Raising awareness for the human rights needs in Iran

• Trita Parsi: Open Letter to Congressman Gresham Barrett on His Plans to Deport All Iranian Visa Holders << Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:41:10 +0000 >>
    Congressman Barrett, The National Iranian American Council and the Iranian-American community is outraged by your plan to reintroduce legislation mandating the deportation of thousands of Iranian students and workers who came to this country legally in search of education, liberty, and a better way of life. The Stop Terrorist Entry Program (STEP) Act would [...]

• National Iranian American Council (NIAC) – Congressman Introducing Legislation to Bar & Deport Iranians from U.S. << Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:38:06 +0000 >>
    Congressman Introducing Legislation to Bar & Deport Iranians from U.S. Written by David Elliott Thursday, 07 January 2010 Washington, DC – Congressman Gresham Barrett (R-SC) has announced his intention to reintroduce legislation that would prohibit "the admission of aliens from countries designated as State Sponsors of Terrorism as well as Yemen to the United [...]

• National Iranian American Council (NIAC) – Stop Congressman Barrett’s Bill to Deport Iranians << Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:37:21 +0000 >>
    Stop Congressman Barrett’s Bill to Deport Iranians Written by NIAC Staff Thursday, 07 January 2010 Washington, DC – If you are an Iranian in the US on a work visa or a student visa, Rep. Gresham Barrett (R-SC) thinks you are a national security threat and should be deported. Rep. Barrett announced this week [...]

• Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs << Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:35:40 +0000 >>
    Iran places trust in ‘passive defense’ By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON – The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Iran had "quietly hidden an increasingly large part of its atomic complex" in a vast network of tunnels and bunkers buried in mountainsides. The story continued a narrative begun last September, when a second Iranian [...]

• Iranian state TV accused of faking burning of Khomeini portrait | World news | The Observer << Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:57 +0000 >>
    Iranian state TV accused of faking burning of Khomeini portrait State broadcaster Irib faces anger over footage of Ayatollah Khomeini’s image being burned by protesters Tehran, Iran, 1989: Portrait Of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iranian Spiritual Leader. Photograph: Denis Cameron/Rex Features The Iranian state broadcaster, Irib, has been accused of faking dramatic footage of an anti-government [...]

• Plagiarism scandal grows in Iran : Nature News << Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:30:43 +0000 >>
    Plagiarism scandal grows in Iran Investigation finds more cases of duplication in publications co-authored by ministers and senior officials. Declan Butler EXCLUSIVE Nature has uncovered further instances of apparent plagiarism in papers co-authored by government ministers and senior officials in Iran. The spate of new examples raises questions about whether such incidents are symptomatic [...]

• Neocon Target Trita Parsi Wins $200,000 Prize | Mother Jones << Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:11:20 +0000 >>
    Neocon Target Trita Parsi Wins $200,000 Prize — By Nick Baumann | Tue Dec. 1, 2009 8:41 AM PST In recent months, Trita Parsi, the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, has been the target of conservative attacks. The Weekly Standard‘s Michael Goldfarb implied that Parsi works for the Iranian regime. [...]

• President Obama has to show he can handle Iran’s refusal to cooperate on nuclear issues – By Jamie M. Fly | Shadow Government << Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:08:01 +0000 >>
    When it comes to Iran, ‘rules must be binding’ Mon, 11/30/2009 – 1:26pm By Jamie M. Fly The events of the past week pose a challenge to President Obama’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons. Last week in Vienna, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met to discuss [...]

• Iran Is No Existential Threat | Foreign Policy << Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:52:52 +0000 >>
    The best way to rescue Obama’s failing diplomacy with the Islamic Republic is to stop letting Israel call the shots. BY HILLARY MANN LEVERETT, FLYNT LEVERETT | DECEMBER 4, 2009 After months of halfhearted, fruitless attempts at engagement, the United States and its European partners are effectively re-enacting George W. Bush’s Iran policy. In [...]

• پايگاه خبری تحليلی فرارو – ایران ‘برترین’ کشور در ‘مهاجرت نخبگان’ << Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:35:49 +0000 >>
    ایران ‘برترین’ کشور در ‘مهاجرت نخبگان’ کد مطلب : 34612 17 آبان 1388 ساعت 10:51 بر اساس گزارش جدید صندوق بین المللی پول ، ایران رتبه اول را در آمار مهاجرت نخبگان از میان 91 کشور در حال توسعه یا توسعه نیافته دنیا کسب کرده است. صندوق بین‌المللی پول در این مورد گزارش داده [...]

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