Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 03 Thousands of teachers took to the streets outside the Iranian Majlis, or Parliament, on Saturday in an anti-government protest despite preventative measures by state security forces.
Thousands of teachers protest outside Iran parliament
Thousands of teachers protest outside Iran parliament
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 03 Thousands of teachers took to the streets outside the Iranian Majlis, or Parliament, on Saturday in an anti-government protest despite preventative measures by state security forces.
Venezuela and Iran strengthen ties with Caracas-to-Tehran flight
New York Times: Iran is already Venezuelas closest ally outside Latin America, with ventures to produce oil and build cars and tractors together. Now, travelers between the countries can also take a weekly flight between Caracas and Tehran.
Clinton doesn’t support attack on Iran
AP: Former President Bill Clinton said Friday sanctions against Iran were working better than people think and questioned whether a military strike would work to end its nuclear program. He argued that two-thirds of Iran’s population wants a moderate government and that sanctions could have some influence on the nation’s powerful clerics.
Obama calls Iranian regime a ‘threat’
AP: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday blamed Bush administration failings in Iraq for strengthening the strategic position of Iran, which he says must be stopped from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Diplomats to meet over Iran sanctions
AP: Top diplomats from the world’s major powers will try to reach agreement Saturday on new sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment. A U.S. official predicted the session would lead to a “substantive resolution.”
Strike on Iran would destabilize region: France
Reuters: Any military strike against Iran in the dispute over its nuclear program would risk destabilizing the region, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said in an interview released on Friday.
Yemen official says Libya, Iran groups back rebels
Reuters: A Yemeni ruling party official has accused Libya and Iranian religious institutions of backing Shi’ite Muslim rebels who are battling government forces in the north of the Sunni-dominated country.
Iran says wants atom talks
Reuters: Iran wants a negotiated solution to its nuclear standoff with world powers but this must recognize an Iranian right to a peaceful nuclear programme, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Thursday.
The negotiations hoax
National Review Online: A great hoax is being perpetrated on the world, the hoax of negotiations as an untried method to “solve” the “Iranian problem.” In fact, we have been negotiating with the mullahs ever since–indeed even before–the 1979 revolution that deposed the shah and brought to power the Islamic Fascist regime of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
