EDITORIAL: Voice of the mullahs
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Voice of America is becoming the Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Recent programming choices have revealed a creeping bias toward opponents of the pro-democracy movement and de facto supporters of the regime. This ill befits the VOA mission and the purpose of U.S. public diplomacy. 
U.S. License Lets Group Send Anti-Censorship Software to Iran
By Ali Sheikholeslami
April 14 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. government approved the export to Iran of software designed to help citizens avoid government censorship of their Internet use, according to the program’s developer, the Censorship Research Center
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David Ignatius reviews ‘A Time to Betray,’ the memoir of an Iranian double agent
It offers a vivid first-person narrative of how the zealots of the Islamic republic created what has become a nightmare for the Iranian people. By the author’s account, the cruelty and intolerance didn’t begin with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. They have been unfolding for three decades.
The people of Baluchistan have a right to self-determination
By Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner
The Independent – Podium – London – 14 April 2010
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/peter-tatchell-the-people-of-baluchistan-have-a-right-to-selfdetermination-1943855.html
Iran Won’t Budge an Inch
By Mohammad Akef Jamal, Special to Gulf News
Published: 00:00 April 14, 2010
Dealing with Tehran may prove to be one of the most difficult tasks in this region. The difficulties are due to Iran’s wide reach throughout the Middle East and beyond, and its insistence on holding onto whatever it considers an achievement.
Obama: pushing for strong, timely sanctions on Iran
Barack Obama (R) listens to Angela Merkel during a bilateral meeting (AFP)
13 Apr 2010 – Medya News – President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the United States was pushing for strong and timely sanctions on Iran that have consequences.
Vigils held for U.S. hikers jailed in Iran
April 12, 2010 4:27 a.m. EDT
Three US Hikers Held in Iran
(CNN) — Groups gathered in several cities across the United States on Sunday at vigils to support three American hikers detained in Iran.
Medvedev against sanctions targeting Iran oil trade
12 Apr 2010 – Medya News — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview aired Monday that while he agreed sanctions were needed to halt Iran’s nuclear drive, they should not crack down on its oil trade.
Kurdish Media Suppressed in Iran
09-04-2010 – Rudaw – Kurdish journalists from Iranian Kurdistan think journalism is like “walking in a minefield”. They have no hope of a free media under the shadow of the Iranian regime. Many Kurdish journalist get arrested and Kurdish newspapers are banned.
Kurdish Man Charged With PKK Leadership Role in Germany
AP – 2010-04-10
German prosecutors say they have charged a 43-year-old Turkish Kurd on allegations he was a leader in Germany of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK.
