Iran: the list of candidates for the presidential known soon
Posted by: rsa76
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-21 03:42:25 -0700 | political-news
Iran's presidential race between Tuesday a new phase with the validation of candidates for the election of 14 June, a poll heavy challenges to the regime, four years after the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Guardian Council of the...
Lapid clarifies stance after 'NY Times' interview
Source: Jerusalem Post
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-20 15:45:35 -0700 | political-news
I need to clarify something after my interview with The New York Times . Whoever thinks we can have peace without a two-state solution is mistaken, Lapid said at a Yesh Atid faction meeting. At the same time, Lapid spoke...
Iran's 'Zahra' Tells Alternate Tale Of Presidential Campaign
Source: National Public Radio
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-20 18:34:27 -0700 | political-news
Iranians choose a new president next month, and one thing Iran's leaders are intent on avoiding is a repeat of the massive street protests that followed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election in 2009. The sponsors of those protests, known as the...
What Will Tighter Restrictions on Trade in Iran Do?
Source: Truthdig
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-20 13:19:00 -0700 | political-news
The Iran Sanctions Loophole Elimination Act , authored by Sens. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., Joe Manchin, D-W.V., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, and introduced May 8, seeks to penalize foreign financial industries that facilitate transactions with...
Iran hanged 'the U.S. and Israeli spies'
Posted by: KhanhElegant
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-21 03:06:54 -0700 | political-news
Yesterday, Iran hanged two men convicted of spying for the U.S. and Israel. According to Fars, the two spies were sentenced to death in Iran's Revolutionary Court. Iran accused Israel and the United States conducting secret intelligence operations aimed at...
Mich. family fights for man's release from Iran prison
Source: USA Today
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-20 07:42:08 -0700 | political-news
EDT May 20, 2013 Hekmati received a death sentence in January 2012, but two months later, Iran's high court ordered a retrial. Mich. -- Behnaz Hekmati remembers the call she got from her son saying he was planning to return...
Iran claims it hanged CIA, Mossad spies
Source: CNN
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-20 06:33:14 -0700 | political-news
The men were identified as Mohammad Heidari and Kourosh Ahmadi. Press TV said Heidari provided classified information to Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, and Ahmadi had been convicted of providing the CIA with intelligence. There were no details on when...
Engulfed by Scandal, Will Obama Opt for the Fog of War?
Source: Canadian Free Press
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-20 12:58:57 -0700 | political-news
Can heretofore deferred actions on international matters be parlayed into an aggressive action plan that will save the Obama presidency and legacy?...Pundits have long been befuddled by Barack Obama's seeming inability to deal with foreign entanglements on a timely basis....
Is There Really A Second-Term Curse?
Source: National Public Radio
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-20 01:02:09 -0700 | political-news
The phrase "second term curse" is so familiar that it's become a cliche of American politics. Whether it's President Richard Nixon's resignation or President Bill Clinton's impeachment, presidents tend to have a tough time during the back half of an...
Fresh Israeli Face Plays Down Political Decline
Source: Newyork Times
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-19 19:42:00 -0700 | political-news
May 19, 2013 Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times As finance minister, Yair Lapid has presented an unpopular budget, undercutting the successes that made his party the second largest in Parliament. Mr. Lapid, a popular television host with no...
GOP senators stave off primary foes
Source: Politico
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-19 15:28:07 -0700 | political-news
Lamar Alexander has an inventive way of fending off potential primary foes, one that could be a model for GOP incumbents running in 2014...Continue Reading Just ask Monty Lankford, who threatened to challenge Alexander in a 2014 primary. On a...
The Region: Where does Israel's greatest threat lie?
Source: Jerusalem Post
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-19 12:46:12 -0700 | political-news
There is a passionate, but somewhat academic debate over the following issue: Which is the greater threat, the Sunni Islamists (Egypt, Tunisia, Gaza Strip and perhaps soon to be Syria) or the Shia Islamists (Iran, Lebanon, Syria at the moment)?...But...
In Iran, opponents use age to attack Rafsanjani campaign
Source: Washington Post
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-19 11:02:30 -0700 | political-news
A list of approved candidates was scheduled to be announced on Thursday by the Guardian Council, a 12-member body tasked with vetting presidential hopefuls. The announcement was delayed by five days, however, because deliberations over the qualifications of the nearly...
Tehran: Economic measures ineffective
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-19 09:17:20 -0700 | political-news
Economic measures ineffective Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Sunday that French calls for "decisive sanctions" against Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons show that international pressure on Iran is not "effective." "The sanctions are not effective...
Photos: 12 presidential controversies
Source: CNN
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-19 07:50:58 -0700 | political-news
Officials in the Obama administration's Internal Revenue Service came under fire after revelations that workers in its Cincinnati office targeted for extra scrutiny tea party and conservative groups applying for 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status. President Barack Obama and former Secretary of...
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