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Trita Parsi: Open Letter to Congressman Gresham Barrett on His Plans to Deport All Iranian Visa Holders 0

Jan12

 

Congressman Barrett,
The National Iranian American Council and the Iranian-American community is outraged by your plan to reintroduce legislation mandating the deportation of thousands of Iranian students and workers who came to this country legally in search of education, liberty, and a better way of life. The Stop Terrorist Entry Program (STEP) Act would make discrimination [...]

National Iranian American Council (NIAC) – Congressman Introducing Legislation to Bar & Deport Iranians from U.S. 0

Jan12

 
Congressman Introducing Legislation to Bar & Deport Iranians from U.S.
Written by David Elliott
Thursday, 07 January 2010
Washington, DC – Congressman Gresham Barrett (R-SC) has announced his intention to reintroduce legislation that would prohibit "the admission of aliens from countries designated as State Sponsors of Terrorism as well as Yemen to the United States."  [...]

National Iranian American Council (NIAC) – Stop Congressman Barrett’s Bill to Deport Iranians 0

Jan12

 
Stop Congressman Barrett’s Bill to Deport Iranians
Written by NIAC Staff
Thursday, 07 January 2010
Washington, DC – If you are an Iranian in the US on a work visa or a student visa, Rep. Gresham Barrett (R-SC) thinks you are a national security threat and should be deported.
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Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs 0

Jan12

 
Iran places trust in ‘passive defense’ By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON – The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Iran had "quietly hidden an increasingly large part of its atomic complex" in a vast network of tunnels and bunkers buried in mountainsides. [...]

Iranian state TV accused of faking burning of Khomeini portrait | World news | The Observer 0

Dec13

 
Iranian state TV accused of faking burning of Khomeini portrait
State broadcaster Irib faces anger over footage of Ayatollah Khomeini’s image being burned by protesters
Tehran, Iran, 1989: Portrait Of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iranian Spiritual Leader. Photograph: Denis Cameron/Rex Features
The Iranian state broadcaster, Irib, has been accused of faking dramatic footage of an anti-government protester setting fire to [...]

Plagiarism scandal grows in Iran : Nature News 0

Dec10

 
Plagiarism scandal grows in Iran
Investigation finds more cases of duplication in publications co-authored by ministers and senior officials.
Declan Butler
EXCLUSIVE
Nature has uncovered further instances of apparent plagiarism in papers co-authored by government ministers and senior officials in Iran. The spate of new examples raises questions about whether such incidents are symptomatic of conditions also common [...]

Neocon Target Trita Parsi Wins $200,000 Prize | Mother Jones 0

Dec4

 
Neocon Target Trita Parsi Wins $200,000 Prize
— By Nick Baumann
| Tue Dec. 1, 2009 8:41 AM PST
In recent months, Trita Parsi, the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, has been the target of conservative attacks. The Weekly Standard’s Michael Goldfarb implied that Parsi works for the Iranian regime. In a controversial piece [...]

President Obama has to show he can handle Iran’s refusal to cooperate on nuclear issues – By Jamie M. Fly | Shadow Government 0

Dec4

 
When it comes to Iran, ‘rules must be binding’
Mon, 11/30/2009 – 1:26pm

By Jamie M. Fly
The events of the past week pose a challenge to President Obama’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons. Last week in Vienna, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met to discuss Iran and Syria’s [...]

Iran Is No Existential Threat | Foreign Policy 0

Dec4

 
The best way to rescue Obama’s failing diplomacy with the Islamic Republic is to stop letting Israel call the shots.
BY HILLARY MANN LEVERETT, FLYNT LEVERETT | DECEMBER 4, 2009

After months of halfhearted, fruitless attempts at engagement, the United States and its European partners are effectively re-enacting George W. Bush’s Iran policy. In 2006, after [...]

پايگاه خبری تحليلی فرارو – ایران ‘برترین’ کشور در ‘مهاجرت نخبگان’ 0

Dec3

 
ایران ‘برترین’ کشور در ‘مهاجرت نخبگان’
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بر اساس گزارش جدید صندوق بین المللی پول ، ایران رتبه اول را در آمار مهاجرت نخبگان از میان 91 کشور در حال توسعه یا توسعه نیافته دنیا کسب کرده است. [...]