Nov4
By Andy Johnson OPINION/ANALYSIS: It’s time to hit the pause button and cease the attacks on the intelligence community over its 2007 judgment that Iran had suspended its nuclear weapons program. The rush to declare the community guilty of sins ranging from incompetence to perfidy may serve the political purposes of some, but it [...]
Nov2
Opposition in Iran Urges Continuing Challenge By ROBERT F. WORTH and NAZILA FATHI Published: November 1, 2009 BEIRUT, Lebanon — As Iran prepares for a major commemorative rally on Wednesday, the leaders of the opposition movement called over the weekend for a renewed challenge to the government, setting the stage for a possible showdown [...]
Nov1
The New Hostage Crisis Why Iran’s rulers imprison people they know are innocent. BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | OCTOBER 23, 2009 My friend, the Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, was recently sentenced to 15 years in Tehran’s Evin prison. For those familiar with the ways of authoritarian regimes, the charges against him will ring familiar: espionage, [...]
Nov1
تو را چه سود از باغ و درخت که با یاس ها به داس سخن گفته ای؟ از کجا شروع کنم که ما را به آغاز این داستان ببرد؟ از دهه ی شصتی که تو رییس جمهورش بودی؟ ازقتل عام و تیرباران بگویم یا از اعدامهای گروهی هزاران دگرانديش، از گورهای دسته جمعی بی [...]
Nov1
نفس سپیده داند… سید عطاء الله مهاجرانی سخنان آقای وحیدنیا در جلسه همایش نخبگان و رهبری می تواند سرفصل تازه ای در جنبش سبز ملت ایران تلقی شود. اگر هر انسانی در فرصتی که در جهان دارد و سهمی که از زندگی بهره اش می شود، قرار باشد فقط یک کار کارستان از او [...]
Nov1
حاکمیت خدا؛ بزرگ ترین دروغ تاریخ ( 2 ) حسن یوسفی اشکوری به هنگامه شهیدی حال این پرسش اساسی مطرح است که به طور دقیق « حاکمیت خدا » به چه معنا است و از این دعوی در طول تاریخ چه مراد شده و یا می شود و یا می توان کرد؟ می توان [...]
Nov1
تلاوت آیاتی برای رهبری مهدی سحرخیز جناب آقای خامنه ای: "كسانى كه كافر شدند، براى آنان تفاوت نمىكند كه آنان را (از عذاب الهى) بترسانى يا نترسانى; ايمان نخواهند آورد. (6) خدا بر دلها و گوش هاى آنان مهر نهاده; و بر چشمهايشان پردهاى افكنده شده; و عذاب بزرگى در انتظار آنهاست. (7) گروهى [...]
Oct28
Ex-Australian FM: Israel, Iran held nuclear meeting October 28, 2009 10:41 p.m. EDT Gareth Evans co-chairs the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Ex-Australian foreign minister encouraged by exchanges between Israeli, Iranians Representatives attended nuclear non-proliferation conference last month Meeting explored preconditions for WMD-free zone in Middle East Iran thought to [...]
Oct28
Meir Javedanfar: You have come a long way in 53 years, Mr President. But your increasingly autocratic rule is driving Iran into the ground Tuesday, 27 October 2009 Dear Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, I write this message on the occasion of your birth, which took place 53 years ago today. You have come a long way [...]
Oct26
‘Iran is our friend,’ says Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan • We have no difficulty with Ahmadinejad – Erdogan • Warning to Europe not to ignore Turkey’s strengths Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images With its stunning vistas and former Ottoman palaces, the banks of the Bosphorus – the strategic [...]