EU Ministers Propose Extra Sanctions Against Iran
14 June 2010 (AFP) LUXEMBOURG — EU foreign ministers on Monday proposed new sanctions going further than UN restrictions, in a bid to pressure Iran over its nuclear programme.
Protests, Clashes Break Out in Iran on Anniversary of Disputed Election
TEHRAN, Iran — Small clashes erupted Saturday between demonstrators marking the first anniversary of Iran’s disputed presidential election and baton-wielding security forces, witnesses and opposition websites reported.
Iran’s threats & Arab states’ al-taqiyya stances
There are no justifications whatsoever for the two biggest, most powerful and influential Arab countries, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, not taking loud, courageous and clear cut stances against Iran’s expansionism,
NATO reveals new command structure in Southern Afghanistan
By Jonathon Burch
KABUL (Reuters) – In a radical restructuring of its military command in southern Afghanistan, NATO said on Monday it had split the country’s most violent region in half in a bid to improve security by focusing on smaller geographical areas.
Yemen says thwarts al Qaeda plot in oil province
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen has thwarted an al Qaeda plot to attack vital installations in a province that is home to much of the country’s oil resources and a key pipeline that ferries crude to the coast, the defense ministry said Monday.
One Year Later, Iran’s Opposition Remains Quiet Force
11 Jun 2010 (CNN) — Nima has felt the force of a club come crashing down on his body in three separate beatings by Islamic security forces over the past year.
WSJ: U.S. Shifts Toward Support for Iran’s Dissidents
WASHINGTON—The U.S. has accelerated its effort to provide dissidents in Iran with computer hardware and software to evade government censors. But it’s a shift that many activists say is insufficient to bring political change in Tehran.
UN Security Council Approves Fourth Round of Iran Sanctions
09 Jun 2010 – Medya News – The United Nations Security Council voted 12-2 today to impose a fourth round of sanctions against Iran for its controversial nuclear program, USA Today reported.
Iran & Turkey Are the Actual Threat to the Arabs
“The Turks cannot deliver anything that they are offering, advocating for or bragging about. Their rhetoric is void of any actual context and has no credibility at all. Meanwhile, Iran has been playing the same game and using the same rhetoric, but also combined with force and terrorism through its two armed proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas.”
Iranian Raids in Northern Iraq Enrages Iraqi Kurds
SULEIMANIYAH, Iraq — Outrage is growing in Iraq’s northern Kurdish territories over renewed Iranian air and artillery strikes against Kurdish rebels in the remote Qandil Mountains, officials and residents said.
By Yasseen Taha and Hannah Allam | McClatchy Newspapers
