June 17th, 2010 // comments (0)

Hillary Clinton Was Right In Predicting Iran’s Actions

Buried in this NYT piece about Honduras, a prescient quote from Hillary Clinton:

“I fully expect Iran to pull some stunt in the next couple of days because they know sanctions are on the way,” she said Sunday. “I think we’ll see something coming up in the next 24 to 48 hours where Iran says, ‘Wait a minute, wait a minute, look what we’re going to do now.’ ”

While her ’24 to 48′ announcement may have been off…

January 3rd, 2010 // comments (0)

DESERT EXILE PUNISHMENT

Iranian journalist sentenced to ridiculous prison term which includes ‘exile’ in remote desert town.

December 28th, 2009 // comments (0)

OBAMA ON IRAN PROTESTS

President Obama, still on vacation in Hawaii, made some comments just moments ago about the Northwest attack but I found the tail end of that presser interesting. I’ll tell you why after the cut.

December 21st, 2009 // comments (0)

IRAN HIKER SENTENCING

In an interview with Diane Sawyer, her first as an evening news anchor, Iran’s President says he expects “appropriate sentences” for arrested American hikers very soon. Mark my words, these kids get off with time served and, after a propaganda video is cut, head home. Why? That video of them dancing. It made it clear they were far from ‘spies’.

December 14th, 2009 // comments (0)

IRAN TO TRY AMERICANS

Iranian leaders say the three American hikers, arrested six months ago on the Iran/Iraq border, will face a court trial. What could possibly go wrong?

December 9th, 2009 // comments (0)

IRANIAN MEDIA OUTRAGE

How do you discredit a recently arrested opposition leader? Why, you dress him up in women’s clothing, of course. This is from Fars News Agency today.

December 2nd, 2009 // comments (0)

BRIT SAILORS RELEASED

Good News: 5 British sailors released by Iran…

December 2nd, 2009 // comments (0)

IRAN DOCTOR POISONED

You never know what’s going to be in your salad…

November 30th, 2009 // comments (0)

RE: BRITISH HOSTAGES

Let’s get a pool going. How long until these folks are deemed ‘spies’?

“The phone rang unanswered at the Iranian Embassy in London.”

November 30th, 2009 // comments (0)

BRITISH SAILORS TAKEN HOSTAGE IN IRAN

Breaking:

Five British sailors are being held hostage in Iran.

The Foreign Office confirmed that a racing yacht owned by Sail Bahrain and crewed by five British sailors was detained by the Iranian Navy on November 25.

The yacht is believed to have been on its way to the Dubai-Muscat Offshore Sailing Race which began on November 25 and may have ‘inadvertently’ strayed into Iranian waters.

At this point, Iran is just collecting foreigners and imprisoning them.

June 16th, 2009 // comments (0)

Day Three: Iranian Protests Continue Despite Media Blackout

Tehran Bureau is back up. I suggest following either that link or this one which will lead you to Andrew Sullivan’s non-stop-Iranian-chaos-blogathon. I’ll keep this post updated with the latest and greatest as the day progresses.

This post will be updated throughout the day with news on this story. (All Times Central)

11:35AM: More info about the press blackout at HotAir.com.

Obama’s latest remarks above… he’s walking the wire still but at least he’s talking.…

June 15th, 2009 // comments (0)

Chaos In Iran – Protests Rage After ‘Rigged’ Election

There are several great resources to catch the latest information on the aftermath of what appears to be a rigged election in Iran. Tehran Bureau is doing most of the hard round-it-up legwork so here’s a link in that direction. Their Sunday update was incredibly informative. Here’s a tidbit:

Also from my balcony facing north into the mountains, people are on their rooftops shouting “marg bar diktator” and “allaho akbar” ["Death to the Dictator!" and "God is Great!"]

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June 5th, 2009 // comments (0)

Iran’s Coming Election: Things Are Heating Up In Persia

There’s a lot of new angles to this Iranian election. Much to Ahmadinejad’s horror, there’s an actual contender. Former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi is a pal of Mahmoud’s foe Mohammad Khatami and he’s giving the President a run for his money. Though the campaign has been a bit boring at points, last night a debate between the two main contenders was rife with action. Watch the translated Iranian presidential debate below and keep an eye out for the moment when…

May 11th, 2009 // comments (0)

Roxana Saberi Released – U.S. Jounalist Set To Flee Iran

Roxana Saberi is free. An Iranian court swapped her eight year sentence for a two year suspended term and released her a few hours later. Truthfully, the court didn’t have much of a choice. Even Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad seemed uncomfortable with the entire fiasco. He was the one who called on the court to revisit this case so he wouldn’t have to continue deflecting criticism.

Saberi has been reunited with her family and she’s headed home ‘within…

April 22nd, 2009 // comments (0)

Conspiracy Theories In Iran: Top Official Questions 9/11 Facts

George Stephanopoulos is in Iran recording an interview with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He just wrote this fantastic blog about the interview and his day in general. One of the more interesting (and there are several) tidbits in the story is this exchange Stephanopoulos had with a senior administration official in Iran.

Out the door again at 8:00am for a meeting with President Ahmadinejad’s press adviser, Ali Akbar Javanfekr, a polite and smiling man with a prematurely snow-white beard.

Javanfekr

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