Iran urges anti-Israel monopoly efforts
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged Iran and Turkey to develop medical methods of their own in a bid to overcome the Israeli monopoly of the global pharmaceutical industry.
Khamenei’s Unity Pretense With Khomeini’s Family
Hassan Khomeini, the moderate grandson of Iran’s founder, was heckled by hardliners at a ceremony to honor his grandfather. Instead of being pleased, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was mortified.
How Western Supporters Hurt Iran’s Green Movement
By imputing to Green Movement protesters a desire to overthrow Iran’s government—a desire they took pains never to express—their Western supporters did them more harm than good.
Iranian exiles demand tougher sanctions on Tehran
PARIS, Jun 26 (Reuters) An Iranian exile group, backed by international politicians, said today that much stiffer sanctions would have to be imposed on Tehran if world powers hoped to curtail Iran’s nuclear programme.
Sanctions probably won’t dissuade Iran: CIA chief
Targeted economic sanctions on Iran probably will not deter Tehran from seeking a nuclear capability, CIA chief Leon Panetta said on Sunday.
Iran: Censorship and Satellites
A battle for the future of Iran is shaping up in outer space, and it’s not about missiles or nuclear weapons. It’s about information—the ability to jam the signal that brings the news to the Iranian people via satellite television. And for the moment, it’s a fight the Iranian government appears to be losing.
Iranian lawmakers to travel on Lebanese aid ships
TEHRAN: Iranian lawmakers, protesting at Israel’s blockade of Gaza, plan to travel on an aid ship that is preparing to leave from Lebanon, an official said on Saturday. Lebanon said last week it would allow a Gaza-bound ship called the Julia to sail, via Cyprus, despite warnings from Israel that it reserved the right to use all necessary means
CIA chief: Iran could have nukes ready by 2012
Iran has enough low-enriched uranium to make two weapons, which it could have prepared and ready for delivery as early as 2012, CIA director Leon Panetta said Sunday.
