New York Times: Ali Larijani, the speaker of Iran’s Parliament, criticized the United States on Wednesday in harsher terms than any other leading Iranian figure has done since President Obama extended his videotaped olive branch to Iran last week.
Irans Parliament Speaker disparages Obamas video overture
Parents of imprisoned journalist plan Iran trip
AP: The father of imprisoned journalist Roxana Saberi says he and his wife are making plans to go to Iran to see her in a couple of days.
Iran official on Iraq visit downplays US overture
AP: Iran's influential parliament speaker on a visit to Iraq is downplaying U.S. President Barack Obama's recent videotaped overture to Iran.
Iran accepts call to join US at Afghan meeting
AP: Iran has accepted an invitation to a conference on Afghanistan next week that also will be attended by the U.S., the conference's Dutch host said Wednesday.
US urges Iran to give access to jailed journalist
Reuters: The United States on Wednesday urged Tehran to grant consular access to an Iranian-American journalist jailed in Iran, whose father said she had become "suicidal" since her January incarceration.
Iraq ambassador pick Hill says Iran ‘real problem’
AFP: US President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Baghdad, veteran diplomat and North Korea expert Christopher Hill, told lawmakers Wednesday that Iran remains "a real problem" for Iraq.
Pain Iran can believe in
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: As a general rule, economic sanctions are a poor foreign policy instrument: hard to enforce (think Burma), prone to corruption (think Oil for Food), rarely effective (think Cuba). But in the case of Iran, let's make an exception.
Obama says expects steady progress on Iran
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.
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.
