Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
TEHRAN: Iran welcomes the idea of exchanging nuclear fuel and is ready to co-operate with Western powers, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said last night. Mr Ahmadinejad hailed what he said was a change in the West's approach to Iran's nuclear program from "confrontation to co-operation". "We welcome fuel exchange, nuclear co-operation, building of power plants and reactors, and we are...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
• Tehran wants to hand over uranium only in batches • Move represents blow to US policy of engagement Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough over Iran's nuclear programme were dwindling tonight after Tehran demanded changes to a uranium exchange deal that European diplomats described as "unacceptable". If the deal collapses, as seemed likely, the apparent progress made over Tehran's...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Iranian president tells rally Tehran prepared to work with International Atomic Energy Agency The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, today said the country was ready to co-operate internationally over its nuclear programme but insisted it had an "undeniable right" to carry out atomic work. Addressing a rally in the north-eastern city of Mashhad, Ahmadinejad said Iran was "ready...
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Iran welcomes the idea of exchanging nuclear fuel and is ready for cooperation on the issue with Western powers. He also hailed what he said was a change in the West's approach to Iran's nuclear programme from "confrontation to cooperation". "We welcome fuel exchange, nuclear cooperation, building of power plants and reactors and we...
Cogito Ergo Geek (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Iran’s Universities Punish Students Who Disputed Vote - NYTimes.com Iranian universities have begun disciplining and suspending students who took part in street protests after the disputed presidential election in June, reformist Web sites reported Friday and Saturday. The new disciplinary actions came as officials reported that a presidential panel has begun an investigation of the humanities...
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" Unfortunately, life is mirroring literature. Seven lawyers in Tabriz and Mashhad who had been representing young Iranians detained in post-presidential election protests have been killed by the Iranian authorities in recent days, according to sources in Iran. Their deaths have deterred other lawyers from taking detainees' cases, they added....
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
There was some suspicion raised yesterday when 24 men were hung for 'drug trafficking'. What was suspicious about it is that usually the Islamic state gives an account of the individual's name and their crimes. Yesterday they did not. Seven lawyers in Tabriz and Mashhad who had been representing young Iranians detained in post-presidential election protests have been killed by the Iranian authorities...
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
Fires burning August 6th Ron Mossad has more on what Obama calls,"lively debate": Iran executes 7 lawyers Three of them then died from injuries suffered during their detention. They were so badly beaten that their families could barely recognize their faces, this reporter was told. The other two - prominent figures in the local community - were executed, having been sentenced to death on...
Just World News (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
(this is Scott writing...) Growing up in Pennsylvania, I’d always assumed that a funnel cake was a Mennonite “thing,” something you could only find at a county fair. (Ok, I grew up a sheltered “baptist” life.) Alas, nearly every for-profit food stand at this year’s Albemarle County Fair (south of Charlottesville) has its own version of the deep fried summer treat....
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 07/25/2009
There were 153 people on board the aircraft, which had flown to Mashhad from Tehran.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/25/2009
Tehran - Sixteen people were killed and 29 injured when an Iranian plane caught fire while landing in the north-eastern city of Mashad, the spokesman of the country's civil aviation organization said Saturday in giving the final toll from the acciden...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2009
The Russian-made plane crashed in Mashhad in an emergency landing. An Iranian air crash last week killed 168. Experts point to the poor state of the airline industry, reliant on older Russian planes. A Russian-made airliner skidded off the runway and caught fire Friday as it made a hard landing at an airport in eastern Iran, leaving at least 16 people dead and 21 injured, Iranian state television and...
rediff News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2009
An Iranian passenger plane burst into flames and skidded off the runway as it was landing in a northeastern city of Mashhad, killing 17 people, said the state news agency.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/24/2009
An Iranian passenger plane skidded off the runway and caught fire while landing in the northern city of Mashhad on Friday.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2009
Seventeen people were killed when a passenger aircraft caught fire while landing at the airport of Mashhad in northeastern Iran today, the state news agency IRNA reported.
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