15 April, 2009

Commentary “ Blog Archive “ Iran Profilerates, We Disarm
By Jennifer Rubin
The Obama administration and its European allies are preparing proposals that would shift strategy toward Iran by dropping a longstanding American insistence that Tehran rapidly shut down nuclear facilities during the early phases of …
www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/62201

Jihad Watch: Iran stops threatening to annihilate Israel long …
By Robert
UNITED NATIONS, April 14 (Reuters) – Iran demanded on Tuesday that the U.N. Security Council respond firmly to what it described as Israel’s “unlawful and insolent threats” to launch an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. …
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025683.php

How to thnk about a nuclear Iran | Samizdata.net
A blog for people with a critically rational individualist perspective. We are developing the social individualist meta-context for the future. From the very serious to the extremely frivolous.
www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/2009/04/how_to_thnk_abo.html

Debating Iran Diplomacy – Michael Rubin – The Corner on National …
By Michael Rubin
But doing so without any immediate consequence for Iran seems to cheapen U.S. diplomacy, in my view. We may soon miss those heady days when simply getting the Americans to the negotiating table was considered to be an Iranian gain in …
corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzVlOTNmMD
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Egypt strikes out at Iran’s expanding reach | csmonitor.com
Egyptian police have arrested 25 suspects and are hunting for another 24 in the Sinai peninsula, where officials say the Iranian-sponsored group Hezbollah was operating a covert cell.
www.csmonitor.com/2009/0415/p06s04-wome.html

JURIST – Paper Chase: Iran court tries US journalist on espionage …
The Revolutionary Court of Iran conducted the trial of Roxana Saberi [advocacy website], accused of passing classified information to US intelligence agencies, in proceedings closed to the public [AP report]. Saberi was arrested [NYT …
jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/04/
iran-court-tries-us-journalist-on.php

Will Israel Attack Iran? By Roane Carey
JERUSALEM — Israel has been steadily ratcheting up pressure on the United States concerning the grave threat allegedly posed by Iran, which seems poised to master the nuclear fuel cycle, and thus the capacity to produce nuclear weapons …
www.countercurrents.org/carey130409.htm

Wonk Room “ Obama’s ‘Game Changing’ Iran Diplomacy
By M. Duss
There are a couple of key points to draw from the reports that the Obama administration is planning to drop a long-standing U.S. demand that Iran suspend uranium enrichment as a pre-condition for talks. The first is that,…
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/04/14/
obamas-game-changing-iran-diplomacy/

Journalist Roxana Saberi Stands Trial In Iran
By Donald R. Winslow
TEHRAN, IRAN (April 14, 2009) – Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi has completed her defense against spying charges at her trial and the court will deliver a verdict “within the next couple of weeks,” an Iranian judiciary …
nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/04/saberi02.html

t r u t h o u t | Iran Says It’s Open to Nuclear Dialogue With Powers
Tehran – Iran said on Monday it would welcome constructive dialogue with six world powers, including the United States, in its clearest signal yet it will accept an invitation for talks on its disputed nuclear work. …
www.truthout.org/041409O

Jihad Watch: Iran: Two Christian women imprisoned
By Raymond
Iran: Two Christian women imprisoned. Their crime? They “were active in church activities and distributing Bibles.” “Iran: Two Christian women imprisoned,” from Compass Direct News, April 13: Held with no legal counsel for over a month, …
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025673.php

Ahmed Chalabi implies that President Bush was in cahoots against …
By Thomas E. Ricks
[Chalabi]: Iran benefited from toppling Saddam. Bush didn’t mean to do it a favor but it was clear that Iran would benefit from Saddam’s fall. I am convinced that Saddam would not have fallen except for an implicit agreement between …
ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/04/14/
chalabi_charges_bush_with_conspiring_with_iran

nrc.nl – International – Iran accuses Netherlands of conspiracy
In an official statement, the revolutionary guard says the Netherlands is paying millions of euros to internet sites and radio broadcasters, such as the Amsterdam-based Radio Zamaneh, that are hostile to Iran. …
www.nrc.nl/international/article2212148.ece/
Iran_accuses_Netherlands_of_conspiracy

14 April, 2009

The Raw Story | US may ease nuclear demands on Iran: report
The so-called P5-plus-1 — the permanent five members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany — have long offered Iran trade, financial and other incentives in return for halting its uranium enrichment program. …
rawstory.com/news/afp/US_may_ease_
nuclear_demands_on_Iran_04142009.html

Gates: Iran Attack Would Create Backlash — News from Antiwar.com
By Jason Ditz
Though the IAEA has repeatedly certified that none of the enriched uranium has been diverted to any other purpose than power generation, both the United States and Israel have repeatedly threatened to attack Iran unless it abandons the …
news.antiwar.com/2009/04/13/gates-
iran-attack-would-create-backlash/

Iran in the News – Michael Rubin – The Corner on National Review …
By Michael Rubin
This came after the IAEA had found Iran in noncompliance with its safeguards agreement. By agreeing to negotiate without enrichment suspension, the Obama administration is casting aside unilaterally these U.N. Security Council …
corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTU0NTM4
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Iran Puts American Reporter On Trial – The Lede Blog – NYTimes.com
By By Robert Mackey
Reuters points out that Iran executed an Iranian businessman last year who was convicted of spying for Israel. One difference between the two cases is that Ms. Saberi was born in the United States; even though Iran has said that she …
thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/14
/trial-of-us-reporter-starts-in-iran/

Global Voices Online “ Iran: Free Potatoes and Election
By Hamid Tehrani
Iran: Environmentalists Campaign to Save Isfahan · › Egypt: April 18 Declared Anti-Harassment Day · › Lebanon: Academics and Bloggers Call for Israel Boycott · › Jordan: Community Work Changing Lives …
globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/13/iran-free-potatoes-and-election/

Armenian News – PanARMENIAN.Net | Armenian News Agency – Iran …
Armenian News: first online Armenian news agency. Information about the main events in the social and political life of the country. Also events taking place all over the world that directly or indirectly are connected with Armenia.
www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=30425

Iran says Fargo journalist tried behind closed doors – TwinCities.com
By By Ali Akbar Dareini Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — An American journalist jailed in Iran and charged with espionage stood trial behind closed doors and a verdict is expected within weeks, the country’s judiciary spokesman said today. Roxana Saberi, a 31-year-old dual …
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