Iran News – World leaders delay Iran crunch-time (AFP via Yahoo! News)
World leaders delay Iran crunch-time (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Iran may have been hauled over the coals by the G8 but world leaders have effectively delayed a full confrontation with Tehran over its disputed election and nuclear programme until September.
‘United for Neda’ is artists’ song for Iranian people (CNN)
Spurred by the continuing political unrest in Iran, more than two dozen Iranian expatriate superstars are uniting to spread a musical message of non-violent resistance.
Israeli strike on Iran would be ‘catastrophe’: Sarkozy – Times of India
L’AQUILA (Italy): A unilateral attack by Israel against Iran to thwart the Islamic republic’s nuclear ambitions would be an “absolute catastrophe”, French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Thursday. Sarkozy was speaking after a summit of G8 and …
US politician urges Iran ’sabotage’ – Al Jazeera
The former speaker of the US House of Representatives has said that the US should “sabotage” Iran’s oil and gas infrastructure as part of its efforts to bring down the government. In an interview with Al Jazeera’s Avi Lewis for the Fault Lines …
Canada pushes for release of journalist in Iran (Canada.com)
Iran’s envoy to Canada has been called on the carpet yet again, this time for the continued detention of a Canadian-Iranian journalist detained in Tehran for the past two weeks.
Canada urges release of journalist detained in Iran (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Canada said it had summoned Iran’s top diplomat in Ottawa to demand the release of a detained Iranian-Canadian journalist, and warned Canadians to avoid non-essential travel to the country.
Iranian Forces Move To Crush New Protests (Free Internet Press)
Iranian security forces fired repeated rounds of tear gas, and militiamen wielding batons moved in quickly to try to disperse thousands of protesters who massed in the streets of central Tehran on Thursday evening, witnesses said, defying government warnings and resuming a strategy of direct confrontation with the police nearly a month after Iran’s disputed presidential election.
Biden Israel-Iran Statements Cause Storm Of Regional Responses – Huffingtonpost.com
The effects of Vice President Joe Biden’s recent remarks during an interview with ABC’s “This Week”– where he implied that Israel has a sovereign right to defend itself against a nuclear-inclined Iran, irrespective of US demands or guidance …
Hundreds protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow (8:13 a.m.) (The Stockton Record)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Hundreds of young men and women chanted “death to the dictator” and fled baton-wielding police in the capital Thursday as opposition activists sought to revive street protests despite authorities’ vows to “smash” any new marches.
Iran: Five Iranians held by U.S. handed over to Iraq (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran said on Thursday five Iranian officials held by U.S. forces in Iraq for more than two years had been handed over to Iraqi authorities and were expected to be released soon.
US Forces In Iraq Free 5 Iranian Diplomats – IRNA News Agency (Nasdaq)
TEHRAN (AFP)–Five Iranian diplomats held by the U.S. military in Iraq since January 2007 were freed on Thursday, the official IRNA news agency said, quoting Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad.
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