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Germany says to take in Iranian political refugees
Ynetnews 9 March 2010
Germany plans to grant asylum to a number of Iranian refugees due to human rights concerns, a spokeswoman from the Interior Ministry said on Monday. 
Germany to offer asylum to Iranian dissidents: Berlin
EXPATICA.com 9 March 2010
Germany will offer asylum to a "host" of Iranian dissidents abroad in a gesture of solidarity against human rights abuses by the Tehran regime, an interior ministry spokeswoman said Monday.
Iran’s Khamenei attacks Israel, seeks Muslim unity
Associated Press of Pakistan 5 March 2010
TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday Western powers were trying to widen differences between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims to divert attention from the Israel-Palestinian
Muslims Won’t Play Together
New York Times 28 February 2010
WE may scoff at the idea that the Olympic Games have anything to do with the “endeavor to place sport at the service of humanity and thereby to promote peace,” as the Olympic charter enshrines as its ideal. But at least nations across the world were able to put aside differences for two weeks of friendly competition in Vancouver.
Ahamdinejad: Prepare to Destroy Israel
Arutz Sheva 1 March 2010
In a declaration to attendees of a terrorist conference in Tehran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad said Sunday that "the Zionists are a gang of racists who want to control the world,” and he
Iran: Pastor among nine Christians arrested
AKI - Adnkronos International 1 March 2010
Tehran - An evangelical priest was among nine Christians arrested in central Iran on Friday as authorities continued a crackdown against Christians in the Islamic country. The
Home truths about Iran - Not to recognise them would be utter folly
Daily Pioneer 15 February 2010
By Barry Rubin
Two recent articles are especially worthy of attention. The Washington Post has a piece about how Iran has been running into technical troubles in building nuclear weapons.
This is the kind of thing Israeli analysts have known about for years. Since it is out in public now, please note that the idea that Iran is about to get weapons in the next few months has been often exaggerated. But we are talking about, say, two years roughly, and some more time before they could deliver them by missiles.
From the prisons of Irans' Islamic regime
Secular Democracy Iran 13 February 2010
Movie depicting the reality of what happens in the Islamic regime's prisons on a daily basis. Warning: Graphic!
France does not believe Iran's nuclear claim
Washington Post 13 February 2010
PARIS - France does not believe Iran's claim that it is capable of enriching uranium to near weapons-grade levels, the country's foreign minister said Friday. Bernard Kouchner told Europe 1 radio
Iran's disruption of Deutsche Welle and other media ends
Deutsche Welle 13 February 2010
International broadcasters like Deutsche Welle are broadcasting again in Iran and the surrounding region, after their programming was jammed, apparently by the government in Tehran. The Iranian
Iran marks Islam revolution with crackdown on protests
Washington Observer Reporter 12 February 2010
TEHRAN, Iran - The Iranian security forces unleashed a crushing sweep against opposition protesters on Thursday as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution to
Iran leader says Israel's destruction 'imminent'
AFP 8 February 2010
TEHRAN — Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday the destruction of Iran's arch-foe Israel was "imminent," and called for continued resistance against the Jewish state, state media
Iran's Supreme Leader: West can't save Israel
Ha'aretz 8 February 2010
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said Sunday that Western support of Israel was ineffective, telling a top Palestinian militant leader that its obliteration was imminent according to the will
Another Brick In The Wall (Hey Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone)
No words do this fine video justice:
Iran, the Islamist Threat, and American Policy
Ayn Rand TV February 4, 2010
By Elan Journo
The Iranian regime is reportedly within sprinting distance of acquiring nuclear weapons capability. Past attempts at negotiating with Iran have all failed, and the current UN-backed gambit may serve only to buy Iran more time to advance its illicit program.
Iran questioned over British protester on espionage and alcohol trial
Telegraph.co.uk 4 February 2010
By Peter Walker and Robert Tait
The Foreign Office said tonight it was urgently seeking information from Iran's government after reports that a British national was among opposition supporters on trial for taking part in
Iranian Antisemitism: Stepchild of German National Socialism
Matthiaskuentzel.de 3 February 2010
By Matthias Küntzel
Many Iranians – including those in exile – claim that currently there is not any antisemitism in Iran. They point to the fact that the Jews of Iran today constitute the largest Jewish community in any Muslim country, which is true, and that even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does not attack "the Jews,” but rather "the Zionists.”
Iran Launches Rocket After Reversal on Uranium
AOL News 3 February 2010
By Lauren Frayer
The past 24 hours have seen a flurry of contradictions in Iran, with the country brazenly test-firing a sophisticated rocket today just hours after the president stunned the West by agreeing to a key
Kurdish-German fights Iranian Interpol listing
The Local 2 February 2010
An Iranian-born German citizen is fighting to have his name removed from Interpol’s most-wanted list after allegedly being placed there by Iran for his work with Kurdish activists opposed to the
Female suicide bomber kills 41 in Baghdad
Times of Malta 2 February 2010
A female suicide bomber blew herself up among a crowd of Shiite pilgrims on their way to a shrine city in central Iraq yesterday, killing 41 people including women and children. Officials said the
