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Iran

Type: Country

Name: Iran

population: 68,458,680

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 36 mins ago - 5 reports

Iran – Nuclear issue (23.05.13)

Quick accessThe IAEA Director General’s most recent report shows that Iran is continuing to give priority to the path of defiance and denial over that of dialogue. Once again, this is a choice that we deplore.Indeed, this report confirms that Iran has ... [Published France Diplomatie - 36 mins ago]

Entities: Iran, Nuclear, IAEA Board of Governors, IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency, Heavy Water Reactor

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 7 reports

Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Rafsanjani lambasts Iran’s clerical regime

  TEHRAN — Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has blasted the Islamic Republic’s clerical rulers, declaring it impossible for them to do a worse job running the country, an Iranian pro-reform website reported Wedn ... [Published Saudi Gazette - Mid-East - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran, Tehran

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 16 reports

Why Economic Sanctions Rarely Work

Sanctions, particularly economic sanctions, have long been a tool of U.S. foreign policy, and few presidents have leaned on them as much as Barack Obama or been as successful at rallying others to do the same. To thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the U.S. ... [Published BusinessWeek - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Sanctions, Iran, United States, North Korea

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 12 reports

Iran denies its drone violated Bahrain's airspace

In a report carried by Iran's official IRNA news agency, an unnamed official at the Foreign Ministry denied an Iranian drone had violated the Gulf kingdom's airspace, without giving further details.Instead, the official urged Bahraini rulers to pay attention ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Bahrain, Drone, Iran

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 21 reports

IAEA: Iran Seeks to Speed Up Nuclear Activity

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (m) at a nuclear facilityREUTERSIran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment programme, a U.N. nuclear report showed, but experts said it was unclear when Tehran's new machines could start operating and how ... [Published This Day Online - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Centrifuge, Iran, IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 11 reports

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

Iran: IAEA report shows nuclear progress

Iran?s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency says a recent report by the UN nuclear watchdog is indicative of Iran?s progress in nuclear technology. ... [Published CNTV - 4 hours ago]

Entities: IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear, Iran

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 7 hours ago - 9 reports

World welcomes Syria confab due in Tehran: Iran

Iran’s Permanent Mission to the UN says the international community welcomes the upcoming Friends of Syria meeting due in the Iranian capital, Tehran, which shows the global willingness to peacefully resolve the crisis in Syria.“The interest shown by ... [Published IRIB World Service - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Tehran, Iran, Syria

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 6 reports

Enlisting Iran On Syria Will Backfire

“There are few nations in the world with which the United States has less reason to quarrel or more compatible interests than Iran.” So wrote Henry Kissinger in 2001. The sentence is more than just the assessment of one man. It expresses the deep longing ... [Published Brookings Institution - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Tehran, Syria, Geneva, United States

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 13 reports

Where Is The United States Vis-Ã -vis The 2013 Iranian Presidential Election?

A recent event has not gotten the attention that it arguably should have.On Tuesday, Iranâs Guardian Council turned down the candidacies of two potential presidential candidates: one, a close aide and associate of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ... [Published Forbes.com - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran, Elections, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 9 hours ago - 37 reports

Must-Reads from Around the World

Iran‘s Nuclear Plant — A U.N. report shows that Iran is pushing ahead with the construction of a nuclear research reactor that, according to Western experts, could eventually make plutonium for weapons, notes Reuters. The U.N. International Atomic Energy ... [Published The China Blog - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Nuclear, Computer Hacking

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 32 reports

Ahmadinejad to appeal Iran poll-ban on ally

Iran’s president is to challenge a decision to disqualify his top aide from a vote to elect his successor, but former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has said he has no objections to his own ban.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that the Guardian ... [Published Pakistan Today - May 22 2013]

Entities: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 79 reports

Iran bars Rafsanjani from presidential run

) : Iran said on Tuesday the moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( pix ) was among those barred from standing in presidential election, provoking a sharp reaction from Washington.Rafsanjani and a controversial aide of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ... [Published The Sun Daily - May 22 2013]

Entities: Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Quotes

"The Palestinian issue isn't something that will disappear and it is not an issue where someone can say, 'There are more worrying things, so let's not deal with it,'" she told Israel Radio. — AP

US, Israel raise hopes for M-E peace restart [Published Saudi Gazette - 36 mins ago]

...-- could not arrange to cut our trees or do our jobs on a daily basis,'' said MohammedMohammed Nimr Nasserdine, a mukhtar, or community leader. "So of course we took part in creating the Popular Committees to defend us."

In Lebanon, Stoking the Fire of Syria's War [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 36 mins ago]

...national security adviser, citing Israel's gambit in South Lebanon in 1982, which led to a two-decade occupation and the creation of Hezbollah. "Sometimes there is a tension between two things. First is the situation that might affect your important interest, and second is your inability to do something in order to change it. Sometimes the only thing you can do is to do nothing."

Israel Finding Itself Drawn Into Syria's Turmoil [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 36 mins ago]

...to climb Everest as a gift on my 27th birthday," recalls Raha, who has now become the first Saudi woman to reach atop the world´s highest mountain. "With a heavy heart, he said okay but asked me to promise to come back safe."

Dream big and live even bigger [Published MyRepublica.com - 48 mins ago]

More Content

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Iran's Nuclear Advance [Published Carnegie Endowment - 28 mins ago]
In Sidon its increasingly all about sect [Published Lebanon Daily Star - 30 mins ago]
Iran – Nuclear issue (23.05.13) [Published France Diplomatie - 36 mins ago]
US, Israel raise hopes for M-E peace restart [Published Saudi Gazette - 36 mins ago]
Sharif is in for a rocky ride in a new politica... [Published Mail Online UK - 36 mins ago]
In Lebanon, Stoking the Fire of Syria's War [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 36 mins ago]
13 Pakistani Police Officers Killed in Blast in... [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 36 mins ago]
Israel Finding Itself Drawn Into Syria's Turmoil [Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 36 mins ago]
Barred From Syria, Advance U.N. Chemical Weapon... [Published Nuclear Threat Initiative - 37 mins ago]
4 Market Risks Worth Worrying About [Published Seeking Alpha - 41 mins ago]
Dream big and live even bigger [Published MyRepublica.com - 48 mins ago]
Weekly Natural Gas stocks up 89 bcf [Published Traders Community - 53 mins ago]
US House Panel Backs Stiff New Iran Sanctions [Published Foundation for Defense of Democracies - 54 mins ago]
Hundreds Respond as Dr. Michael Youssef Brings ... [Published Christian News Wire - 55 mins ago]
Tehran's Designs on Afghanistan [Published RealClearWorld - 56 mins ago]
Khamenei Tightens His Grip in Iran [Published RealClearWorld - 56 mins ago]
Germany worlds most popular country [Published Birmingham Star - 56 mins ago]
Ever the Prophet, Never the King [Published Lucianne.com - 59 mins ago]
Iran to chair U.N. disarmament conference [Published Canadian Content - 1 hour ago]
US adds 20 individuals, firms to Iran blacklist [Published Business Standard India - 1 hour ago]
25 missions fail to achieve export target in Ju... [Published New Age Bangladesh - 1 hour ago]
Behind the Lines: The Syrian Crucible [Published Jerusalem Post - 1 hour ago]
U.S. slaps new sanctions on Iran over weapon pr... [Published Individual.com - 1 hour ago]
UN suggests Glencore and Trafigura trades may h... [Published Equities.com - 1 hour ago]
Fingering the point man [Published Jewish Standard - 1 hour ago]
Amano new report on Iran published [Published GlobalSecurity.org - 1 hour ago]
5 Things: Find Out Why You Should Take Out Your... [Published Sudbury Patch - 1 hour ago]
The International Religious Freedom Report for ... [Published America Magazine - 1 hour ago]
Turkey had ‘a silent revolution’ on human right... [Published Turkish Daily - 1 hour ago]
Syria war may bring Saudi deal for Altay [Published Turkish Daily - 1 hour ago]

Blogs

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Islamists Tell the Truth When They Think Wester... [Published Breitbart Feed - 1 hour ago] If you want to keep up on what’s going in the Middle East, and what Islamists really think, MEMRI-TV is an excellent resource for accomplishing both. MEMRI, which stands for the “Middle East Media Research Institute,” monitors Arab, Iranian, and ...
War with Iran? Revisiting the Potentially Stagg... [Published FAS Strategic Security Blog - 2 hours ago] The Senate passage of Resolution 65 on May 22, 2013, some argue, draws the United States closer to military action against Iran. In October 2012, amid concerns that surprisingly little research addressed the potential broad outcomes of possible U.S.-led ...
Glenn Greenwald on the Woolwich attack and blow... [Published Mondoweiss - 3 hours ago] Glenn Greenwald wrote another of his important blowback articles this morning in the Guardian; Was the London killing of a British soldier 'terrorism'? He asks an essential question concerning the definition and use of the term "terrorism". The media ...
Tom Alderman: It's the Biggest Scandal Since... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 3 hours ago] ...fill in the blanks: Teapot Dome, Watergate, Iran Contra, Lewinsky.....Benghazi? Political scandals are so very juicy, aren't they? Sure, we deplore the morality or criminality of it all but let's be frank, when it comes to PRESIDENTIAL scandals ...
Eye on Iran: US House Panel Backs Stiff New Ira... [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - 3 hours ago] br />!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--> For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter andjoin our Facebook group. Top Stories AFP: "Iran could face tightened sanctions within months after a UScongressional panel Wednesday adopted a ...

Audio/Video

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Wicker Discusses Iran Sanctions Resolution [Published Senator Roger F Wicker - YouTube Channel - 6 hours ago]
Ahmadinejad aide banned from election [Published CNN.com - Video - 23 hours ago]
Graham Resolution Supporting Israel Passes Senate [Published Senator Lindsey Graham - YouTube Channel - May 22 2013]
Graham Resolution Supporting Israel Passes Senate [Published Senator Lindsey Graham - YouTube Channel - May 22 2013]
Senator Risch Presses State Department on Polic... [Published Senator James E Risch - YouTube Channel - May 22 2013]

Press Releases

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UANI Launches Iranian Regime Election Repressio... [Published Business Wire - 1 hour ago]
UANI Launches Iranian Regime Election Repressio... [Published Business Wire Technology News - 1 hour ago]
UANI Launches Iranian Regime Election Repressio... [Published Business Wire Manufacturing News - 1 hour ago]
Maryam Rajavi at France Libertes Foundation - 3... [Published PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media - 10 hours ago]
Research and Markets: Iran Exploration and Prod... [Published Business Wire Professional Services News - 13 hours ago]