Bahrain: Iran in plot to overthrow government

Authorities in the island state, which serves as a US naval base, made the arrests during weeks of unrest in the run-up to a parliamentary election next month. Officials said activists were members of “a terrorist network with international support” and were planning a campaign of “violence, intimidation and subversion”.

‘Reza Kahili’ wonders: Is the Fall of the Iranian Theocracy Imminent?

Reza Kahili, the pseudonym of a former CIA Operative who infiltrated the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is predicting the imminent collapse of the theocratic regime in Iran.

Azerbaijan seizes 397 kg of Iranian drugs in one single month

In recent years Azerbaijan has become a major transit point for narcotics from Afghanistan and Iran en route to Russia and Europe. In June 2010 Azerbaijan confiscated 397 kilogram of Iranian drugs.

City of Poet Hafiz Creates Holocaust Denial Scandal

In June 2010 a delegation from Iranian city of Shiraz, as a consequence of a partnership program, visited the German city of Weimar, During their stay the Iranian delegation refused to visit the former concentration camp Buchenwald. Nevertheless, the city council decided that the friendship and partnership with Shiraz must continue.

VOA: European Union about to adopt tighter sanctions against Iran

European Union foreign ministers are set to adopt tighter sanctions against Iran, including measures to ban investment in the oil and gas industry.

US State Department Reevaluates Terrorist Designation of PMOI

A US federal appeals court has ruled that the State Department must re-evaluate its terrorist designation of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), a resistance organization of the Islamic republic. While reviewing please remeber that PMOI can be as sly as a fox. Or even more, when a fox preaches, take care of your geese.

Photo Report: Sanctions hit Iranian Dhow Trade

Some worry about higher food prices, some fret about overseas travel and others about business, but it is clear that ordinary Iranians are feeling the effects of sanctions imposed over Iran. It surely affects Iran’s traditional Dow Trade with UAE. A photo report.

‘Fear For Sanctions Grow Inside Iran’

Iran’s economic problems are likely to grow as new measures aim at banking and energy companies. Architect Mohammad Sadati, 36, was also in no doubt about the cause of the rising prices: “As soon as there is talk about the possibility of new sanctions against Iran, the price of everything goes up,” he said.

Video: Iran and the First Week of Sanctions

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has scoffed at U.S. sanctions as “pathetic” and said a United Nations resolution had no more worth than a “used handkerchief” and although some Iranians backed their leader’s tough position, others were fearful for the future.

Lebanon: Ayatollah Fadlallah’s Death Paves Road For Militant Mullah Based Ideology

For Washington, the death this week of Lebanon’s most prominent and respected Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, was a bittersweet moment. Yet his death now paves the way for a more militant, Mullah-influenced strain of Islamic ideology to gain ground in Lebanon.

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