Global IssuesNews headlines for “Iran”, page 19
Iran's 'Blogfather' Gets 20-Year Prison Sentence
- Inter Press Service
A week after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told heads of state gathered for the U.N. General Assembly in New York that his government does not jail its citizens for expressing their opinions, Iran's Revolutionary Court sentenced Hossein Derakhshan, an internationally known Iranian-Canadian blogger, to 19 and a half years in prison.
Activists Warn of Rights Crisis Ahead of Ahmadinejad Visit
- Inter Press Service
Speaking at a press conference in New York Friday, Shirin Ebadi, a highly-regarded Iranian attorney and the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, warned that the human rights situation in Iran is deteriorating, particularly for the many journalists and civil society activists considered political prisoners.
IRAN: Ahmadinejad Aims to Provoke Constitutional Overhaul
- Inter Press Service
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's confrontational approach towards the Iranian parliament could turn into a wider systemic crisis and is provoking appeals for a much more resolute intervention by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
US-MIDEAST: Light At End of Tunnel Elusive Despite Obama’s Efforts
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama will try this week to underline his progress in extricating the United States from the morass his predecessor's 'global war on terror' in the Greater Middle East.
Media Didn’t Buy Petraeus Command’s Story of Low Taliban Morale
- Inter Press Service
In an effort to introduce a story of 'progress' into media coverage, Gen. David Petraeus’s command claimed last week that the Taliban is suffering from reduced morale in Marjah and elsewhere, despite evidence that the population of Marjah still believes the Taliban controls that district.
Obama Resists Pressure for Red Line on Iran's Nuclear Capability
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama's refusal in a White House briefing earlier this month to announce a 'red line' in regard to the Iran nuclear programme represented another in a series of rebuffs of pressure from Defence Secretary Robert Gates for statement that the United States will not accept its existing stocks of low enriched uranium.
Q&A: Mousavi's Revelations Would Destroy the Govt's Legitimacy
- Inter Press Service
Responding to pro-government critics, Iran's defiant opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has said several times in recent months that he would reveal 'untold secrets' from his tenure.
Israeli Generals and Intel Officials Oppose Attack on Iran
- Inter Press Service
Pro-Israeli journalist Jeffrey Goldberg's article in 'The Atlantic' magazine was evidently aimed at showing why the Barack Obama administration should worry that it risks an attack by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Iran in the coming months unless it takes a much more menacing line toward Iran's nuclear programme.
IRAN: Eyes on the Skies Over Bushehr Nuclear Reactor
- Inter Press Service
Iran's light water nuclear power plant at Bushehr is preparing to go 'live' - again.
Iran Benefits from Arab Disillusion with Obama
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama has suffered a sharp drop in popularity in the Arab world over the past year, and Iran may be reaping the benefits, according to a major new survey of public opinion in five Arab countries released here Thursday.
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