According to Iran Human Rights’ sources there prisoners are identified as Hamid Shahriari, Hossein Nasiri and Afshin Karimi. Two of the prisoners are convicted of murder while the charges of the third prisoner are unknown.
Iran Human Rights, May 14: Three prisoners have been transferred out of their wards and scheduled to be executed at Rajai Sha ... Continue reading »
The quote above is satire not fact but reflects reality. Whether dealing with hard-line, uncompromising GOP ideologues in Congress or with an enemy who has walked into a potential trap abroad, Obama's first and most persistent impulse is always the same: Bow and scrape, then beg once again. In Syria at present, he demonstrates a total lack of s ... Continue reading »
Has a weapon ever been invented, no matter how terrible, and not used? The crossbow, the dreadnought, poison gas, the tank, the landmine, chemical weapons, napalm, the B-29, the drone: all had their day and for some that day remains now. Even the most terrible weapon of all, the atomic bomb, that city-buster, that potential civilization-destroyer ... Continue reading »
There was neither a breakdown nor breakthrough in the Moscow talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1). The P5+1 and Iran negotiated but could not make any headway. No one should be surprised by this result -- after all, the two sides only had the ability to make demands. They -- particularly t ... Continue reading »
BEIRUT — A graphic video allegedly showing a Syrian rebel cutting open a pro-government fighter’s chest and biting into one of his internal organs sparked outrage Tuesday, reviving concerns about the makeup of opposition forces even as the United States warned that it is ready to bolster its support for them.
During a visit to Stockholm, Secretar ... Continue reading »
Besides countless deaths abroad and a staggering debt at home, the primary legacy of America's "War on Terror" is our profoundly warped sense of the dangers of the world we live in, and of who our "enemies" are. As a rule, the rare violence committed by Muslims, with some political or religious motivation, is "terrorism," and deserving of the atten ... Continue reading »
Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian-born Israeli Middle East expert. He lived in Iran until eight years after the revolution. He was educated in British universities and now lives in Israel. Asia Times called him “one of the best informed observers” of the Middle East.
Mr. Javedanfar is the publisher and editor of the website Iran–Israel Observer. Prev ... Continue reading »
He said: “There’s no way anyone can claim that they are provocative. They will all take place in international waters. There’s nothing overtly provocative and there’s nothing covert.” He added that the exercise had been put on because of growing international recognition that keeping sea lanes free of mines and protecting shipping was critical to t ... Continue reading »
The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1701 in August 2006, which brought about an end to the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The resolution called on the Lebanese government to “secure its borders and other entry points to prevent the entry in Lebanon without its consent of arms or related materiel” and authoriz ... Continue reading »
Election Watch: Hardline Kayhan Criticizes Rafsanjani
In a lengthy editorial on Monday, Hossein Shariatmadari, editor of hardline newspaper Kayhan, which is close to the Supreme Leader, criticized the decision of former president Hashemi Rafsanjani to register his candidacy, asking what the point of doing so had been, and suggesting that it could ... Continue reading »
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