What Prisoners Would Iran Want To Swap?
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Iran to release the three hikers, whom U.S. officials have described as innocent tourists, and the State Department has stated that Washington is not contemplating any prisoner swap with Iran.
May 24, 2010
US Lawmakers Press State Department to Speak out Against Human Rights Violation in Iran
22 May 2010 – Medya News – 13 Members of Congress urged the State Department to condemn increased human rights violations in Iran in a letter prepared by the office of Congressman Bob Inglis (R-SC) sent on Friday to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Stop Executions in Iran
Stop Executions in Iran
Obama Starts Massive US Air-Sea-Marine Build-up Opposite Iran
Debkafile’s military sources report a decision by the Obama administration to boost US military strength in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf regions in the short term with an extra air and naval strike forces and 6,000 Marine and
Washington Post: A Diplomatic Game of Chicken with Iran
The Obama administration has been calculating that unity among the “P-5? (diplo-speak for the five permanent Security Council members) is more important than the details of the sanctions resolution, and this week’s events showed that this
Honeywell Is Pressured to End Iran Ties
China and Russia have agreed to back new U.N. Security Council sanctions, and a naming-and-shaming campaign is in the works
Russia Urges Iran to Tell IAEA of Atom Plan
20 May 2010 – MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on Iran on Thursday to send its proposal for a nuclear fuel swap deal to the U.N. atomic watchdog as soon as possible, Interfax news agency reported.
French accused of releasing killer of Iranian leader in prisoner swap
Ali Vakili Rad, who was jailed for life in 1994 for the assassination of Shahpour Bakhtiar, was released two days after the liberation of Clotilde [Read More…]
U.S. radio project aimed at Iran delayed
“The signals from the newest transmitter at the Kuwait site are intended to provide an additional broadcast stream to add to the current mix of radio, TV and new media,” King said in her email. “Reaching audiences in Iran with reliable news and information is one of the Agency’s highest priorities.”
West wary of Iran’s deal to ship uranium to Turkey
“Iran has a history of forging a deal and then going back on it,”
By DAVID E. SANGER and MICHAEL SLACKMAN
The New York Times
WASHINGTON — The United States, Europe and Russia responded with skepticism to Iran’s announcement Monday that it had reached an agreement to ship roughly half of its nuclear fuel to Turkey, saying they would continue to press for new sanctions against Iran to curb its nuclear development, which the United States says is aimed at developing weapons.
