Middle East
Oil and Politics The Real Situation in Iraq
A delegation from the International Energy Agency spent two days in Baghdad speaking with high-ranking officials in preparation for an end-of-year report on the country’s ……Read More
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Green Coordination Council says election boycott a ‘triumph’ for opposition
‘Elections an engineered sham’ The Coordination Council of the Green Path of Hope has extended its gratitude to the Iranian people for their widespread boycott ……Read More
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UN Report documents ‘striking pattern’ of human rights violations in Iran
Shaheed urges moratorium on death penalty In his second report, Ahmad Shaheed, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, ……Read More
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Iranian student wins Sweden’s Edelstam Prize for activism
The Harald Edelstam Foundation has decided to award prominent imprisoned student activist Bahareh Hedayat with the first Edelstam Prize for having “dared to play a leading role ……Read More
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What May Lie Ahead For Syria
Now that the mainstream media is pretty much ignoring WikiLeaks Stratfor email releases because they just aren’t as exciting as one would hope, I thought ……Read More
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‘I did not vote in Majlis elections’ Mousavi tells daughters
Opposition couple in high spirits Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and wife Zahra Rahnavard have been allowed to meet with their daughters. According to Kaleme, ……Read More