Iran News Roundup: July 17, 2012
New Cyber Attack Detected in Iran Israeli security company, Seculert, and Russia’s Kaspersky Lab have uncovered another cyber espionage campaign primarily aimed at Iran that they are calling the Mahdi Trojan. While primarily targeting Iran, the trojan, which is capable of stealing files and monitoring email, was also found in other Middle Eastern countries. The […]
Khamenei is now following you on Twitter
Everyone in Qom, get out your cell phones and cameras, because the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei wants you to send him your videos and pictures of him when he visits today so that he can post them on his website. Ironic that Khamenei is suddenly a champion of citizen journalism, considering that he and his […]
A cursory look at the balance sheet after yesterday’s Geneva talks
After one day’s meeting, a mere seven and a half hours long, the world woke up today to reports of “surprisingly productive” talks between Iran and the P5+1 yesterday in Geneva. Let’s take a very brief look at what’s come out so far: No breakdown: The absolute bare minimum of success yesterday was the absence […]
Why it’s important to read things for yourself…
Iran delivered its long-awaited response to the invitation by Western governments to begin another round of negotiations yesterday. The actual document has been held very closely for the last 24 hours, but a copy has recently been made available online, via Dafna Linzer of the website Pro Publica. The proposal was somewhat disappointing, though by […]
Report: Iran accepts invitation to nuke talks, meets September deadline
According to various media accounts, Iran’s nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has accepted the invitation to another round of nuclear negotiations, seemingly in time to avoid a push for tougher gasoline sanctions that had been threatened by the end of September. From BBC: Iran has prepared an updated nuclear proposal and is ready to hold negotiations […]