links for 2011-09-23
United4Iran Calls on Khamenei to release Mousavi, Karroubi and all political prisoners United4Iran calls on Ayatollah Khamenei to halt all politically motivated arrests that aim to suppress the peaceful expression of ideas, and to unconditionally release all political prisoners, including leading opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.
links for 2011-09-21
Reza Marashi: Diplomats — Not Just Journalists — Should Raise Human Rights With Ahmadinejad In the run-up to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s annual UN pilgrimage, there have been a litany of useful op-eds with advice to journalists on what to ask the pugnacious president. But the real people who should address Iran's human rights abuses with Ahmadinejad […]
links for 2011-09-20
Flawed poll hypes threat of Iran – Salon.com A survey from the right-wing group, Secure America Now, says Americans view Iran as the biggest danger to the U.S.
links for 2011-09-13
Don't be fooled: MEK is a terrorist group – CNN.com Ultimately, the driving force behind the MEK's campaign in the U.S. has come from the same circles that championed supposed dissidents such as Ahmad Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress to build a groundswell of support for the U.S. to invade Iraq. Don't be fooled: […]
links for 2011-09-10
National Iranian American Council (NIAC): WikiLeaks Releases involving MEK U.S. government cables revealed by Wikileaks include numerous references to the Mujahaddin e-Khalq including evidence that MEK threatens mass suicide as a bargaining chip at Camp Ashraf, engages in human rights abuses, and falsely presents itself as "democratic" to policymakers. (tags: mekterror)
links for 2011-09-09
NTI: Global Security Newswire – Iran Breaches U.N. Ballistic Missile Limits: West The United States and three other Western powers have formally charged Iran with breaching U.N. Security Council language barring the Middle Eastern nation from firing systems with ballistic missile components, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
links for 2011-09-08
Speakers bureau works for Iranian terror group – Terrorism – Salon.com The language of the contract indicates Swarts — as well as anyone who agrees to the speaking offer — is breaking the law that bars material support for terrorism, according to Georgetown Law School professor David Cole. (tags: mekterror) Post-9/11 Rebuffs Set U.S.-Iran Relations […]
links for 2011-09-07
Exclusive: China curbs Iran energy work | Reuters China has put the brakes on oil and gas investments in Iran, drawing ire from Tehran over a pullback that officials and executives said reflected Beijing's efforts to appease Washington and avoid U.S. sanctions on its big energy firms. Iran Offers Inspectors ‘Full Supervision’ of Nuclear Program […]
links for 2011-09-03
Martin Indyk: Howard Dean, like the MEK, quotes me out of context "The MEK clearly deserved to be on the terrorism list, but as an anti-Iranian organization it had managed to gain support from some influential congressmen through the sophisticated political operations of its front organization, the National Council of Resistance of Iran…" (tags: mekterror)
links for 2011-09-02
The seduction of Howard Dean – By Justin Elliott – Salon.com Howard Dean has long cultivated an image as the plainspoken doctor who speaks for the left wing of the Democratic Party, a role he still plays as a pugnacious pundit on TV. But since his term as chairman of the Democratic National Committee ended […]
links for 2011-08-31
Download Dangers: U.S. Sanctions and Internet Downloads | Sanction Law The problem with the Slovakian based company allowing downloads of this software in Iran is that they maintain offices in San Diego and therefore fall under U.S. jurisdiction for the administration of sanctions.
links for 2011-08-30
Political Prisoner Pardons Go Slow, Mostly Limited to Lesser-Known Figures – Tehran Bureau | FRONTLINE | PBS Two days after the announcement by Tehran Prosecutor-General Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi that 70 political prisoners would be released by Saturday evening, the number of those who have been set free is still much lower. In addition, as reported […]