Nuclear deal drafted Wednesday, signatures due Friday
An agreement calling for Iran to send its domestically-produced low-enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment and then have it returned for medical use (what is being called by some the “elegant solution”) was accepted by negotiators in Wednesday’s negotiations in Vienna. Friday is the current deadline for delegations from France, Russia, the US, and Iran to sign it. […]
Iran Fields Third-Party Enrichment Offers
According to the IRNA news agency, Iran has received offers to provide it with uranium enriched to nearly 20 percent for nuclear reactor fuel use, pursuant to recent proposals outlined in talks for third party enrichment. Western diplomats said Iran had agreed in principle at October 1 talks in Geneva to send about 80 percent […]
Video: Green Scroll across Brooklyn Bridge
March with the Green Scroll across the Brooklyn Bridge: Protest in NYC against Ahamdinejad and in support for human rights in Iran. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syjGG07Y5yM]
Video: Yesterday’s Green Protests
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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 […]
Under pressure, minority MPs to accompany Ahmadinejad to the UN
Today from PressTV: Lawmakers representing religious minorities in Iran’s parliament will accompany President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his upcoming visit to New York. Ahmadinejad will leave Tehran for the US on September 22 to attend the 64th session of the UN General Assembly, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. The Iranian president will deliver a speech […]
What’s going on at the UN?
NIAC recently obtained an advance copy of an upcoming speech by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights highlighting human rights concerns around the world. Understanding that her past statements on Iran have been inadequate, we were very concerned to see what she was planning to say: The recent elections in Iran and the subsequent […]
UN Secretary General Congratulates Ahmadinejad
The campaign “Iranian American youth” put an ad in today’s Washington Times, urging UN Secretary-General ban Ki-moon not to recognize the IRI government as the legitimate government of Iran. However, Reuters reports that the UN Secretary-General has already congratulated Ahmadinejad. (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Tuesday that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated Iranian […]
Iran Fails to Gain Seat on UN Security Council
This morning, the UN General Assembly voted to appoint the next five non-permanent members of the Security Council, replacing five states whose terms are set to expire at the end of the year. Iran had hoped to gain a seat on the influential body, most likely as a way of opposing further multilateral sanctions against […]
Iranian Chemical Victims Remain Forgotten
As Iraq’s infamous Chemical Ali awaits execution, an article published on Friday by Anuj Chopra reminds us of the thousands of Iranian victims who still remain forgotten by the international community. While the world knows a great deal about the Halabja massacres of Iraqi Kurds, for which Chemical Ali has been condemned to death, few […]