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Crack Down Continues, Iran Effectively Under Martial Law

Crack Down Continues, Iran Effectively Under Martial Law

Mousavi calls for a demonstration on Wednesday. The Supreme leaders has accepted a 5 days extension for the Guardian Council to review complains of election irregularities.

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Obama’s Remarks On Iran Translated in Persian

Obama’s Remarks On Iran Translated in Persian

The topics of President Obama’s press conference were health care, the situation in Iran. On Iran language was more assertive, but still stressing that the US had no intention in meddling with the Islamic Republic’s affairs.

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REPORT: U.S. Doing A Good Job At Addressing Corruption

Today, Transparency International released its 2009 report on corruption concerning international business transactions. The politically non partisan organization, based in Germany, is a global civic society leading the fight against corruption world wide. It was founded in 1993 and has 90 locally established chapters world wide.

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The Neo-Cons Are Wrong on Iran, Just Like They Were on Iraq

The Neo-Cons Are Wrong on Iran, Just Like They Were on Iraq

Neo-Con Paul Wolfowitz wrote an opinion piece published in The Washington Post last Friday. It was titled “No comment is not an option.” In it, he expressed some highly critical views of the cautious approach taken by President Obama in his dealing with the Iranian crisis.

First of all, why should Americans care about the opinion of a man that has been so consistently wrong on all his policy recommendations? He has an impeccable track record of failures, from his tenure at the Pentagon

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The Revolution of Neda, Twitter, And Facebook

The Revolution of Neda, Twitter, And Facebook

By Gilbert Mercier, News Junkie Post Editor. Despite the Revolutionary Guards threats to crush further protests thousands of people gathered in Tehran. Our internet sources (via Twitter) from Iran describe a “tense situation and road blocks everywhere.” More foreign journalists were asked to leave today. The reporting and flow of images will continue regardless, thanks [...]

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