Nov 20th, 2009
Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, a Republican source says, sent written questions to Attorney General Eric Holder following yesterday’s meeting…
• Is DOJ investigating the allegations put forward in this article? If not, why?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/world/middleeast/07sanctions.html?hp
U.S. Enriches Companies Defying Its Policy on Iran
Fernando Bizerra Jr./European Pressphoto Agency
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, center, in Brazil last fall. The nations agreed to share technical expertise on energy projects.
The federal government has awarded more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants and other benefits over the past decade to foreign and multinational American [...]
We at the Progressive American Iranian Committee (PAIC), a human rights organization, gratefully appreciate your effort in introducing resolution to punish Islamic regime’s officials responsible for human rights abuses against freedom and peace loving Iranian people. This letter was sent to Senator John McCain, Senator Joe Lieberman, Senator Robert Casey, Senator Dick Durbin, Senator Carl Levin, Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator John Kerry, Senator David Vitter, Senator Ted Kaufman, Senator Susan Collins, Senator Sam Brownback, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Evan Bayh, and Senator Jon Kyl.
Feb 26th, 2010
He’s been charged for holding a placard during a demonstration at Amir Kabir Polytechnic where he is a student and Ahmadinejad was giving a speech.
The General Assembly this afternoon recognized the International Day of Nowruz, a spring festival of Persian origin, and moved back the dates of the next high-level dialogue on Financing for Development, as it continued its sixty-fourth session.
Feb 22nd, 2010
The Obama administration should continue to endorse and rally international support for Iranians’ human rights. And if the government continues to stonewall on its nuclear program, intensified sanctions targeting the country’s military and rulers will exacerbate its economic woes.
Feb 21st, 2010
Please participate in a symbolic hunger strike to support the people of Iran.
A bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), today announced their intention to introduce legislation that will impose targeted sanctions against members of the Iranian government responsible for human rights abuses.
Feb 16th, 2010
The unnamed people who captured on video and made public the shooting death of an Iranian protester have been chosen as winners of a George Polk Award
Given the importance of this session, we, a network of international human rights organizations and civil society groups, will be holding a protest in front of the United Nations offices in Geneva on Monday February 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in order to condemn the systematic violations of human rights in Iran and express solidarity with the democratic movement of our people in Iran.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20100210/iran-suspends-googles-email-service.htmIran’s telecommunications agency announced that it would be suspending Google’s email services permanently, saying it would roll out its own national email service.
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Iran’s telecommunications agency announced that it would be suspending Google’s email services permanently, saying it would roll out its own national email [...]
Jan 30th, 2010
The situation of human rights in Iran will be reviewed at the 7th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC), between February 15-17, 2010.
Jan 29th, 2010
The Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would let President Barack Obama impose sanctions on Iran’s gasoline suppliers and penalize some of Tehran’s elites, a move aimed at pressuring Tehran to give up its nuclear program.
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing President Obama to move forward with new sanctions against Iran, now that his “end of 2009″ deadline for meaningful response from Tehran — which the administration insists was not a deadline — has long past.
The Associated Press
Sunday, January 24, 2010; 2:04 AM
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Human Rights Watch says Iran’s post-election unrest is a “full-blown human rights crisis” and calls on Tehran to free government critics detained during the crackdown.
The New York-based watchdog says the “systematic and brutal targeting” of demonstrators and dissidents by security forces [...]
Jan 24th, 2010
Why we can no longer remain on the sidelines in the struggle for regime change in Iran. It’s at the core of what is likely to be the most compelling international story of 2010: Iran.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704541004575011394258630242.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
By JAMES K. GLASSMAN AND MICHAEL DORAN
Al Qaeda bombers on U.S. airliners need prompt attention, but it is Iran, a supporter of terrorism now developing the capacity to fire nuclear-tipped missiles, that may pose the greatest threat to global stability and American security.
That threat can be diminished three ways: by military action, by compromise by [...]
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Clinton-US-Allies-Will-Not-Back-Down-on-Iran-Nuclear-Issue-82295837.html
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the United States and allies will not back down in pressing Iran on concerns that its nuclear program is weapons related. Clinton discussed Iran, and next week’s London conference on Afghanistan, with the new European Union chief diplomat Catherine Ashton and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband.
The fact that [...]
Jan 16th, 2010
Despite NIAC’s assertion that dialogue and diplomacy is the best approach, thirty years of dialogue by various US administrations has shown that the regime is interested in dialogue only to buy itself enough time in order to develop its weapon’s program.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/12/Iran.bahai.trial/
(CNN) — Seven leaders of Iran’s Baha’i minority went on trial in Tehran Tuesday accused of spying for Israel, a charge their supporters say is motivated by religious discrimination.
The seven — two women and five men — are also accused of spreading propaganda against the Islamic republic and committing religious offenses, charges that can carry [...]
The multitude of events and unrest over the last 6 months in Iran have clearly demonstrated the fact that the people of Iran uncompromisingly and bravely are determined to put an end to 31 years of dark and despicable clergy rule in their country.
In the meantime, some western political circles and their Iranian associates [...]