Senior Cleric Says Iran Will Not Be Cowed By Threats
Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
A senior Iranian cleric said today Iran will not be cowed by threats or swayed by "bribery" to give up its right to nuclear technology.
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A Talk with Mohsen Kadivar (and friends): Justice and Political Islam
Registan.net (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Yesterday I went to a talk by Mohsen Kadivar, an Iranian cleric who is currently lecturing stateside and on a speaking tour. He is one of the intellectual leaders of the Green Movement that picked up after the Iranian elections this year. I’m not going to discuss his political beliefes or the pros and cons [...]
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IRAN: Outrage, and a warning, over Swiss vote to ban minarets
Babylon & Beyond (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
An East-West clash over a Swiss referendum last week banning the construction of mosque minarets heated up today as Iran's foreign minister warned of unspecified "consequences" if the ban were enforced. Manouchehr Mottaki spoke on the phone with his Swiss counterpart Micheline Calmy-Rey. Switzerland and Iran generally have good relations. The Swiss serve as Washington's representative in the Iranian...
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Iran releases 5 British sailors detained at sea
My World Earth (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
In this undated photo released by the Friendshiparabia.com website via AP Television Network, "Kingdom of Bahrain" crew member David Bloomer is seen at an unknown location in Jordan. Iran is holding five British sailors, including David Bloomer, after stopping their racing yacht in the Persian Gulf, the British government said Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Iranian cleric lawmakers...
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Iran Religious Leader: Tehran to Enrich Own High-Grade Uranium if No Deal
Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
A senior Iranian cleric says Iran will produce its own uranium fuel if there is no deal with the United Nations Atomic Energy Agency. The cleric's comments came in reaction to an IAEA resolution adopted on Friday demanding that Iran halt construction of a new uranium enrichment facility. Iran's top nuclear negotiator is also insisting that Tehran will not stop enriching
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Iran Digs-in After IAEA Resolution; Will “Produce Own Nuclear Fuel”
News from TheMediaLine.org. (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
One day after the international Atomic Energy Agency passed a resolution demanding that Iran halt construction of a new enrichment facility to prepare uranium for use in a medical research reactor in Tehran, the Iranians responded with a defiant pledge to enrich its own uranium. The rebuff came in a speech by senior Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami at Tehran University. He...
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Iran's Dangerous Power Vacuum - Page 1 - The Daily Beast
Minstrel Boy (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Iran's Dangerous Power Vacuum - Page 1 - The Daily Beast :... "The election debacle on 22 Khordad was in my view the final, bungled stage of what was intended to be a gentle coup propelling the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, the pasdaran, into a position of unassailable power behind the scenes. The amazing rise of the Green Movement, under the almost accidental leadership of Mir Hossein...
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World News Briefs -- November 28, 2009
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... information. Read more .... MIDDLE EAST Iraqi leaders press ahead on tentative election deal. Iranian cleric: Iran to supply own nuclear reactor fuel if IAEA refuse s . Latest UN censure of Iran may start more confrontational phase. Piracy threatens fishermen in Yemen. Muslim pilgrims complete Hajj. ASIA Pakistani president turns over nuclear authority. Philippine Mayor charged with...