UN Resolution on Human Rights in Iran is Same Old Story
Don’t be fooled by the media’s coverage of the new draft resolution on Iran’s human rights situation that advanced yesterday. While headlines suggested that the US and the international community were doing something serious on Iran, this resolution is not much different than the Iran resolution adopted by the UN last year. In fact, the […]
Ahmadinejad’s NY presser
From Associated Press: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged President Barack Obama to see Iran as a potential friend instead of a threat ahead of addresses both leaders will give to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. The Iranian leader also said in a wide-ranging Associated Press interview Tuesday that he expects “free and open” […]
A cool reception awaits Ahmadinejad delegation at UN
According to Fars News Agency eight MPs will accompany Ahmadinejad to the UN’s General Assembly this week: “All the five representatives of (Iran’s) religious minorities along with three other lawmakers will accompany the president in his trip to New York,” member of the parliament’s Presiding Board Hojjatoleslam Seyed Mohammad-Reza Mirtajeddini told FNA. Ahmadinejad will leave […]
Mottaki in New York
This morning from Press TV: Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has arrived in New York to take part in the general debates of the 64th session of the UN General Assembly. Mottaki’s arrival comes a day before President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s scheduled arrival, Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported Monday. Other than President Ahmadinejad, the US […]
As expected, Ahmadinejad to deliver UNGA speech
Ahmadinejad’s media adviser, Ali-Akbar Javanfekr told the media on Tuesday that Ahmadinejad will deliver a speech at this year’s United Nations General Assembly meeting in September. Press TV has more: An aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Iranian official plans to travel to New York to deliver a speech at the annual meeting of […]
Religious minorities under pressure to help Ahmadinejad’s image at UN
According to rahe sabz (jaras), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is pressuring members of Parliament who represent Iran’s religious minorities to accompany him on a trip to the United Nations in September. A source close to the religious minorities’ representatives in Parliament says that Ahmadinejad is strongly pressuring the leaders in order to demonstrate his support for freedom […]
Ahmadinejad’s delegation fears protests at UN
The pro-reformist website Emruz has obtained a letter from the Iranian Interest Section in Washington, D.C. inviting select Iranian-Americans to meet with Mahmoud Ahamdinejad in New York during the UN General Assembly meeting in September. The recipients of the letter are instructed to only invite “trusted” Iranian-Americans, out of concern that participants will make a […]
NYT Interview with Ahmadinejad in New York
Let no one say that Ahmadinejad is a stupid man. His public persona is so fiery and controversial, yet in private he is reserved, calm, and accessable. Seeing him in this setting, it would be easy for one to forget the vicious vitriol that he flung just moments before from the podium in front of […]