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Iran Begins 5 Days of War Games

Wants to show off its air-defense capabilities

(Newser) - It's a day ending in Y, so Iran is saber-rattling: Tehran today kicked off five days of war games, reports the Wall Street Journal. On the agenda: tests of long-range missiles, radar systems, and air defenses, as part of a general warning to any would-be attackers not to get any...

Condemned Iranian Woman: 'I'm a Sinner'

Facing death, Ashtiani allegedly confesses on television

(Newser) - Iranian state-run television has broadcast what it says is a statement from Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman whose on-again, off-again death sentence has sparked an international outcry. (For details click here .) “I’m a sinner,” Ashtiani said—or at least, allegedly said. The woman’s face was...

Tourists Flock to Penis Cemetery

Isolated border graveyard a growing destination in Iran

(Newser) - It's not exactly the naked and the dead, but an isolated cemetery is becoming a growing thrill for erotica-starved Iranians, who flock to the site to stare, agog, at giant moss-covered stone penises (and vaginas) posing as tombstones at the Khalid Nabi cemetery in northeast Iran. It's unclear why the...

War With Iran 'Inconceivable'

 Let's Not Forget 
 the Cost of War 
OPINION
Nov 8, 2010 2:13 PM CST

Let's Not Forget the Cost of War

Roger Cohen asks: have we not learned 'the lessons of Iraq'?

(Newser) - A Washington Post journalist suggested that a “showdown” with Iran could help the US economy; now a key GOP senator wants to “go beyond sanctions” and “neuter that regime.” Seeing a blinded, one-legged veteran makes Roger Cohen wonder: Have we forgotten the cost of war? It’...

Netanyahu to Iran: Be Afraid

Thinks 'credible military threat' the only way Tehran will abandon nukes

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu thinks the only way to keep Iran in its place is with a big stick: The Israeli PM, meeting with Joe Biden yesterday, reportedly said that the only thing that will deter Iran's march toward nuclear power is a "credible military threat" against Iran—not sanctions. Defense...

Ahmadinejad: 'Satan' Made Russia Renege on Missile Sale...

... And by 'Satan', he probably means US

(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lambasted Russia for backing out of a deal to sell Iran missiles today, accusing the country of “selling out” Iran to its enemies. “Some officials have been deceived by the Satan and thought that by illegally canceling an arms deal, they could harm Iran,” he...

Released Hiker: We Were Led Into Iran

Sarah Shourd says WikiLeaks has story wrong; Iran aims to postpone trial

(Newser) - The three American hikers detained by Iran weren’t captured in Iraq, says Sarah Shourd: They were beckoned over the border by an armed soldier, she tells the New York Times in an effort to set the WikiLeaks version of the story straight. “We did not actually enter Iran...

Iran: Let's Restart Nuclear Talks

Letter to EU indicates willingness to talk, but hints at conditions

(Newser) - Iran notified the European Union today that it is willing to restart international negotiations over its nuclear program after Nov. 10, potentially reviving talks that foundered a year ago. Iran's Supreme National Security Council said in a letter to the EU's foreign policy chief that Iran is ready to hold...

Karzai: Iran, US Give Me Bags of Money

Afghan president confirms NYT report; says several countries donate

(Newser) - Afghanistan’s president confirmed a New York Times report that his office gets bags of cash from Iran, saying the US has long known about it—and that the US also provides “bags of money," the AP reports. The Iranian money comes in batches of some $700,000...

Iran Slips Karzai Scads of Cash
 Iran Slips Karzai Scads of Cash 
Oct 24, 2010 7:06 AM CDT

Iran Slips Karzai Scads of Cash

Tehran's influence in Afghanistan is growing

(Newser) - Afghanistan, never a bastion for the honest or politically uncorrupted, is taking hefty bribes from a new source: Iran. As the New York Times reports, Tehran secretly and continuously slides a key aide to Hamid Karzai literal bags of cash that amount to a multi-million-dollar "presidential slush fund" aimed...

Iran Captured Hikers in Iraq
 Iran Captured Hikers in Iraq 
wikileaks files
Oct 23, 2010 7:02 AM CDT

Iran Captured Hikers in Iraq

WikiLeaks releases field report from chaotic day of their arrest

(Newser) - Among the many revelations of WikiLeaks' latest file dump: Three American hikers accused of illegally crossing into Iran were actually seized on the Iraqi side of the border. According to the New York Times , WikiLeaks released a classified July 31 field report describing the "chaotic day." It states...

Chavez, Ahmadinejad Want 'New World Order'

Venezuelan, Iranian leaders announce 'strategic alliance'

(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the visiting Hugo Chavez joined forces yesterday in slamming US “imperialism” and seeking “a new world order,” al-Jazeera reports. “We are united and determined to end the current unjust which dominates the world and replace it with a new world order based on...

Iran Aims to Set Up Covert Banks in Muslim Countries

Tehran is trying to work around sanctions on its banking industry

(Newser) - Iran is attempting to set up undercover banks across the Muslim world, hiding the institutions’ origins with fake names and misleading bureaucracy, the Washington Post reports. Iran is keeping establishments in countries like Iraq and Malaysia shrouded in secrecy as a means of working around tough sanctions, including the Treasury...

Iran: 2 Hikers Will Face Trial

Clinton confirms Nov.6 trial date, still hopes for release

(Newser) - After more than a year in an Iranian prison, American hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal are headed to trial, says Iran's intelligence minister. "The two Americans will be tried," Heidar Moslehi said. "We will hand any evidence we have to the judiciary." Hillary Clinton confirmed...

In Secret Talks, Iran Forged Deal for Pro-Tehran Iraq

It brokered the coalition between Nouri Al-Maliki, Muqtada al-Sadr

(Newser) - Iran was behind the recently struck deal between Nouri al-Maliki and Muqtada al-Sadr, and the result could be an Iraqi government friendly to Tehran and distanced from the West, the Guardian reports. According to the paper's sources, Syria, Hezbollah, and top Shia religious leaders were involved with a secret campaign...

US Accuses Chinese Firms of Breaking Iran Sanctions

Gives Beijing a list of companies it's not happy with

(Newser) - The Obama administration believes that a number of Chinese businesses are violating UN sanctions and helping Iran improve its missile technology and build nuclear weapons, a senior US official tells the Washington Post . Last month, the State Department handed Beijing a “significant list’ of companies and banks it suspects...

Iranian Chocolate Thief Will Lose Hand

Man convicted of robbery sentenced to amputation

(Newser) - An Iranian man convicted of robbing a candy store will have his hand cut off as punishment, reports the BBC , citing local media. Police found $900, gloves, and what the BBC describes as “a large amount of chocolate” in his car before arresting him. Typically, amputations are used as...

Ahmadinejad Wants Nuke Talks
 Ahmadinejad Wants Nuke Talks 
Oct 17, 2010 6:02 AM CDT

Ahmadinejad Wants Nuke Talks

Tells West, 'All right, we will negotiate with you'

(Newser) - Usually when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opens his mouth the West cringes, but today the Iranian leader is calling for renewed international talks about its nuclear program. Ahmadinejad gave no timeframe, but today told a crowd: "They have come and say, "We will negotiate.' We say, "All right,...

Relax, Iran Is Harmless

 Relax, Iran 
 Is Harmless 
Roger Cohen
Oct 11, 2010 12:47 PM CDT

Relax, Iran Is Harmless

Ahmadinejad is just a paper tiger, Roger Cohen argues

(Newser) - When Ahmadinejad last visited in New York, he had breakfast with Roger Cohen—because, Cohen writes in the New York Times , “Ahmadinejad’s passion for the hidden Imam, whose imminent return he expects, is matched only by his passion for Western media.” Cohen didn’t even bother reporting...

Ahmadinejad: US Leaders Should Be 'Buried'

Today is a not-on-his-meds day

(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has had it with what he says are US threats to his nuclear program, today calling for American leaders to be buried. "May the undertaker bury you, your table and your body, which has soiled the world," said the Iranian leader, ratcheting up the rhetoric with...

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