Arash Aramesh
A video of Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, has surfaced on YouTube in the past few days. In the video, the Lebanese Shiite leader says there is no such thing as Persian culture and that Iran’s leaders, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, are actually Arabs. more»
Shayan Ghajar
A top-level Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp commander responded to recent comments made by Senator Lindsey Graham that urged military attack on Iran’s nuclear program and armed forces to “neuter” the Iranian government. Senator Graham, at an international security conference in Canada, declared that the United States should “sink [Iran’s] navy, destroy their air force and deliver a decisive blow to the Revolutionary Guard…in other words, neuter that regime.” more»
Shayan Ghajar
The Iranian judiciary is forcing Sarah Shourd to choose between surrendering her freedom or leaving both her fiancee and friend to languish in Iranian prison indefinitely. Iranian Prosecutor General Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei has announced that the trial of the two American hikers still in Iranian jail will resume only with the presence of Sarah Shourd as co-defendant, according to Iranian state-owned news agencies. more»
Shayan Ghajar
Iranian Minister of Intelligence Heydar Moslehi met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and high-ranking officials in Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on Oct 30 and 31, according to Iranian state-owned news agencies. more»
Shayan Ghajar
Despite numerous reports that Iran is ready to resume nuclear talks with the P5+1 in early November, articles in Iran’s state-owned press indicate assertions that negotiations will resume shortly may be overstated. Statements by leading Iranian officials involved in negotiations indicate that the resumption of talks with the West will be conditional, and certain aspects of Iran’s nuclear program will not be up for debate. more»
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