iran issues

Iranian cities hit by anti-government protests There are some direct reports on twitter showing chanters demanding the Mullahs leave the country. Calls for and end to Islamic rule and even shouts of Death to Rouhani. Unfortunately, as long as the armed forces side with the Mullahs, these...

I remember several years ago watching a BBC documentary covering several cases similar to this in England, the thing that stood out was the tremendous social pressures placed on the victims to not come forward and their families and the ostracism they were subjected to when they did...

President Hassan Rouhani. “We will keep our promises within the framework of our national interest” * *Please note, the above is a quotation, not a synopsis. So, how does this equate with Iran's desperate need to develop a deployable nuclear weapon, and Kerry's attempts to keep the talks...

No, really. Okay, so it's mostly an article about the long struggle that female athletes (including martial artists who have competed in the Olympics) have faced in the oppressive Islamic Republic of Iran, and some of their hard-fought victories. Still, as the article notes, "There are...

I'm on the fence, and it's starting to give me haemorrhoids, so I wanted one of you to convincingly push me off onto one side. The question I've been asking myself is thus: If Iran gains a nuclear weapon, is it at all likely that they would 'wipe Israel off the map', ensuring their own...

So what is the big problem again? We have an NPT signatory allowing inspectors access to their civilian nuclear programme as per their rights under the NPT - yet for some reason we need to bomb them? :confused...

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most important chokepoints in the world, something like 20% of the world's oil passes through it. Iran threatens to close it if export of their oil is blocked. Now, I doubt they are crazy enough to do this but if they can't export oil, their economy will be...

I am losing patience with the triumvirate in our National Security Council. Fer the love of all that is cheeseburgers, Pakistan, a loser nation, a failed state, a basket case nation filled with fail, has nukes. Pakistan is a shabbily manufactured "nation state" that is at best the fecal...

This was sent to me by an advisory service: Which needless to say is rather scary. There also seems to have been an escalation of rhetoric in the news - accusations of murder plots, etc etc. So what do you think, will the US/Britain et al be at war with Iran this time next year?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/16/pastor-yousef-convert-or-die/ "Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, the Iranian Christian cleric facing death for the crime of apostasy against an Islamic faith he never held, has been given a temporary stay of execution. Iran’s top judge, Ayatollah Sadegh...

The story here. The only response I could think of is: :crazy: :goat :bunpan and :sdl:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/8331625/Irans-Revolutionary-Guard-pledges-to-hold-fire.html No official response, yet.

First we learned that Ahmadinejad got "spanked" for talking about more freedoms and trying to ease the restrictions on the Iranian Press... And now this: The cable, which the AP says was made public on Tuesday by WikiLeaks, makes clear that while Ahmadinejad was keen to hammer out some sort...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/01/19/iran.executions/ Most of the executed are of course Kurds, but that's just a coincidence, right? :rolleyes: I wonder what are the numbers of executions in China. If their number of execution per capita is the world's biggest, it must be tremendous.

http://www.roozonline.com/english/news3/newsitem/archive/2010/november/22/article/hitlers-followers-busy-in-iran.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad-Ali_Ramin

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/wikileaks-expose-iran-used-ambulances-to-run-arms-into-lebanon-during-2006-war-1.327483 not good. very very not good. perhaps the Iranian Red Crescent should be expunged from the International Society of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.

Remind me why the UN has credibility again? http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/29/elects-iran-commission-womens-rights/ Other UN ironies include Libya chairing a human rights council and Zimbabwe chairing a council on sustainable development. From Iran Solidarity Blog:

That was back in 2007. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IL08Ak01.html We are nearly 2011. Are the Iranians any closer?

http://www.zcommunications.org/the-iranian-threat-by-noam-chomsky

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/world/asia/24afghan.html No wonder their government is so corrupt.

'...US President Barack Obama has ordered the imposition of sanctions on eight senior Iranian officials for "sustained and severe violations of human rights". The treasury department said they would face a travel ban and asset freeze. ...' From...

Before anyone goes on a rant about failed American foreign policy in Iraq or Afghanistan, I'd like to know what the sane people here feel about a tactical preemptive strike by either Israel or the US on Iran's nuclear infrastructure. Considering the fact that Iran funds much of the global...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/05/iran.stoning/index.html?video=true?video=true&hpt=T1

While the world is concentrated on Gaza and the unfortunate death of nine people on the Mavi Marmara ship, Iran is planning mass executions on the anniversary of last year's riots. http://missionfreeiran.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/june-executions/ Apparently, 26 in total will be executed, 13...

He's been wanted by Interpol for quite some time: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/21/ahmad-vahidi-iranian-cabi_n_265431.html http://www.interpol.int/Public/data/wanted/notices/data/2007/57/2007_49957.asp Well at least now they'll know where to find him I guess. :confused...

U.S. Journalist to Be Freed Soon in Iran, Her Lawyer Says

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/iranian-leader-faces-rebellion/2007/01/16/1168709752991.html If it's true, it's a good sign that a peaceful resolution could be possible. Also, that it's worth trying the peaceful route first.

Suspend Uranium Enrichment, or we shall demand you suspend it a second time... Maybe...just maybe it will work this time! :rolleyes:

Well, maybe not quite the whole world. yahoo I think their president wants their country to commit economic suicide. What is it with people from that area and their fascination with suicide as some sort of problem solver?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040829/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear&e=1&ncid= Whew! I was worried there for a while. I didn't realize that Muslims couldn't use nukes. Now that I know, I feel a lot better.