UAE Ambassador speaks before he thinks
“’We cannot live with a nuclear Iran. The United States may be able to live with it, we can’t.” On Tuesday, the UAE Ambassador to the United States, Yousef al-Otaiba, publicly endorsed military action against Iran if sanctions fail to stop its nuclear program. That’s a bold statement coming from neighboring Muslim country, and more […]
An Unsolved Mystery: Shahram Amiri
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD4SzcAeExg&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Shahram Amiri, an Iranian physicist who has been missing since June of last year, has uploaded two separate videos online sharing completely contradictory accounts of his situation. Which video is real? Or are both just a fraud? In his first video, Amiri says he is residing in Tuscon, Arizona after having been abducted from […]
Arab FM Blasts Iran’s “Occupation” of Gulf Islands
Last week, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah blasted Iran’s claims of ownership over three islands in the Persian Gulf, comparing the situation to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land: Occupation of any Arab land is occupation … Israeli occupation of Golan Heights, southern Lebanon, West Bank or Gaza is called occupation and no Arab land is […]
Peace in our time!
The era of threat and force is over! At least according to President Ahmadinejad. During a meeting last Thursday in Tehran with Kuwaiti Speaker Jassim Mohammad al-Kharafi, Ahmadinejad stated: Those, thinking that they can be influential through threat and force, should know that the era of such behaviors is gone. The thought of Ahmadinejad claiming […]
Hikers and Mothers in Emotional Reunion
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The Iranian African Connection
Since Iran has a difficult time in making friends with the West, it has been keeping its eye on Africa for partnerships over the past decade. Why reach out to Africa? According to an Iranian MP, “Iran looks at these countries through a humanitarian view based on prominent Islamic values”. Like Iran, governments such as […]
