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Iran releases ex-official on bail in mass trial

Iran released a former vice president on a $700,000 bail Sunday after his lawyer said he had been sentenced to six years in prison in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the post-election unrest. Mohammad Ali Abtahi, who ...

From ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Taiwan News,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mohammad Ali Abtahi,  Mohammad Khatami,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Former Iranian vice-president to be jailed over election protests

A former vice-president has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the country's post-election unrest, official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. IRNA quoted the Tehran prosecutor, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, ...

From ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Globe and Mail,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mohammad Ali Abtahi,  Mohammad Khatami,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran ex-official gets 6 years in jail for protests

TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian court sentenced a former vice president to six years in jail as part of a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest after the disputed June presidential election, the defendant's lawyer said Sunday. ...

From ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mohammad Ali Abtahi,  Mohammad Khatami,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  Ali Khamenei

Iran to launch satellite on its own by late 2011

TEHRAN, Iran—Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to put it into orbit. The move reflected Tehran's frustration with the two countries as ...

From ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Boston Globe,  20 Nov 2009

Iran rejects UN-proposed nuclear deal

Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday said his country would not export its enriched uranium for further processing, effectively rejecting the latest U.N. plan aimed at preventing Tehran from building nuclear weapons. Instead Manochehr Mottaki ...

From ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Taiwan News,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Hillary Rodham Clinton

Iran rejects deal on sending uranium abroad

Iran will not ship its low-enriched uranium out of the country for processing, its foreign minister said Wednesday, once again rejecting a U.N. plan aimed at thwarting any attempt by Tehran to make nuclear weapons. Instead, Foreign Minister ...

From ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Taiwan News,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  United Nations,  US State Department,  Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton

Iran brushes aside UN nuclear deal

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday said his country would not export its enriched uranium for further processing, brushing aside the latest U.N. ...

From ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  United Nations,  US State Department,  Hillary Rodham Clinton

Reports: Iran ex-deputy minister jailed in Israel

TEHRAN, Iran—An Iranian former deputy defense minister who has been missing for nearly three years was abducted by Israeli agents and is now being held in Israel, several Iranian news Web sites reported Sunday. Ali Reza Asgari, a retired general who ...

From ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Boston Globe,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hezbollah

Iran condemns US mosque seizure

Published: 11/15/2009  5:53 AM Last Modified: 11/15/2009  5:53 AM TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Sunday denounced as 'disgraceful' U.S. moves to seize four mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a Muslim nonprofit organization suspected of Iranian ...

From ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Tulsa World,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Ali Larijani,  Alavi Foundation

Iran forms unit to go after opposition on Internet

Published: 11/14/2009  10:19 AM Last Modified: 11/14/2009  10:19 AM TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has formed a special unit to monitor Web sites and fight Internet crimes, in a clear attack on an opposition that relies almost exclusively on online means to ...

From ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Tulsa World,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ali Khamenei,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc

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