U.S. Accuses Iran in Plot / آمریکا ایران را به دست داشتن در توطئه ترور سفیر عربستان در واشینگتن متهم کرد
U.S. authorities said Tuesday they foiled an Iranian-directed plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Washington, a rare instance where Tehran is accused of fomenting terrorism on U.S. soil. Prosecutors alleged an elaborate international plot, with two men, including an Iranian-born U.S. citizen who had been living in Texas, using funding from the Iranian [...]
Iranian pastor’s case returned for further investigation / دیوان عالی کشور: پرونده ارتداد «یوسف ندرخانی» نقض شده است
Iran’s Supreme Court says the case of Yousef Nadarkhani, an Iranian pastor charged with apostasy, is incomplete. ISNA is reporting on a Supreme Court statement indicating that Nadarkhani’s case has been sent back to the lower courts for a more complete investigation. “After the shortcomings are eliminated and another sentence is issued,” the Supreme Court [...]
Detained filmmakers’ activities illegal: Iranian judiciary / محسنی اژهای: کشفی در مورد اختلاس اخیر اتفاق نیفتاده است
The documentary makers recently arrested in Iran were “engaged in the production of illegal material and provided it to the BBC,” a spokesman for Iran’s judiciary announced at a news conference. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said the filmmakers, who were arrested on the charge of “collaborating with the British Broadcasting Corporation,” were taken into custody based [...]
Back From Iran, U.S. Hikers Share Tales of Strife / خشم دو آمریکایی آزاد شده نسبت به دولت ایران
The two American hikers who were held in Iran on espionage charges say they kept their days strictly regimented, running laps, weight-lifting water bottles, discussing literature and quizzing each other, in an effort to stay physically and mentally fit while in captivity. They spent 781 days that way in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran. On [...]
Iran halts gas exports to Turkey / توقف صادرات گاز ایران به ترکیه
Iranian natural gas exports to Turkey have been halted for the third time this year. Shana, the Iranian gas, oil and energy news agency, reports that Turkish authorities requested the halt in gas flow over the border. A spokesman for Iran’s Natural Gas Company, Majid Boujarzadeh, said gas exports were stopped on Thursday night, adding: [...]
Analysis: Leaderless Iranian opposition seen lacking strategy/ ادعاهای تازه احمدی نژاد در نیویورک درباره اعتراضات سال ۸۸
Iran’s reformist opposition has watched with admiration as revolutions have toppled three Arab leaders, but despite divisions in the ruling elite it looks incapable for now of taking its protest movement back out onto the streets. Mass protests against the 2009 re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked the worst unrest since the Islamic Revolution three [...]
Hamidreza Moradi Sarvestani and Farshad Maroufi Held Incommunicado / بی خبری از وضعیت حمیدرضا مرادی سروستانی
There are no reports on the condition of Gonabadi dervish Hamidreza Moradi Sarvestani and Kurdish environmental activist Farshad Maroufi. Hamidreza Moradi Sarvestani is suffering from heart problems and his family is extremely concerned about his condition since he is in need of medical attention. He was arrested on September 4th and endured physical and psychological [...]
Iran a threat to independent media: BBG, BBC / اعتراض بی بی سی و بی بی جی به اقدامات ایران علیه رسانهها
In a joint statement, the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) have condemned the Iranian government’s efforts “to silence independent media in Iran.” In a statement released Saturday, the two media bodies point to the recent arrest of “several documentary makers on vague and unfounded accusations of collaborating with [...]