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4 arrested for alleged illegal exports to Iran
THE HAGUE, Netherlands
The Associated Press April 6, 2010, 1:26PM ET
Dutch anti-fraud investigators say they have arrested four suspects for allegedly illegally exporting so-called dual use products to Iran.
ran cleric: Tehran will strike Israel if attacked
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TEHRAN, Iran — A top cleric with Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard has reiterated warnings that Tehran would strike archenemy Israel if the Jewish state and its Western allies attacked Iran.
Despite U.S. Push for Sanctions, Iran Is Missing From U.N. Security Council’s April Agenda
By Patrick Goodenough, International Editor
(CNSNews.com) – After a flurry of diplomacy and statements last week indicating that sanctions against Iran were back on the international community’s front burner, the U.N. Security Council has released an agenda for the month of April that excludes Iran altogether.
Massive blast at Iran embassy rocks central Baghdad
BAGHDAD — A massive explosion in front of the Iranian embassy rocked central Baghdad on Sunday, an AFP correspondent said.
The explosion occurred around 11:20 am (0920 GMT), shattering windows in nearby buildings, with gunshots and ambulance sirens heard minutes later as emergency services rushed to the scene. 
Barzani Says Kurds Are Unites in Baghdad
03-04-2010-Erbil
The president of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani said in a statement on Saturday that all Kurdish parties will be united in Baghdad
Mehdi Khanbaba Tehrani and the Day of the Trial
“What could be expected by such a master? Why he should take such hostility toward an oppressed nation who has given lots of victims toward freedom. For Mr. Tehrani the occupation of Kurdistan, the looting, plunder and the assimilation of its people is not enough.”
Sanction Iran
Let’s cut to the chase. The Obama administration does not want to impose sanctions that could overthrow the clerical regime in Tehran. China is a convenient excuse. The suffering of Iranians is another excuse.
TIMMERMAN: Human rights emergency
Kenneth R. Timmerman
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The Iranian regime thinks it is on a roll. Without so much as a whimper from the United States or Europe, it succeeded in brutally suppressing the Green movement during the latest round of protests on the anniversary of the revolution on Feb. 11. Now it sees an opportunity to roll up its opponents outside Iran as well.
China shifts away from Iran toward U.S.
By NBC News’ Edmund Flanagan and Eric Baculinao
BEIJING – After months of tense relations, China is showing new willingness to engage in talks with the United States, a diplomatic opening that may help the Obama administration achieve U.N. consensus on tightening sanctions on Iran.
Defiance to Iran’s Theocracy Continues in Iranian Kurdistan
01 April 2010 – Medya News – In March 1947 Qazi Muhammad, the President of short-lived Kurdistan Republic and two of his cabinet members and relatives Saif Qazi and Sadri Qazi were publicly hanged in Mehabad’s main square where the Republic was first proclaimed in the January of 1946. Eleven others were hanged in Saqiz among other cities by the monarchist regime of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
