Reuters: President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he did not expect any change overnight in U.S.-Iranian relations, but foresaw steady progress in resolving problems between the two long-time foes.
Obama says expects steady progress on Iran
Hundreds executed in Iran in 2008 – Amnesty
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 24 – Iran executed at least 346 people in 2008, a prominent international human rights organisation said on Tuesday.
Hundreds executed in Iran in 2008 – Amnesty
Iran Focus: London, Mar. 24 – Iran executed at least 346 people in 2008, a prominent international human rights organisation said on Tuesday.
Irish firm and officers charged with sales to Iran
AP: An Irish trading company and three of its officers have been charged with sending helicopter engines and other aircraft parts to Iran, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court Tuesday
Will Obama listen to Iran’s bloggers?
Wall Street Journal: Barack Obama extended the olive branch to Iran's leaders last Friday in a videotaped message praising a "great civilization" for "accomplishments" that "have earned the respect of the United States and the world." The death of Iranian blogger Omid-Reza Mirsayafi in Tehran's Evin prison two days earlier was, presumably, not among the accomplishments the president had in mind.
U.S. journalist held in Iran suicidal, father says
Reuters: The father of a Iranian-American journalist imprisoned in Iran said on Tuesday that his daughter had become suicidal and threatened to mount a hunger strike as her confinement drags on.
Levin: US and Russia should unite against Iran
AP: Missile defense will be at the center of a new set of security talks between Washington and Moscow and could become "a positive political tool" rather than an impediment to better U.S.-Russian relations, a leading Senate Democrat said Monday.
Clinton to attend Afghan meeting, no word on Iran
Reuters: The State Department announced Monday that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would attend a conference on Afghanistan next week but did not say whether she would meet Iranian officials there.
Death to bloggers
Washington Times – Editorial: Iranian blogger Omidreza Mirsayafi died March 18 under mysterious circumstances in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. The official word is suicide, but close observers strongly suspect foul play.
Wife of founder of Iran’s Islamic republic dies
AP: The wife of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the father of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, has died at the age of 93.
