The meeting this week was held at the Treasury Department’s Washington headquarters and initiated by Stuart Levey, the Obama administration’s point man on Iran sanctions. Daniel Glaser, a deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury, headed up the majority of the deliberations, according to participants. A Treasury Department official declined to comment.
http://www.learningpartnership.org/en/advocacy/alerts/iranwomenarrests0307 One Million Signatures campaign activist Jelveh Javaheri has been issued a six month prison sentence by Iran’s Revolutionary Courts for her participation in a peaceful protest on June 12, 2008. Ms. Javaheri has been targeted for arrest and harassment on numerous occasions as a result of her work as a women’s rights activist and […]
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/world/middleeast/04nuke.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&ref=global-home&adxnnlx=1254600964-/Hw9RgxgNXQmpuVC64DHzA By WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E. SANGER Published: October 3, 2009 Senior staff members of the United Nations nuclear agency have concluded in a confidential analysis that Iran has acquired “sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable” atom bomb. The report by experts in the International Atomic Energy Agency […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574444991393619868.html From Geneva yesterday come all kinds of good diplomatic vibrations. Iran may allow U.N. inspectors into a recently unveiled uranium-enrichment plant “within two weeks.” Another meeting will be held before month’s end. A “freeze” on sanctions was bruited about. In an appearance at the White House, President Obama sounded sober but hopeful, calling the […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574442561260582286.html By MATTHIAS KüNTZEL The international community has treated the recent disclosure of another secret uranium enrichment facility in Iran the way it has treated Tehran’s previous violations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty—with calls for yet more “dialogue.” The continued pursuit of fruitless diplomacy at tomorrow’s talks between Iran and the five permanent members of […]
Why Iran can’t cut off your oil. BY EUGENE GHOLZ | SEPT. / OCT. 2009 Supertankers carry about 90 percent of Persian Gulf oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz each day, satisfying some 20 percent of worldwide demand. For maximum safety, the International Maritime Organization suggests that the huge, difficult-to-maneuver ships travel within a […]
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/837f30a0-ad30-11de-9caf-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1By James Blitz in London, Daniel Dombey in Washington and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran Published: September 29 2009 22:32 | Last updated: September 29 2009 22:32 Britain’s intelligence services say that Iran has been secretly designing a nuclear warhead “since late 2004 or early 2005”, an assessment that suggests Tehran has embarked on the final […]
President Obama, joined by French President Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Brown, speak to the press on an Iranian nuclear activities during the G20 Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 25, 2009. (public domain)
That is why I intend to take action on my bill – HR 2194, the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act – expeditiously and at the most opportune time to accomplish our shared goal, if Iran does not reverse course. Absent some compelling evidence as to why I should do otherwise, I will mark up my bill next month and begin the process of tightening the screws on Tehran.
Wednesday, September 23rd and Thursday, September 24th
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 42nd and 2nd Avenue
We call for:
• Freedom of assembly, freedom of expression and freedom of the press.
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