October 9, 2009,
By: Michael Rowan; El Universal
Opinion
Fidel Castro wanted a pre-emptive Soviet nuclear strike against the United States in 1982, according to recently disclosed documents of Soviet General Andrian A. Danilevich. Castro was only dissuaded when Soviet scientists explained to him that fallout from the blasts could cause millions of deaths in Cuba itself. [...]
September 9, 2009; Venezuela
The Islamic Republic of Iran is helping Venezuela to develop a civilian nuclear program as both countries have the right to produce nuclear energy, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez told the conservative French newspaper Le Figaro in an interview published on Wednesday, September 9.
Chávez, an ally of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, visited [...]
The Emerging Axis of Iran and Venezuela
The prospect of Iranian missiles in South America should not be dismissed.
By ROBERT M. MORGENTHAU
The diplomatic ties between Iran and Venezuela go back almost 50 years and until recently amounted to little more than the routine exchange of diplomats. With the election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005, [...]
[Interview] Iran’s Bestselling Author on Ahmadinejad
by Weiai Xu
Farhad Jafari says Ahmadinejad may be Iran’s best hope for reform
In previous interviews, I spoke with Iranian students who stand firm with the opposition party and an Iranian editor who shed new light on social media’s role in this country. Today, my guest is Mr. Farhad Jafari whose [...]
[Interview] Students on Iran’s Future
Students support reform and change
by Weiai Xu
I interviewed three Iranian students over Facebook. The talk was thought-provoking. It gives outsiders a rare change to see the Iranian unrest through the eyes of Iranian students. All three students are supporters of the opposition party, and two of them attend the University of [...]
Thousands protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow
By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran – Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of the capital Thursday, chanting “death to the dictator” and defying security forces who fired tear gas and charged with batons, witnesses said.
Turning garbage bins into burning barricades and darting through choking clouds of tear [...]
Who’s the Real Winner of the Iranian Election?
by
Ramzy Baroud
The recent election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is likely to complicate US President Barack Obama’s new approach to Iran. The reason is Israel’s insistence on a hard-line approach to the problem.
Iran’s presidential election on June 12 was positioned to represent another fight between Middle Eastern ‘moderates’ [...]
In the face of violent repression by Iranian security forces, the supporters of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi are revolting against last week’s blatantly rigged presidential election. As they demonstrate in the streets, a second, equally crucial battle is unfolding behind closed doors among the country’s power brokers, who have splintered over the regime’s decision [...]
The End Game in Iran: Four Ways the Crisis May Resolve
By TONY KARON – Thu Jun 18, 3:50 pm ET
Some observers see Iran’s courageous protests against a stolen election as a replay of the 1979 revolution that ended the tyranny of the Shah – or of the “velvet revolutions” that ended communism in Eastern Europe. [...]
Iran is on a knife-edge, with millions of voters taking to the streets in outrage as evidence mounts that the government may have massively rigged and stolen Thursday’s election. The regime has cracked down brutally on the protesters and is imposing a blackout on Iranian society — shutting down domestic and international media, the internet [...]
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