Feb
28

Iran News – Amsterdam to hold Iranian filmfest (Press TV)

Amsterdam to hold Iranian filmfest (Press TV)
The Netherlands is slated to screen Iranian productions during the one-day Best of Iran Film Festival in the capital city of Amsterdam.

Iran should set deadline for delivery of S-300, MP says (Press TV)
An Iranian lawmaker has called on the country’s military authorities to impose a deadline for Russia to deliver the S-300 missile defense system to Iran.

Iranian insurgent group chooses new leader (AP via Yahoo! News)
An insurgent group in southeastern Iran announced the selection of a new leader after its founder was captured by Iranian forces, according to the group’s Web site.

Iran’s Mousavi warns over system’s legitimacy waning (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi warned the legitimacy of clerical rule was waning due to its “repressive measures,” his website said on Saturday.

Iran leader rejects idea of compromise with opposition (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, dismissed the possibility of compromise with opposition leaders on Thursday, saying in harsh language that they had no right to participate in politics, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Iran’s rebel Sunni group has new leader: monitoring agency – YAHOO!
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Iran’s rebel Sunni movement Jundallah has named a new leader after the arrest of militant Abdolmalek Rigi , the SITE monitoring … said they would cooperate with us and will give me military equipment,” Rigi said in a taped …

Opposition leader: A cult ruling Iran (AP via Yahoo! News)
Iran’s opposition leader says a dictatorial cult is ruling Iran in the name of Islam.

Iran trade balance improved (Zawya)
28 February 2010 TEHRAN – Considering a 5 percent increase in Iran’s non-oil exports and a 5 percent decrease in imports, the nation’s trade balance in the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (began March 20, 2009) has improved in comparison to the same period in previous year, the Iranian economy minister said here on Saturday.

Iranian opposition group chooses new leader (AP via Yahoo! News)
An insurgent group in southeastern Iran has announced the selection of a new leader after its founder was captured by Iranian forces.

Iran opposition leader assails “cult” of rulers – Denver Post
One of Iran’s opposition leaders, Mir Hussein Moussavi, said Saturday that a dictatorial “cult” was ruling Iran — one of his most critical statements against the country’s rulers since disputed elections last summer. “This is the rule of a cult …

Iran’s Mousavi warns over system’s legitimacy waning (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Opposition leader Mousavi warns over legitimacy * Criticises President Ahmadinejad’s foreign policy * Says millions in Iran face “repressive measures” TEHRAN, Feb 27 (Reuters) – …

Barak: A nuclear Iran threatens world stability – Haaretz.com
I can hardly think of a stable world order with a nuclear Iran,” Barak said during a speech at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, adding that, “What is really needed is significant sanctions, effective ones, within a time limit.”