23 July, 2009

Bin Laden son thought killed in US drone strike: NPR
Reuters – USA
Sa’ad bin Laden, a prominent figure in the murky relationship between Iran and al Qaeda, was believed to have gone to Pakistan after spending a number of …
www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE56M13U20090723

Experts Warn Against Engaging Iran – Talk Radio News Service
By Staff
“We should not be thinking or talking about engagement yet, just as we didn’t want to intervene with Iran’s internal affairs after the election by forcefully coming out in favor of the opposition,” said Karim Sadjadpour, an assoicate …
talkradionews.com/2009/07/experts-warn-against-engaging-iran/

Congress Ratchets Up US Pressure on Iran
Voice of America – USA
Congressman Berman’s statement came during a hearing on Iran, and refers to his Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (IRPSA) which now has 260 sponsors in …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-23-voa3.cfm

Iran opposition leader plans large-scale social movement
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Mir-Hossein Mousavi praises the protest movement as a cornerstone for change in Iran. The opposition continues to challenge the authority of supreme leader …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/
la-fg-iran-protest23-2009jul23,0,3899014.story

dotCommonweal “ Blog Archive “ Iran update
By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly
The editorial in the current issue of Commonweal is a reaction to the upheaval in Iran — the falsified election results, the subsequent protests, and the government’s totalitarian response. “The entire world has been outraged by the …
www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=3747

Jamsheed K. Choksy: Iran, Protest, and Intelligence: Why Strategic …
By Jamsheed K. Choksy
Revolutions are accurately designated as such only after the fact, not when protests begin. The protests in Iran are not yet and may never become a revolution.
www.huffingtonpost.com/jamsheed-k-choksy
/iran-protest-and-intellig_b_243052.html

Iran: Five technologies the Iranian government is using to censor …
By Xeni Jardin
Iran: Five technologies the Iranian government is using to censor the web. Posted by Xeni Jardin, July 22, 2009 9:30 AM | permalink. There’s a good roundup article over at Network World about “both blunt and surgical tools” the …
www.boingboing.net/2009/07/22/iran-five-technologi.html

Jihad Watch: Clinton hints that US will accept nuclear Iran
By Robert
Clinton told Thai television in Bangkok that President Barack Obama’s administration was still open to engage Iran in talks about its nuclear programme but warned that Tehran would not be safer if it obtains a bomb.…
www.jihadwatch.org/archives/026991.php

Photos by Majid Saeedi, jailed in Iran – Blog – Committee to …
By Committee to Protect Journalists
Among the dozens of journalists detained in Iran is Majid Saeedi, a freelance photographer working for Getty Images. Jonathan Klein, the photo agency’s co-founder and CEO, describes Saeedi as a “dedicated photojournalist” who was simply …
cpj.org/blog/2009/07/majid-saeedi-photos.php

Hillary Clinton sends the wrong signal to Iran – Telegraph Blogs
By Nile Gardiner
At a town hall meeting in Bangkok today, the Secretary of State spoke of a“defence umbrella” for the Persian Gulf region if Iran acquires nuclear weapons capability. The New York Times reports Clinton as saying: “We want Iran to …
blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/10000
4355/hillary-clinton-sends-the-wrong-signal-to-iran/

22 July, 2009

Clinton: Nuclear Iran would face US ‘umbrella’
Jewish Telegraphic Agency – New York,NY,USA
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States would create a Middle East “nuclear umbrella” should Iran obtain a nuclear weapon. …
jta.org/news/article/2009/07/22/1006717/
clinton-a-nuclear-iran-would-face-us-umbrella

Reports: Iran reactor to be switched on this year
Washington Post – United States
AP MOSCOW — Russian news agencies quote the country’s nuclear agency chief as saying a Russian-built nuclear power reactor in Iran is still set to be…
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/07/22/AR2009072202076.html

Clinton Says US Considers ‘Defense Umbrella’ to Deter a Nuclear Iran
Voice of America – USA
By David Gollust Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the United States may offer a “defense umbrella” for US allies in the Gulf, to deter Iran …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-22-voa8.cfm

Iran opposition figure plans a new political group
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
By Borzou Daragahi Reporting from Beirut — Iran’s main opposition figure announced today that he would create a political organization to bolster the …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world
/la-fgw-iran23-2009jul23,0,5061347.story

Israeli FM discusses Middle East tensions with Lula
AFP
The two talked about “cooperation and bilateral relations of both countries, the subject of the peace process in the Middle East and the issue of Iran,” …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
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Algeria changes weekend dates, again
Washington Post – United States
Algeria had observed its weekends on Thursdays and Fridays since 1976 as do a few other countries including Iran and Saudi Arabia. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/07/22/AR2009072202140.html

US lawmaker ready to push Iran fuel sanctions bill
Reuters – USA
“The legislation would force companies in the energy sector to choose between doing business with Iran, or doing business with the United States,” said Rep. …
www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE56L58J20090722

Leader rejects Iran vice president appointment – Yahoo! News
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stuck by his controversial appointment for a key top deputy on Wednesday in an unusual defiance of Iran’s supreme leader who …
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090722/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_politics

Clinton Hints at ‘Defense Umbrella’ to Deter Iran
New York Times – United States
Mrs. Clinton clarified later that her comments on Iran, delivered in advance of a regional meeting here, did not represent a change in the Obama…
www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/world/asia/23diplo.html?em

Iran’s Ahmadinejad Under Pressure to Dismiss First VP
Voice of America – USA
By VOA News Iranian media report that Iran’s supreme leader has told President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to dismiss his chosen top deputy, after the selection …
www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-22-voa34.cfm

Bodies of some Iranian victims in Iraqi attack return home
Xinhua – China
TEHRAN, July 22(Xinhua) — The bodies of five Iranian pilgrims as well as seven injured in a Tuesday attack in Iraq were brought home, Governor of Iran’s …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/23/content_11755879.htm

Iran’s Ahmadinejad not anti-Israeli enough?
Christian Science Monitor – USA
Khameini’s split with the man he backed for the presidency sheds light on the diversity of factions and opinions in Iran. By Dan Murphy | 07.22.09 Iranian …
features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/07/22/
iran%E2%80%99s-ahmadinejad-not-anti-israeli-enough/

Iran’s supreme leader tells Ahmadinejad to sack deputy
guardian.co.uk – UK
Iran’s hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is under new pressure from conservatives after being ordered to reverse his controversial decision to appoint …
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/22
/iran-president-sack-deputy-khamenei

Worldview: Fine rhetoric; weak policy
Philadelphia Inquirer – Philadelphia,PA,USA
A couple of cases in point: On Iran, a key reason Obama has been pursuing talks, despite the current internal crisis, is to court world opinion. …
www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090722
_Worldview__Fine_rhetoric__weak_policy.html

Magnitude 5.5 – SOUTHERN IRAN
By US Geological Survey
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards.
earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009jjaj.php

Hands off Iran… [JHoward]
By JHoward
Hmmm, so had Obama not gotten involved in Honduras, the crisis would be over by now. His involvement is now likely to start a civil war. And Iran? Well they are still cracking down on protestors. But Obama cannot intervene at all there. …
proteinwisdom.com/?p=15157
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Commentary “ Blog Archive “ Nuclear Scenarios for Iran
By Emanuele Ottolenghi
We want Iran to calculate what I think is a fair assessment … that if the U.S. extends a defense umbrella over the region, if we do even more to support the military capacity of those in the Gulf, it’s unlikely that Iran will be any …
www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/ottolenghi/74001

Obambi Admin To Allow Iran To Develop Nukes : Stop The ACLU
By William Teach
Speaking in an interview for Thai television, she said: “If the US
extends a defence umbrella over the region, if we do even more to support the military capacity of those in the Gulf, it’s unlikely that Iran will be any stronger or …
www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/07/22/obambi
-admin-to-allow-iran-to-develop-nukes/

Neda Agha-Sultan And Iran’s Opposition – The Plank
By tnr1.com
The New Republic has done its fair share to invent and reinvent opinion journalism in this country. And we’ve had our share of success in the blogosphere.
blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2009
/07/21/neda-agha-sultan-and-iran-s-opposition.aspx

NewsDaily: Clinton outlines how U.S. might deal with nuclear Iran
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sketched out on Wednesday how the United States might cope with a nuclear Iran — by arming its allies in the Gulf and extending a “defense umbrella” over the region.
www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56l15d-us-usa-iran-clinton/

Iran lawyer says concerned about detained reformers
Washington Post – United States
Nikbakht said he also had not been able to meet another client, Maziar Bahari, an Iranian-Canadian journalist who came to Iran to cover the vote for …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/07/22/AR2009072201207.html

Iraq Attack on Iranian Pilgrims Kills 6, Injures 31
Bloomberg – USA
The bodies of the dead will be handed over to Iran today, a local governor told Mehr. The wounded will also return today. The Iranians were traveling…
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDZ7.172Z6ss

Iran’s supreme leader rejects president’s top deputy
USA Today – USA
Presidential hopefuls are not the only politicians running afoul of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei these days. Now the freshly re-elected …
blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/07/irans
-supreme-leader-rejects-presidents-top-deputy.html

Mousavi says Ahmadinejad govt may add to Iran’s woes
AFP
… Mir Hossein Mousavi said on Wednesday the new government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could cause domestic and international problems for Iran. …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5gjBfBVkN2UjyZ23eB6806q-oCTFw