Human Events – by Oliver North: Now that the festivities are over, it is time for the masters of the media to stop asking inane questions of the new folks in town — like “how do you like your new office?” and for the Obama administration to get down to work on a clear and present danger.
Clear and present danger
EU looks to take Iran group off terror list
Reuters: European states have reached a preliminary agreement to remove exiled Iranian opposition group the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI) from an EU list of banned terrorist groups, diplomats said on Thursday. Iranian AIDS doctors get several years in jail
AP: Iran has sentenced two internationally renowned Iranian AIDS physicians to six and three years in prison for their alleged participation in a U.S.-backed plot to overthrow Iran's Islamic regime, their lawyer said Thursday. Obama’s Treasury pick vows financial action against Iran
AFP: Treasury secretary-designate Timothy Geithner vowed to pursue the US government's financial offensive on Iran to stamp out its alleged weapons proliferation and support for terrorism. Iran hangs 22 people
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 22 – Iranian authorities hanged 22 people over the past two days.
Iran hangs 22 people
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 22 – Iranian authorities hanged 22 people over the past two days.
World powers to meet to discuss Iran next month
Reuters: Representatives of six major powers are expected to discuss Iran's nuclear program next month, their first meeting since the new U.S. administration took office, Russia's ambassador to Britain said on Wednesday. Iran doctors jailed over US plot: lawyer
AFP: Iran has given jail terms of six years and three years respectively to two doctors convicted of a US-backed plot to overthrow the Islamic republic, their lawyer told AFP on Wednesday. US-UAE nuclear energy pact has messages for Iran
AP: An atomic energy deal between the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates, signed in the waning days of the Bush administration, could give Mideast nations a significant boost toward acquiring nuclear technology if Iran pushes ahead with its own ambitions. Iran carmaker to raise output despite global auto woes
Reuters: Iran Khodro, the Middle East's biggest carmaker, said on Tuesday it aims to boost output and exports in coming years despite a global downturn for the sector and Western sanctions on the country that have pushed up costs. 