News headlines for “Iran”, page 33
POLITICS: Is the Non-Aligned Movement Still Relevant?
- Inter Press Service
When the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) holds its triennial summit meeting in the Red Sea coastal town of Sharm el-Sheikh next week, Cuba will formally hand over the chairmanship of one of the world's largest single political groups to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
U.S.: Obama Discredits 'Green Light' for Israeli Attack on Iran
- Inter Press Service
Seeking to end speculation about whether his administration had eased its opposition to an Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday insisted that Washington's position remained unchanged.
IRAN: Censors Fail to Silence Resilient Cyber-Activists
- Inter Press Service
To mark the tenth anniversary of Iran's student uprising in 1999 amid the continued rejection by many voters of the results of the disputed Jun. 12 election, student activists issued a national call to protest last week.
IRAN: Picnicking Outside Evin Prison
- Inter Press Service
Outside the gates of Terhan's notorious Evin prison, hundreds wait impatiently some with blankets spread out in the parking lot on the street below, making time for dinner.
POLITICS: U.S. Uses False Taliban Aid Charge to Pressure Iran
- Inter Press Service
The Barack Obama administration has given new prominence to a Bush administration charge that Iran is providing military training and assistance to the Taliban in Afghanistan, for which no evidence has ever been produced, and which has been discredited by data obtained by IPS from the Pentagon itself.
IRAN: Rights Group Seeks Release of Mistreated and Ill Detainee
- Inter Press Service
Iranian authorities should release a prominent reformist detained during recent post-election unrest to a medical facility because he has suffered harsh interrogations and inadequate medical care that could have life-threatening consequences, said a prominent human rights group Wednesday.
IRAN: Anger and Despair Linger After Govt Confirms Poll
- Inter Press Service
On Monday, after a televised counting of the 10 percent of the ballot boxes, the body that oversees Iranian elections upheld the results of the disputed presidential elections.
U.S.: Anti-Regime Exiles Galvanised by Iran Unrest
- Inter Press Service
While mass demonstrations in Iran are dwindling with large gatherings and the opposition appearing largely paralysed by the authorities’ crackdown the crisis there is causing a return to prominence for groups of Iranians living in the West: the exiles who have long advocated regime change in Iran, sometimes by armed means.
US-IRAN: 'Obama Effect' Versus 'Freedom Agenda'
- Inter Press Service
Two weeks after allegations of fraud in Iran’s presidential elections triggered massive and instantly-iconic protests, partisans here of President Barack Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush, are debating whose policies deserve more credit for encouraging the Iranian mobilisation.
IRAN: Cries and Whispers
- Inter Press Service
After several tumultuous days, the streets of Tehran are relatively quiet. But the density of police and basij presence has given the city an air of suffocation. It is hard to breathe.