http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704541004575011394258630242.html?mod=googlenews_wsj By JAMES K. GLASSMAN AND MICHAEL DORAN Al Qaeda bombers on U.S. airliners need prompt attention, but it is Iran, a supporter of terrorism now developing the capacity to fire nuclear-tipped missiles, that may pose the greatest threat to global stability and American security. That threat can be diminished three ways: by military action, […]
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Clinton-US-Allies-Will-Not-Back-Down-on-Iran-Nuclear-Issue-82295837.html Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the United States and allies will not back down in pressing Iran on concerns that its nuclear program is weapons related. Clinton discussed Iran, and next week’s London conference on Afghanistan, with the new European Union chief diplomat Catherine Ashton and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband. The […]
Despite NIAC’s assertion that dialogue and diplomacy is the best approach, thirty years of dialogue by various US administrations has shown that the regime is interested in dialogue only to buy itself enough time in order to develop its weapon’s program.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/12/Iran.bahai.trial/ (CNN) — Seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i minority went on trial in Tehran Tuesday accused of spying for Israel, a charge their supporters say is motivated by religious discrimination. The seven — two women and five men — are also accused of spreading propaganda against the Islamic republic and committing religious offenses, charges that […]
For the past twelve years, Trita Parsi has unremittingly lobbied the U.S. Congress to lift pressure off the Iranian regime. A short while ago, he advised the U.S. government to share the Middle East with the ruling mullahs. Now, supported by some influential circles in the U.S. and benefiting from his new PR agency, Parsi strives to present himself as a voice for the Iranian people and the green movement.
The review of Trita Parsi and Mansouri’s communications shows that the 2005-2007 projects funded by NED and Eurasia Funds were limited to the activities of one single person, Mohammad Mansouri who was hired by NIAC as NGO consultant. He reported his activities to Trita Parsi and Parsi reported back to NED and EF.
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http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Election_One_Of_2009s_Most_Dangerous_Stories_For_Reporters/1917663.html December 30, 2009 An international media rights group has described Iran’s disputed presidential election as one of the most dangerous stories for journalists to cover in 2009. The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said the June election and the protests that followed “prompted a horrifying wave of repression against the media.” It also said it […]
The former president of a foundation that federal investigators allege is a front for the Iranian government pleaded guilty to obstructing a grand jury probe.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BU1TO20091231 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A U.S.-Israeli dialogue on Iran has not reached the point of discussing a military option to thwart its nuclear ambitions, focusing instead on sanctions in 2010, Israel’s envoy to Washington said on Thursday. At the close of a year in which U.S. President Barack Obama tried and failed to talk Iran […]
