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These events have been reported to World Threats. These people have been reported as arrested during the Qods Day demonstrations. Saeed Feraidoni, 24. Amir Abdollahi, 28. Majid Mahmoodianfar, 27. Sajad Ghanbari Farsani, 21. Karim Samadi, 30. Mohaamad Hosseini, 18. On Monday and Tuesday, hundreds of families of detainees gathered in front of Evin Prison, the [...]

Debka is reporting that the Saudis may be ready to deal with the Iranians through Damascus over the Yemeni insurrection. King Abdullah’s willingness to talk to Tehran may also indicate his possible acquiescence to Tehran’s nuclear and regional ambitions ahead of the October 1 Geneva meeting between Iran and the Six Parties. Analysis. This is [...]

These events have been reported to World Threats. Students at Tehran University continued their protests into the night after the 3000 strong gathering that met Kamran Daneshjoo for the reopening ceremony at the university. The students gathered in front of their dormitories and chanted “God will help us and the victory is close. Death to [...]

Click here for my latest Pajamas Media article. It’s about how Dr. Juan Cole, a man who I admit is far smarter than I am, is giving the Iranian regime the benefit of the doubt. Contrast this with his warnings that the evil Bush Administration was going to bomb Iran as part of some imperialistic [...]

These events have been reported to World Threats. President Ahmadinejad was slated to attend the opening of the new educational year at Tehran University. He did not appear. At 10:00 AM local time, Kamram Daneshju, the Minister of Higher Education, appeared at Tehran university. He was greeted with shouts of “Coup government resign. Students will [...]

These events have been reported to World Threats. The regime is doing its best to suppress student activities at their universities. A number of students in post-graduate studies have been labeled “starred students” and are not allowed to attend. Fifty student st the University of Isfehan were only allowed to attend after their parents submitted [...]

Iran’s revolutionary Guards Corps is conducting war games that include live missile firings. MyWay News is reporting here that the IRGC has fired Fateh-110, Tondar-69 and Zelzal missiles. Gen. Hossein Salami, Head of the Revolutionary Guard Air Force, told reporters Iran tested a multiple missile launcher for the first time. Press TV showed pictures of [...]

These events have been reported to World Threats. The Iranian government has admitted that the revolutionary movement exceeds the ability of Mousavi or Karrobi to control it and is independent of them. Those of you who watched Ahmadinejad’s speech to the UN General Assembly noticed that he was speaking to a “farm of chairs”. Yesterday [...]

The Jerusalem Post is reporting here the report of Israeli Foreign Minster Avigdor Lieberman on his conversations with Arab Foreign Minsters at last week’s United Nations meetings. Lieberman said that in his meetings with Arab Foreign Ministers at the UN General Assembly meetings last week, they expressed alarm over Iran’s nuclear program. “Nobody is worried [...]

This report probably does not signal a trend … yet. Since being introduced by the European Union, the Euro has gained popularity internationally and there are now more Euros in circulation than dollars. The move will also help decouple Iran from the US banking system. Analysis. The dollar has been the World’s reserve currency for [...]

I’ve long said that women and students will be the engines to push human rights and modernity in the Islamic world, and this confirms it.  In this report on the state of Afghan women, there’s this chilling line: “Nearly 90 percent of Afghan women suffer from domestic abuse, according to the United Nations Development Fund [...]

These events have been reported to World threats. A number of the 122 officials who applied for US visas to accompany Ahmadinejad to the UN were denied. Ayatollah Montazeri has defied Khamenei’s ruling on TV confessions. Montazeri said, “the confession of the accused even against himself is not validated. It is obvious that when someone [...]

Iran has admitted to the existence of a second uranium enrichment facility that has not been declared to the IAEA, located in Qom. It is said to be constructed in tunnels beneath a Revolutionary Guards base and was only known to the most senior officials. President Obama is saying that Iran is violating international law [...]