Iran

Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:21 AM Subject: The Mess in Iran is our own fault                        THE MESS IN IRAN WAS "MADE IN THE U.S.A." I feel compelled to comment about events unfolding in Iran. As background, I should mention that I was Headmaster of an American School in Tehran from 1975 through 1979. I was attending an official briefieng in the U. S. Embassy the hour the Shah fled the country, and I was in Tehran on the day that the Ayatollah Khomeini returned to a tumultuous welcome... read more

I have been continuing to hear of Iran's persecution of minorities, use of torture and suppression of human rights. Recently I heard in the news of a meeting between the Roman Catholic church and the Iranians on the subject. I've learned the most about their treatment of Baha'is where they have not merely turned against their subjects, but have made specific efforts toward repressing that large religious minority in their country. Baha'is are not the only victims of this persecution, but the extent...

While we normally don’t post items from the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center’s newsletters—and only because these are so widely available elsewhere all over the net—a post from today, “Iran, Western Cinema, and the Zionist Scheme,” might interest readers who don’t subscribe to this valuable service. In particular, we thought the revelations about Iran’s bizarre interpretations of Hollywood films could be a worrisome eye-opener into a culture very difficult to grasp. The original article...

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=75035§ionid=351020103 Iran's Parliament says an oil price band between $40 and $50 a barrel should be set by the budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year. "The world financial crisis and recent developments in the world's energy supply and demand has considerably decreased oil prices in global markets," said the Rapporteur of the Energy Commission of Majlis (parliament), Ali Adyani-Rad. "After consultations, Iranian lawmakers have agreed that...

Since the inception of the Islamic Republic, the United States has pursued a policy of containment in various forms, essentially relying on political coercion and economic pressure to press Iran in the right direction. The failure of this policy is routinely documented by the U.S. State Department, which insists on issuing reports denouncing Iran as the most active state sponsor of terrorism and warning that its nuclear program is rapidly advancing toward weapons capability. The American diplomats...

There's a little political squabble over what the French President, Nicky Boy Sarkozy, said about Iranian President Mammy Ahmadinejad . Specifically, Sarkozy said that he couldn't shake hands with a man who said that Israel should be wiped off the map. I'll be fair here - I think Sarkozy has a point. I don't much think the French have room to point fingers. They've been and still are responsible for enough horror and atrocities around the world that it would leave a bad taste in my mouth to go...