From the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA), July 5: Alieh Eghdam Doost, who was arrested on June 12, 2006 for attending a women’s rights rally in Tehran, is sentenced to three years and five months prison term and 20 lashes,… Read moreIran: women’s rights activist gets prison and lashes
US and Iranian diplomats met in Baghdad for their first formal direct talks in more than a quarter of a century May 28, to discuss the security situation in Iraq. Washington’s ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker called the proceedings “businesslike.”… Read moreIran protests US spy networks to Swiss ambassador
Veteran journalist Jim Lobe reports on his LobeLog blog that the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a neo-conservative group created two days after 9-11, is holding what it calls “a policy workshop” during Congress’ Memorial Day recess, at a… Read moreNeocon think-tank hosts Iran destabilization confab
When Adm. William Fallon was named to replace Gen. John Abizaid as chief of Central Command in January, we recognized it as part of a tilt to the “pragmatists” and away from the hubristic neocons in Washington. Now comes word… Read moreCentCom chief blocking Iran attack?
The People’s Mujahedeen of Iran (Mujahedeen Khalq Organization) has appealed to be taken off the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations, accusing the EU of stifling Iran’s legitimate opposition. The organization has also launched suit against EU governments for 1… Read moreMujahedeen Khalq: we’re not terrorists!
The governments of Saudi Arabia and the US are working with other Middle East states to sponsor covert action against Iran, according to a report in the May edition of The Atlantic. The report also suggests that covert attacks are… Read moreSaudis sponsor covert action against Iran?
Authorities arrested several hundred Iranian women and issued a warning to thousands of other over their poor Islamic dress this week in the most harsh crackdown on what’s known as “bad hijab” for more than a decade. Police cars are… Read moreIran: hundreds of women arrested in “bad hijab” crackdown
About 100 Iranians protested in Tehran April 21 against a new Sivand dam, charging it threatens archaeological sites dating to the first Persian empire of 2,600 years ago. Protesters carried banners with Zoroastrian symbols and demanded the resignation of Esfandiar… Read moreIranians protest Sivand dam project
Iran’s Fars News Agency reported April 10 that the US nuclear submarine Newport News polluted the Persian Gulf waters with radioactive and chemical materials after it collided with a Japanese super-tanker, and was forced to leave the Gulf following strong… Read morePersian Gulf nuclear sub accident: US denies it
The New York Times reports April 5 that US officials are reviewing an informal request from Tehran for an envoy to visit five Iranians who were imprisoned after a US raid in northern Iraq in January. Maj. Gen. William B…. Read moreIran wants access to nationals seized by US in Iraqi Kurdistan
As the US carries out massive military exercise in the Persian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates became the second Gulf state to declare it would not take part in any attack on Iran. Qatar—home to 6,500 US troops and the… Read moreGulf states break ranks with Bush on Iran attack
The Pentagon conducted a test March 28 of a new ultra-powerful 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The MOP, carrying more than 5,300 pounds of explosives, delivers more than 10 times the explosive… Read morePentagon tests new bunker-buster —for Iran?
