Category: Archives
Why West struggles to rein in Iran’s nuclear program
“If Iran is now producing 20 percent enriched uranium … frankly, they would be able to take that up to [weapons-grade] 90 percent within one month,” far faster than an IAEA quarterly review could detect it, says Mr. Kile. And even with the no-notice inspections provided under the NPT’s Additional Protocol (which Iran no longer observes)
,
Nine members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard killed in Iranian Kurdistan
27 Apr 2010 – Medya News – According to reports from Iranian Kurdistan nine members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has been killed during the last couple of days in the Kurdish cities of Mariwan, Piranshar, Saghez and Bokan. 
US General Dismisses Iran military presence in Venezuela
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. military official played down any role of Iranian special forces in Venezuela on Tuesday, saying Tehran’s activities there were diplomatic and commercial in nature — and not military.
U.S. Defense Department’s unclassified report on Iran’s military power
The United States Defense Department has released a 12 page unclassified report on Iran’s military power that describes Iran’s relative growing military power (including Iran’s nuclear program) and its efforts to become a regional superpower by supporting terrorist organizations and waging a proxy war against the United States and its allies.
Another Kurdish Political Prisoner Sentensed to Death in Iran
23 Apr 2010 – Medya News – Kurdistan Media a source from Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan quoting Mokryan News Agency announced today that a Kurd from city of Sena( Kurdistan Province) northeast of Iran sentenced to death
.
Iran Interior Ministry: Anti-revolutionaries Detained in the West of the Country
21 Apr 2010 – Medya News – Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested members of an extremist group in the west of the country who had planned to carry out “terrorist attacks” in the Islamic state, the official IRNA news agency reported.
U.S. Military Plans Against Iran Being Updated
April 18, 2010 – Washington (CNN) – The Pentagon and U.S. Central Command are updating military plans to strike Iran’s nuclear sites, preparing up-to-date options for the president in the event he decides to take such action, an Obama administration official told CNN Sunday.
Obama’s Quiet Success on Iran Sanctions
“Obama’s strategy, heavy on sticks and carrots but light on idealism, is “much more realpolitik than his predecessor’s.” By softening criticism of human rights concerns in China and Russia and aligning their economic interests with his own foreign policy agenda, Obama has come surprisingly close to a Security Council agreement on Iran.” 
Malaysia Suspends Gasoline Supplies To Iran
April 16, 2010 (RFE/RL) – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak says Malaysia’s state-run oil company has suspended gasoline supplies to Iran due to that country’s continuing standoff with the international community over its nuclear program.
