Iran Ex-minister Severely Injured in Knife Attack
3 May 2010 (Reuters) – A reformist former government minister was severely wounded in a knife attack at his office in a Tehran university on Monday, Iranian news agencies reported.
China Iran and Oil
3 May 2010 – I thought it was very interesting when I saw the article about China working with Venezuela in an oil deal. The past few weeks, business partner and investor, Chen Lin, has been predicting that China will agree with US and
Iran Under Tight Control of Revolutionary Guards on Labor Day.
2 May 2010 – Medya News – According to news received by Medya News, Iranian government has put on alert all its security forces in all major cities preparing for demonstrations on National Labour Day.
Alavi Foundation President Indicted in Iran Probe
NEW YORK (AP) — The former president of a foundation prosecutors say has provided services to the Iranian government has been sentenced in New York City to three months in prison for obstructing justice.
Iran Warns Israel Against Attacking Syria
30 April 2010 DAMASCUS (AFP) – Iran will “cut off Israel’s feet” if the Jewish state attacks Damascus, Iranian Vice President Mohammad Rida Rahimi vowed on Friday at the end of a two-day visit to key regional ally Syria.
Iran Cracks Down on ‘Immodestly’ Dressed Women
29 Apr 2010 – A national crackdown on the opposition movement will extend to women deemed to be dressed immodestly, the Telegraph reports. Tehran chief of police Brig. Hossein Sajedinia has said the authorities will be taking to task all Iran’s “suntanned women and young girls who look like walking mannequins.”
U.N. Elects Iran to Commission on Women’s Rights
Without fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women, handing a four-year seat on the influential human rights body to a theocratic state in which stoning is enshrined in law and lashings are required for women judged “immodest.” 
Austrian and Iranian Groups Slam Austrian Invitation of Iranian FM
Hiwa Bahrami, a spokesman for PDK-I, issued a public letter to Spindelegger asking, “How can you justify the invitation of the foreign minister of a [Read More…]
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)
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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. 
