Isfahan and its Palaces: Statecraft, Shi'ism and the Architecture of Conviviality in Early Modern Iran (Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art)
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Iran's Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi criticized on Wednesday the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors for issuing a resolution against Iran, saying that Tehran may lose confidence in the UN nuclear watchdog. "Iran's confidence in the Agency has been impaired in the political resolution," Vahidi was quoted by the semi-official Farsnews agency as saying when addressing...
Israelated (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday Israel could not do a "damn thing" to stop the Islamic state's nuclear program, which the West suspects is a front to build bombs. "The Zionist regime (Israel) and its (western) backers cannot do a damn thing to stop Iran's nuclear work," Ahmadinejad said in a televised speech in the central city of Isfahan. Ahmadinejad rejected...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Tehran - Iran is still open to a uranium exchange deal despite the latest resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday in a speech in the central city of Isfahan. We have not block...
Middle East Watch (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
DEBKAfile : "DEBKAfile's military sources report that the UN inspectors' October visit to Iran turned up dual-track progress in support of its nuclear weapons program: Feverish activity was registered in the production of plutonium at Isfahan as an alternative to the Fordo enriched uranium plant near Qom which starts up in 2011."
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Mind control! Such displays of independent thought are simply unacceptable in post 1984 Islamic Revolutionary Iran. The kids from here on will get to say their first 'Death to America' at a much earlier age! Last month in Tehran, pupils elected a classmate in student elections because his name was similar to opposition leader Mousavi's. In the central city of Isfahan, a student running for school office...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Debka is reporting that IAEA inspectors turned up evidence that Iran has a plutonium program in addition to its uranium program fro making nuclear weapons. The IAEA experts discovered 30 metric tons-IS of heavy water hidden in 600 tanks, each holding 13 gallons, according to the report they handed in last week to agency headquarters in Vienna. From the shape of the tanks and other indications, the...
KURDISH BLOG (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
A French teaching assistant who was arrested in Tehran on spying charges after Iran's disputed election appeared before a judge on Tuesday, the French Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Clotilde Reiss, who is out of jail on bail and staying at the French embassy, is accused of taking part in a Western plot to destabilise the Iranian government after the June 12 vote in which hardline President Mahmoud...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The IAEA wants to know if Iran has other nuclear secrets - starting with a uranium conversion plant A short note on the IAEA's report to its board of governors on Iran yesterday. It is marked by the impatient and sceptical language that has become an increasingly regular feature of the agency's Iran reports. That scepticism shines brightest in the section about the Qom enrichment plant which IAEA...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
A worker works at the Fuel Manufacturing plant at Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility, some 440 km south of Tehran, on April 9, 2009. Iran has allowed UN inspectors to visit a second nuclear facility on Oct. 25. ( Caren Firouz/Reuters ) Is The U.S. Preparing To Bomb Iran? -- ABC News Is the U.S. Stepping Up Preparations for a Possible Attack on Iran's Nuclear Facilities? The Pentagon is always making...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Show of defiance follows tests of short- and medium-range weapons only days before key talks on nuclear programme Iran today test-fired missiles capable of hitting targets across the Middle East, state television reported. The move was a show of defiance ahead of pivotal talks on the country's nuclear programme on Thursday. The test of the Shahab-3 missiles – which followed trials of short-range...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
• Show of strength after uranium plant uncovered • Western officials say 'deficit of trust' is growing Iran plans to test-fire missiles capable of hitting targets across the Middle East tomorrow, in a show of defiance before Thursday's pivotal talks on the country's nuclear programme. The test of the Shahab-3, following trials of short-range missiles today, is likely to raise tensions across...
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
The Islamic Republic of Iran has revealed the existence of another uranium enrichment plant. The imperialist powers have threatened action. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Friday, September 25, 2009 16:13 Mecca time, 13:13 GMT Iran discloses new enrichment plant Until now Natanz was known to be the only uranium enrichment facility in Iran Iran has informed the UN nuclear watchdog...
Netizen News Brief (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu called on all sides to "redouble diplomatic efforts" to persuade Iran to end its nuclear programme. Her remarks came after Russia indicated it could soften its longstanding opposition to further sanctions. Iran's nuclear ambitions are set to lead Thursday's nuclear proliferation debate at the UN General Assembly as many Western states believe it is...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
Times: The Islamic Republic has seldom seen such scenes. President Ahmadinejad had to cut short an interview on state-controlled television because chants of “Ahmadi! Ahmadi! Resign! Resign!” could clearly be heard in the background. After two quiescent summer months, huge new protests erupted across Iran yesterday, with popular anger at the alleged theft of June’s presidential election...
D-Day (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
That's all you have to remember when reading about another sparking of protests in Tehran. Tens of thousands of green-clad protesters chanted and carried banners through the heart of Tehran and other Iranian cities on Friday, defying tear gas and truncheons as they turned large swaths of a government-organized anti-Israel march into the largest opposition rally in two months [...] Conservatives had...
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