BBC News | Power Struggle in Iran Enters the Mosque New York Times The unprecedented power struggle between the two most powerful leaders in Iran deepened Friday, spilling out into Tehran's public prayers where the mullah leading the service indirectly criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while ... Iran's supreme leader tells Ahmadinejad: accept minister or quit Reports of the Arrest of Ahmadinejad's 'Exorcist' Fuel Concerns About Iran's ... Arrests show Ahmadinejad under increasing pressure from Iran's clerics |
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) | Hopeful Iran Will Free Hikers U.S. Muslim Leaderm Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) A prominent US Muslim leader, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, said in Seattle he is “hopeful” Iran will free two imprisoned US hikers set to go on trial for espionage in Tehran next Wednesday. “There are elements in the Iranian government that want to see a ... |
Salon | Bolton: I care about things besides bombing Iran Salon His issue is bombing Iran. That is the only reason why anyone has expressed any interest in him as a candidate: He is the man who promises to bomb Iran. Every foreign policy issue of our time looks like a nail to John Bolton, and his hammer is bombing ... |
Bin Laden Is Dead But the Real Terror Threat From Iran Grows Stronger Every Day Fox News There is an eerie similarity here with the radicals ruling Iran. They proudly bombed the Marine Barracks in Beirut in 1983 killing over 240 of our best and then boasted about it. Mohsen Rafiqdoost, then the Minister of the Revolutionary Guards, ... |
Slate Magazine | Black Hawk Down Slate Magazine During the Iran hostage crisis, troops abandoned a rescue mission because three of the eight Sea Stallion transport copters proved defective. Why do so many helicopters seem to fail? Because chopper aviation is highly complex. Setting aside the dangers ... |
Press TV | Iran to examine Bahraini government crackdown on protesters Channel 6 News Online TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) -- Iran said on Friday it will look into the "crimes" committed during the government crackdown on protesters in Bahrain, Press TV reported. Senior Iranian lawmaker, Mostafa Kavakebian, said Iranian officials will "thoroughly review ... Iran to investigate Saudi role in Bahrain Iran Warns Pakistan Against Recruitment of Mercenaries for Bahrain; Pakistani ... Iran to examine Saudi, Bahrain 'crimes' |
The Hindu | Reactions in Iran to Osama Bin Laden's Assassination Middle East Media Research Institute The announcement that US forces had killed Al-Qaeda commander Osama bin Laden met with contradictory reactions in Iran. Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi and Majlis National Security Committee chairman Alaeddin Boroujerdi expressed doubt over the ... Iran Parliament raises doubts on Bin Laden death Iran lawmaker downplays Osama death Commander in Chief |
CBC.ca | Iran: US plots to divide Syrians Xinhua TEHRAN, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry said the wave of unrest that swept across Syria in recent weeks is a plot by the US to drive a wedge between the Syrian people and their government, the English language satellite Press TV reported on ... Israel, Iran on Guard in Case Syria Falls Is Iran revolution in cards? US confirms Iran backing for Syria crackdown |
MiamiHerald.com | Is Shane Bauer really an enemy of Iran? The Independent Shane Bauer and his fiancée Sarah Shourd, along with Shane's friend Joshua Fattal, were on holiday, enjoying the beauties of the great Ahmed Awa waterfall in Iraq when their vacation turned into one of those macabre and frightening dramas that Iran ... American hiker says she won't appear for trial in Iran US hikers' lawyer hopes for Iran verdict in week Hiker Sarah Shourd says she won't return to Iran |
New York Times | An Iranian Filmmaker Tiptoes Around the Censors to Explore Risky Subjects New York Times Mr. Oskouei, perhaps Iran's most prominent documentary filmmaker, has spent a considerable amount of time and money assembling the collection, a venture that many of his friends and relatives see as a quixotic cultural crusade. But he is determined, ... |