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1 Check This: Iran World's "Number One Power"
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2 Iran Celebrates National Nuclear Day With Uranium Enrichment
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3 Mark the Calendar? Ahmadinejad Wants to Debate Candidates
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4 Front Page: School Shooting in Finland, Iran President Blames Economy on War, Germany Bids for Hostages
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5 Iran's Ahmadinejad: We Don't Want Confrontation With Anyone
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6 Iran Loses Bid For Global Influence on UN Security Council
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7 Iran Marks 30th Anniversary of Islamic Revolution
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8 American Journalist Jailed in Iran Won't Stop Her Fight
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9 Front Page: Postelection Unrest Rages in Iran
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10 Iran Bans Prayers For Opposition Martyr Neda
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11 Front Page: Iranians Clash as Ahmadinejad Denies Holocaust
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12 Front Page: Holocaust Denier Ahmadinejad Might Be Jewish
The identity papers of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reveal that he probably has Jewish roots. — The Daily Telegraph A new report suggests that the government misled the public about the $700 billion bank bailout last year. — New York Times President Obama will not meet the Dalai Lama when he visits Washington DC this week. The move is intended to reassure China. — Washington Read more
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied the Holocaust yet again today during a speech on the country's pro-Palestinian holiday. Iranians opposed to his government also demonstrated. — New York Times More evidence is emerging from the Annie Le murder case showing how Raymond Clark III allegedly tried to cover his tracks. — Hartford Courant Bill O'Reilly backs a public healthcare option. Read more
She's being called the "face of Iran," "Iran's Joan of Arc," and an "Angel of Freedom" — but no matter what she's called, Neda Agha Soltani, who was shot and killed at a protest this weekend in Tehran, will live on as a defining symbol of the segment of Iran's opposition to the controversial election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The young philosophy student was shot in the heart on Saturday, Read more
Following the disputed election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, thousands of Iranians defied a ban to march in Tehran today. Iran's supreme leader has also ordered a ballot probe. — CNN The Los Angeles Lakers won their 15th NBA championship last night. — ESPN Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu redefined his stance on Palestine yesterday, saying that he does support an independent state. — Read more
Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American journalist sentenced to eight years in an Iranian jail, has told her parents that she confessed to spying for the US after she was threatened with death. In an interview with George Stephanopoulos, Roxana's parents said the 31-year-old freelancer who has worked for BBC and NPR plans on starting a hunger strike tomorrow from jail. The tactic will surely raise Read more
Yesterday Iranians celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. In February 1979, Iran transformed from a constitutional monarch under the Shah, to an Islamic republic under the Ayatollah. Celebrating the realization of Islam's political potential, thousands of Iranians gathered in Freedom Square yesterday. Most of them were working class citizens, who strongly support President Read more
Pushing hard for an elected seat on the UN Security Council, Iran failed to get enough votes from its allies. All 192 United Nations members could participate in the vote to chose which nations should fill the five open seats on the UN Security Council. They decided to give the Asian seat to Japan, instead of Iran by 158 votes to 32. The extremely influential Security Council can impose Read more
Anti-Ahmadinejad rallies outside the UN today turned into anti-Obama rallies critical of the senator's support of talks with Iran. Meanwhile, NPR opened a dialogue of its own with the Iranian president. Here are some highlights from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's interview with the station, during which he says Iran seeks no confrontation. On Iran's stated plans to enrich uranium for energy, not for a Read more
School Shooting in Finland: Nine people have been killed and the gunman wounded after he opened fire at a vocational school in western Finland this morning. Chaos ensued after the hooded gunman entered the school and began firing with what appeared to be an automatic weapon. The superintendent of police says, ''The incident is over now." The gunman had posted video of himself on YouTube prior Read more
Russia announced yesterday that it plans to sell military equipment to Iran. If you're dying to know what Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has to say about the deal, he'd probably be willing to discuss it with John McCain and Barack Obama. Ahmadinejad has invited the presidential candidates to debate him on the world stage. Specifically, the Iranian leader would like to chat about global Read more
