Middle East News – Iranian-American Stunned by Sentence
Iranian-American Stunned by Sentence
Kian Tajbakhsh, who was arrested in postelection protests in Iran and sentenced to 15 years in prison on Sunday, had been hopeful that he would be released, a family member says.
A Lone Cleric Is Loudly Defying Iran s Leaders
The Iranian government has been able to intimidate most of its detractors, but not Mehdi Karroubi, its most tenacious and problematic critic.
Op-Ed Contributor: Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast
In repeatedly condemning Israel, and mostly ignoring closed regimes in the Middle East, Human Rights Watch is drifting from its core values, and its role as a global arbiter of morality.
60 Lashes Ordered for Saudi Woman
A journalist, 22, was sentenced for her connection to a Lebanese TV show in which a Saudi man talked about sex. She would not appeal the sentence, she said.
Abbas defends decision to call for elections
The president of the Palestinian Authority says he was just following the law when he issued an order for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held in January
Iran Deal Would Slow Making of Nuclear Bombs
The agreement with Iranian negotiators would have to be approved in Tehran and Washington, and key details about the timing remained unclear.
Report Finds Lapses in Handling of G.I. Accused of Murders in Iraq
The U.S. soldier who allegedly killed five others on a base in May had been behaving erratically for weeks even threatening to commit suicide, according to a military report.
Iran Resists Deal to Ship Nuclear Fuel to Outsiders
The Iranian government made veiled threats about backing away from an agreement to send most of its nuclear stockpile out of the country.
Opportunities Fade Amid Sense of Isolation in Gaza
The ideological differences between Fatah and Hamas have frustrated Palestinian professionals, who are seeing fewer prospects for education and employment.
Dubai ponders $6.5bn debt issuance
Dubai is gauging investor appetite for debt issuance of $6.5bn as the emirate seeks to take advantage of easing credit markets to set the commercial hub on a more stable financial footing
Scholar Who Was Held After Disputed Iranian Election Is Given at Least 12 Years
Kian Tajbaksh, a sociologist and urban planner with a doctorate from Columbia University, was charged with acting against national security.
Iran Is Said to Arrest Wives of Many Prominent Detainees
The authorities raided a prayer ceremony in Tehran, reformist Web sites reported, and a witness said 60 people were taken into custody.
Iran s Politics Open a Generational Chasm
Since Iran s disputed presidential election in June and the protests that followed, many children of prominent Iranians have become estranged from their parents.
Israeli police storm al-Aqsa compound
Police storm the compound of Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque, firing stun grenades to disperse dozens of Palestinian protestors who had pelted them with rocks in the latest eruption of violence at the city’s holiest Muslim shrine
Gaza Report Author Asks U.S. to Clarify Concerns
Richard Goldstone said the U.S. response to the U.N. report on last winter s war in Gaza had been ambivalent.
Fear Over Swine Flu Closes Schools in Iraq
Fear of the H1N1 virus has prompted nearly 2,500 school closings throughout Iraq, in what some health officials have called an overreaction.
U.N. Inspectors Visit Iranian Site
U.N. inspectors got their first look inside a once-secret uranium enrichment facility that has raised Western suspicions about the extent of Iran s nuclear program.
World Briefing | Middle East: Iran: 5 Executions Include Woman
Human rights groups have documented a sharp increase in the number of executions in Iran since the start of the year.
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