Mousavi: “I Do Not Trust the Guardian Council”
In response to Iran’s powerful Guardian Council’s proposal to set up a special body to…
Monthly Archives: June, 2009
Saeed Hajjarian is in Serious Condition
Nooshabeh Amiri nooshabehamiri(at)yahoo.com Following rumors that Saeed Hajjarian – pro-democracy advocate, editor and former advisor…
Protest Vote
More than a hundred Iranian reformists have been arrested in the turmoil following Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s…
The Sounds of Silence on Iran
Do you hear the silence from the Arab world over events in Iran? Let’s start…
No one will weaken this turbulent priest
The barrage of verbal attacks organized by the opposition against Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir is…
Murder of anti-Baitullah commander a major blow to army operation
. LAHORE: The June 23 murder of Qari Zainuddin Mehsud, a Pakistani Taliban commander and…
Lebanon may have missed going Iran’s way
Michel Aoun’s yawning emptiness was on display a few weeks before the parliamentary elections, when…
Iran’s ‘Election’: What Happened? What Does It Mean?
PolicyWatch #1537: Special Forum Report On On June 16, 2009, Mehdi Khalaji, Mohsen Sazegara, Patrick…
A preliminary list of detained reformists on Roozonline
Khatami’s Deputy and Advisor in Jail The house to house arrests that followed Monday’s massive…
Chirin Ebadi: Void the Elections or Risk Violence
On Monday, June 15, more than 1 million people marched in the streets of Tehran…
ISI may be hiding India’s Most Wanted fugitive militant
LAHORE: Denying that Maulana Masood Azhar, the founder of the pro-Kashmir jehadi group, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM),…
Should Obama Speak Out on Iran?
The New York Times convened an online panel of four Middle East experts to discuss…
Abdolkarim Lahidji: No Option Other than Annulling Election Results
Omid Memarian Abdolkarim Lahidji, vice president of the Paris-based International Federation of Human Rights Leagues…
American pressure on India work wonders for Pakistan
LAHORE: The American pressure on India to resume the stalled peace talks with Pakistan and…
Teheran University: Savage Attack on Student Dormitories
Dozens of Tehran University students were beaten and severely wounded, requiring hospitalization, following an attack…
Khamenei’s Coup
Large-scale manipulation of Friday’s presidential election in Iran was to be expected, but few could…
Makhmalbaf Talks With Rooz: Shout in Unison: There Has Been a Coup
THEHRAN a political coup By MUHAMMAD SAHIMI (TEHRAN 11P.M) In an interview, Mr. Mohsen Makhbalbaf,…
CIA chief belies Zardari, endorses Obama
LAHORE: The June 11 statement by the CIA Director Leon Panetta that al-Qaeda leader Osama…
Moroccan Elections Unlikely to Upset Status Quo
Although the world has been focused on the sensational politics in Lebanon and Iran, Morocco…
American Blackwater staffers targeted in Peshawar hotel attack
LAHORE: The Pakistani intelligence sleuths investigating the June 10, 2009 deadly suicide attack in Peshawar,…
The Voting Manipulation Industry in Iran
PolicyWatch #1530 With Iran’s presidential campaign culminating on June 12, all three challengers to incumbent…
Mesbah Yazdi’s Decree to Rig Votes
Following the discovery of a “Fatwa” (“religious decree”) issued by ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi which sanctions…
Obama on Islam pleases, but there are some lies and silences
An analysis of the US President’s speech by an expert on Islam and the Arab…
Pakistan extradites six Chinese militants to Beijing
LAHORE: Groaning under rising pressure from China, the Pakistani authorities have extradited to Beijing ten…
Leader of Sunni minority in Majlis expresses concern about Ahmadinejad’s Reelection
Saman Rasoulpour Rooz spoke with the leader of the Sunni minority faction in Iran’s national…
Hizballah Campaigns at Home, Exposed Abroad
As the Hizballah-led March 8 coalition campaigns ahead of Lebanon’s June 7 elections, the group…
Security Threats to Yemen Create Dilemma for United States
Many American political analysts think that the problem the new American administration faces in Yemen…
Lebanon’s opposition faces a hard climb
With three days left until Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, it’s difficult not to get caught up…
President Obama Speaks to the World’s Muslims: An Early Assessment
Combining the roles of bridge builder and strategist, President Barack Obama delivered a wide-ranging 55-minute…
Now Sikhs and Hindus in Khyber Agency to Pay protection money to Taliban
ISLAMABAD: The non-Muslim communities living in the Khyber Agency tribal area of Pakistan, including Sikhs,…
Lebanon Goes to the Polls: Last-Minute Surprises and Long-term Implications
On June 7, Lebanon goes to the polls to elect a new government. All told,…
Ahmadinejad’s rival talks Holocaust
One of Iran’s four presidential candidates, Mohsen Rezaei, clarifies his foreign policy agenda and his…
FORMER PRESIDENT OF IRAN INSULTS AZERBAIJANI MINORITY
VANCOUVER – Protests have erupted this week in three Iranian cities after former Iranian president…
Keep the Faith
When President Obama speaks to the world’s Muslims from Cairo this week, he’ll touch, again,…
Saudi Arabia Suffers Lack of Working Women as Oil Fluctuates
June 2 (Bloomberg) — Deep in the Arabian desert, hundreds of guests celebrate the birth…
Pakistani court orders Hafiz Saeed’s release despite his alleged al-Qaeda links
LAHORE: Rejecting the Pakistani government’s contention that Jamaatul Daawa (JuD) ameer Hafiz Mohammad Saeed had…
Fresh violence in Zahedan kills five
Five die as the Zahedan subsidiary of Mehr Financial and Credit institute goes up in…
House of the Leader: The Real Power in Iran
On June 3, Iran will mark the twentieth anniversary of Ali Khamenei’s appointment as the…
Jundullah activities a threat to Pak-Iran gas pipeline
LAHORE: The growing terrorist activities of the Pakistan-based anti-Shia militant organization called Jundullah or Soldiers…