WINEP – By Patrick Clawson: Although the Foreign Terrorist Organizations list has a set of criteria for designating groups, there is little clarity in practice about the process for revocation. Even after organizations have renounced terrorism for many years, their designations persist without a clear explanation, and are based on the assumption that historical violence indicates future potential.
A roadmap for the foreign terrorist organizations list
Swiss franc trades at a session high on Iran news
Reuters: The Swiss franc extended gains and traded at a session high against the dollar on Friday after news a ship contracted by the U.S. military fired on an Iranian boat.
Top IAEA official returning to Iran: report
AFP: The deputy chief of the UN nuclear watchdog is due to return to Tehran next week for more talks about claims Iran has been studying how to make an atomic weapon, the student news agency ISNA reported on Friday.
U.S. says new find shows Iran still sends arms to Iraq
Wall Street Journal: The U.S. military says it has found caches of newly made Iranian weapons in Iraq, leading senior officials to conclude Tehran is continuing to funnel armaments into Iraq despite its pledges to the contrary.
Sarkozy vows no talks with Taliban, Hamas, Iran
AFP: French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Thursday that he would not hold talks with Taliban militia in Afghanistan, Hamas in the Palestinian territories nor Iran's president.
Iran begins run-off parliamentary vote: radio
Reuters: Polls opened on Friday for Iran's run-off parliamentary vote which is likely to have no impact on the firm control of conservatives after the disqualification of many reformists in the first round.
Irans Ahmadinejad expected in Pakistan next week
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 24 – Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Pakistan next week to hold talks with senior officials on Tehran-Islamabad bilateral ties, state media reported on Thursday.
Iran nuclear ambitions are major Gulf threat: NATO
Reuters: NATO's secretary-general told Gulf Arab states on Thursday that Iran's nuclear ambitions were a major threat to regional stability.
5 hanged in Iran’s Evin Prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 24 – Iranian authorities have hanged five men in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on Thursday.
5 hanged in Iran’s Evin Prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 24 – Iranian authorities have hanged five men in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on Thursday.
