraudulent election, Iranians have been seeking refuge in foreign countries in large numbers.



Factbook about NIAC- Part one: Membership

Jul 5th, 2010

All documents are real and obtained by the court of law during NIAC and Trita Parsi’s defamation lawsuit against Hassan Daioleslam.



The fruits of weakness

May 23rd, 2010

They’ve watched President Obama’s humiliating attempts to appease Iran, as every rejected overture is met with abjectly renewed U.S. negotiating offers. American acquiescence reached such a point that the president was late, hesitant…



A former Iranian diplomat and terrorist turns to scholar at Princeton

May 19th, 2010

Once again, another former top Iranian diplomat has started an academic career at one of the America´s most prestigious universities. Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Islamic Republic of Iran´s former ambassador to Germany and leading nuclear negotiator is reportedly living in the United States and working as a research fellow at Princeton University.



The pro-engagement lobby and US failure with Iran

May 17th, 2010

Three words best define the policies of the United States toward Iran in the past 32 years: naiveté, surprise and failure. Ironically however, the rest of the world has been looking to the US for guidance and leadership on how to deal with the Iranian regime. The US policy towards Iran has been a failure.



Stand For Freedom in Iran writes to Brazilian President

May 14th, 2010

The Stand for Freedom in Iran Coalition was deeply disturbed to learn of your scheduled visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran in a few days.



Obama WMD czar discusses Iran nuclear program

May 12th, 2010

The Obama White House’s top nonproliferation official said that the United Nations Security Council would pass a new resolution sanctioning Iran over its nuclear program with Russian and Chinese support, and that Iranian efforts to lobby countries against a new sanctions resolution will fail. “I am very confident that unless Iran does something significant that […]



Ahmadinejad cancels UN press conference, as families of detained Americans seek meeting

May 5th, 2010

The United Nations public affairs office informs the press that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cancelled a press conference scheduled for 3pm today.