NIAC President Trita Parsi Wins Grawemeyer Award Written by National Iranian American Council (NIAC) Trita Parsi Louisville, KY – NIAC President Trita Parsi has won the prestigious 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order for his 2007 book, Treacherous Alliance – The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the US. The award, which [...]

  Nearly six months after contested presidential elections sparked widespread violent anti-government demonstrations, Iran’s security forces are warning citizens that political protesters are in danger of being kidnapped — by Israel. Numerous sources in Tehran have told NewsCore that the Revolutionary Guard shock troops known as basiji are spreading the word that Israeli agents are [...]

شیرین عبادی: صراحتا ما را تهدید به قتل کرده‌اند شیرین عبادی در کنار عبدالکریم لاهیجی، حقوقدان و نایب رئیس فدراسیون بین‌المللی حقوق بشر، در بروکسل ۱۳۸۸/۰۸/۲۹ شیرین عبادی، تنها برنده ایرانی جایزه نوبل، روز پنج‌شنبه در گفت‌وگو با رادیوفردا از تهدید جانی خود توسط نیروهای امنیتی جمهوری اسلامی خبر داد. خانم عبادی که دلیل این [...]

  Iran nuclear deal collapses. Time for US to get tough? Iran rejected a UN-brokered nuclear deal Wednesday that would have sent its uranium stockpile abroad. The Obama administration is now under pressure to make good on its promises of ‘consequences.’ By Howard LaFranchi | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the November [...]

  Medvedev Says Russia May Back Sanctions on Iran if Nuclear Deal Falls Apart By ELLEN BARRY Published: November 7, 2009 MOSCOW — President Dmitri A. Medvedev said Russia might back sanctions against Iran if the Iranians did not take a “constructive position” on an international plan to temporarily diminish their stockpile of enriched uranium. [...]

1- عقب نشيني از حقوق ملت ايران خيانت است… 2- ما بر سر حقوق مسلم خود حاضر به مذاكره با هيچ كشوري نيستيم… 3- ما ذره اي از حقوق ملت ايران عقب نشيني نخواهيم كرد… 4- اصولا ملت ايران اجازه نخواهد داد كه بر سر حقوق اساسي آنها با كسي مذاكره كنيم… 5- ما از [...]

  Ahmadinejad’s theological foes By Edward Stourton Analysis, BBC Radio 4 Grand Ayatollah Montazeri is one of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s fiercest critics It is not often you find an email from a Grand Ayatollah in your inbox – especially not when the Ayatollah in question is a pivotal figure in one of the great dramas currently [...]

  Iranian Nobel winner urges Obama to stress human rights By Leila Fadel | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — In 2003, Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and former jurist, won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on human rights. Despite the dangers to herself and her family, Ebadi still lives and works inside the Islamic [...]

  U.S. Religious Leaders Want Increased Pressure On Iran By Dave DeForest 03 November 2009 Three American religious leaders are calling for sanctions against Iran because of that nation’s controversial nuclear program.  They want to put pressure on Iran to engage in "real diplomacy" on the nuclear issue and to eventually abandon its suspected effort [...]

  By Viola Gienger Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) — Iran’s military will be subject for the first time to the kind of U.S. assessment reserved for China’s expanding forces as lawmakers seek a more accurate analysis of the Persian Gulf oil power’s strengths and strategy. Congress ordered an annual report on Iranian military goals and capabilities, [...]