ABC News | Iran ready to 'investigate' assassination charges Washington Post TEHRAN — Iran is ready to “investigate” US charges that its elite Quds Force plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Monday, while continuing to deny any Iranian involvement. ... Iran: US plot allegations resemble Iraq WMD claims Iran seeks access to suspect in assassination plot, foreign ministry says Ahmadinejad denies Iran plot against Saudi envoy |
AFP | Iran's nuclear program suffering new setbacks Washington Post Iran's nuclear program, which stumbled badly after a reported cyberattack last year, appears beset by poorly performing equipment, shortages of parts and other woes as global sanctions exert a mounting toll, Western diplomats and ... Iran-US tension rising ahead of elections Iran produces 70 kg high-grade enriched uranium Iran says to make own nuclear fuel plate within 5 months |
KGO-TV | Freed hikers cheer 'Occupy' movement, plead for prisoners' rights CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Three Americans freed after being held in Iran lent their support Monday to the now-global Occupy movement, applauding its participants' idealism and activism while making a specific point to protest what they call the ... Hikers freed from Iran support Occupy Wall Street Iran hikers speak at Occupy Oakland Iran Hikers Show Support for Occupy Movement |
Christian Science Monitor | On the road, Iran's Khamenei sets stage for a less democratic future Christian Science Monitor During a nine-day provincial tour, Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei pushed for voter participation in upcoming elections, but also suggested that a directly elected president might become a thing of the past. By Scott Peterson, Staff Writer / October 17, ... Iran warns US of 'response' Iran's Khamenei: Presidential elections may become 'thing of past' Iran Reacts to Pressure From America |
Geo Television Network | Iran secretly executing hundreds of prisoners: United Nations Times of India UNITED NATIONS: Iran's authoritarian regime has been secretly executing hundreds of prisoners, according to a new UN report detailing growing rights abuses in the Islamic republic. The mysterious executions at Vakilabad prison in Mashhad in eastern ... Reports of human rights abuses in Iran on rise: UN Iran secretly executed hundreds - UN report UN Rips Iran's Human Rights Record in New Report - by Barbara Slavin |
US Shouldn't Ignore Iran's Speedboat Threat: Jeffrey Goldberg Bloomberg Yes, the Revolutionary Guards have their own navy -- a bigger one, in fact, than Iran's traditional navy. (The traditional navy has 18000 sailors; the IRGC's navy reportedly has 20000 personnel, as well as a large fleet suitable for waging the sort of ... |
Reuters | No resolution on US troops in Iraq, Iran threat seen Reuters Little said the US desire to keep the trainers in Iraq was based in part on a threat seen emanating from neighboring Iran. "Regardless of the question of troop presence, we are going to be working closely with the government of Iraq because we remain ... Handing Iraq over to Iran; 160 US troops to remain Obama Will Abandon Iraq to Iran Iraqi Government Balks in Negotiations over Extending US Troop Presence |
AFP | Iran Rejects Jafar Panahi's Appeal Hollywood Reporter The director's lawyer told Iranian Student News Agency Isna he would appeal the ruling to Iran's supreme court. Panahi is one of Iran's most acclaimed film directors, having won honors in the Berlin, Cannes and Venice Film Festivals. ... Germany demands Iran revoke jail term for movie director Panahi's socio-political Crimson Gold at Cinema El-Fourn 17/10/2011Berlin sharply condemns Iran filmmaker Panahi's sentence |
Bikya Masr | UN slams Iran on women's rights, execution numbers National Post (blog) GENEVA — Iran came under fire Monday at the UN Human Rights Committee over its lack of respect for women's rights as well as its failure to provide data on executions. “I don't see any concrete measures taken in Iran to end violence against women,” ... Iran submits to UN Human Rights Committee review, report reveals arrest ... ANHRI and Amnesty International condemn Iran over rights abuses Iran must acknowledge abuses before UN Committee |
Columbus Dispatch | We probably shouldn't attack Iran, but we shouldn't tell them that Baltimore Sun Should we bomb Iran for plotting to blow up a Washington, DC, restaurant in order to assassinate the Saudi ambassador? And yet, within hours of the Justice Department charging elements within the Iranian government (the Quds Force of ... 'Reasonable' prez fails to scare Iran Quds Force II – The Storyline Repeats Itself |