Democracy and Human Rights Have No Place in Islamic Theology

By: Bahram Rafiee
Mesbah Yazdi from Ayatollah Khamenei’s Office.
Hardline Shiite cleric and the spiritual and religious father of members of the administration said during a speech he delivered at ayatollah Khamenei’s office in the city of Qom that opponents to the rule of the Islamic republic supreme leader are “moharebs” [enemies of God] [...]

Iran casts a giant shadow over the Washington peace talks

Israel will keep the chances of a deal alive, while the US tackles the nuclear threat, says Stephen Pollard.
By Stephen Pollard

There are any number of myths surrounding the Middle East talks currently talking place in Washington. But the issue overshadowing the entire process seems to have been missed by most [...]

Tony Blair: West should use force if Iran ‘continues to develop nuclear weapons’

Former prime minister says it is wholly unacceptable for Tehran to seek nuclear weapons capability.
The west should use force against Iran if it “continues to develop nuclear weapons“, Tony Blair said today, aligning himself with US hawks who have called for strikes against Iranian nuclear sites.
The former prime minister made his comments in a BBC [...]

Iran opposition figure’s house under siege: website

(Reuters) – Iranian paramilitaries surrounded the house of leading opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi Tuesday to prevent the cleric from participating in a religious ceremony, his website said.
“Right now there are more than 50 members of the Basij (a volunteer force fiercely loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) and plainclothes [...]

We Are All Prostitutes Today

August 30, 2010 – by Michael Ledeen
The mullahs have declared Carla Bruni, aka Mrs. Nicholas Sarkozy, aka France’s First Lady, a prostitute, in response to her letter to an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery. If ever there were a case of the pot calling the kettle black, [...]

Carla Bruni branded ‘prostitute’ by Iran after she campaigns for woman threatened with stoning

By Peter Allen
Last updated at 3:10 PM on 30th August 2010
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has been branded a ‘prostitute’ by Iran after she publicly attacked the country for threatening to stone a woman to death.
France’s First Lady is part of a campaign to save the life of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two.
She [...]

Iran says probe on detained U.S. hikers to end soon

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Investigations into spying allegations against three American hikers detained in Iran will be completed soon, Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi said in a news report on Saturday.
Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were detained after they strayed into Iran from northern Iraq at the end of July 2009, further [...]

France urges EU to threaten Iran sanctions over stoning

PARIS — France has urged the European Union to threaten new sanctions against the Iranian regime in the case of a woman sentenced to be stoned to death, in a foreign ministry letter seen by AFP on Friday.
Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner wrote to European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to [...]

Reports: Iran bars local coverage of opposition

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian media have been prohibited from mentioning opposition leaders, including former President Mohammad Khatami, under a purported media directive that would further strengthen the government’s grip over the remaining news outlets.
The document, which has appeared this week on pro-reform websites, requires Iranian newspapers and news [...]

France’s Sarkozy warns Iran on failure of nuclear talks

By John Irish

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Iran on Wednesday that failure to reach a credible agreement over its nuclear program would force world powers to mobilize to protect threatened states in the region.
In an annual address to France’s ambassadors, Sarkozy laid out his foreign policy objectives as [...]

Iran To Raise Baby Girls As Basij Members

A female commander of the pro-government Basij militia, Zohreh Abbasi, has said that her unit has introduced a special program that allows baby girls to be registered as members of the force and receive training.
Abbasi, who heads the Hossein Haj Mousaee unit, said that in the past six years 23 baby girls had [...]

Ahmadinejad warns against Iran attack

(AFP)
DOHA — Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has promised a global response if his country is attacked, in an interview with Qatari daily Al-Sharq published on Saturday.
“Our options will have no limits… They will touch the entire planet,” he said in reply to a question about Tehran’s reaction in the event [...]

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