Washington Times – Editorial: Not since the days of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich has a head of state spoken as openly about the destruction of Jewish people and his contempt for the Western democracies and international law as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad in America
India absent as Iran, Pakistan resume gas talks
AFP: Iran and Pakistan started a new round of talks over finalising a long-delayed multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project with India, but in the absence of Indian officials.
Iran starts talks with IAEA on nuclear program
Reuters: Iranian nuclear officials and a visiting team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog held talks on Monday to clarify outstanding questions about Iran’s atomic work, which the West fears is a cover to build a nuclear bomb.
Iranian president spars with academics in NY
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with a U.S. academic who called him a “petty and cruel dictator” at a forum in New York on Monday where Ahmadinejad said Iran was a peaceful nation and a victim of terrorism.
U.S. says arrests Iran-backed kidnapper in Iraq capital
Iran Focus: London, Sep. 24 Coalition forces conducted an operation to arrest a kidnapper and detained four other criminals supported by Iran in East Baghdad early Monday, the U.S. military announced.
U.S. says arrests Iran-backed kidnapper in Iraq capital
Iran Focus: London, Sep. 24 Coalition forces conducted an operation to arrest a kidnapper and detained four other criminals supported by Iran in East Baghdad early Monday, the U.S. military announced.
In Brief: Offices of Iranian website shut down
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 24 Iranian authorities have closed down the offices of a Persian-language news website, state media reported on Sunday.
In Brief: Offices of Iranian website shut down
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 24 Iranian authorities have closed down the offices of a Persian-language news website, state media reported on Sunday.
Iran leader begins New York charm offensive
The Times: The President of Iran has arrived in New York on a controversial charm offensive to convince the American people that they have nothing to fear from his country.
U.S. focus on Ahmadinejad puzzles Iranians
New York Times: When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was first elected president, he said Iran had more important issues to worry about than how women dress. He even called for allowing women into soccer games, a revolutionary idea for revolutionary Iran. Today, Iran is experiencing the most severe crackdown on social behavior and dress in years, and women are often barred from smoking in public, let alone attending a stadium event.
