http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/iranians/ en-us Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:57:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399808/posts His first impulse was to dismiss the ominous email as a prank, says a young Iranian-American named Koosha. It warned the 29-year-old engineering student that his relatives in Tehran would be harmed if he didn't stop criticizing Iran on Facebook. Two days later, his mom called. Security agents had arrested his father in his home in Tehran and threatened him by saying his son could no longer safely return to Iran. "When they arrested my father, I realized the email was no joke," said Koosha, who asked that his full name not be used. Tehran's leadership faces its biggest crisis... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399808/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:57:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346240/posts Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has labeled the Iran regime as “weaker than people think” and that is susceptible to international pressure. Speaking with Wolf Blitzer of CNN, the Prime Minister said, “The Iranian people detest this regime, as has been plainly evident in the recent election fraud. But, equally, I think that Iran is susceptible because its economy is susceptible. And the time for pressure is now, with or without talks.” Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346240/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:16:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344941/posts When a tyrannical regime dies, you can see the symptoms in the little things. Late Friday afternoon, after millions (yes, millions–this according to Le Monde, France 2, and L’Express, with the BBC saying that the demonstrations were bigger than those at the time of the Revolution) of Greens mobbed the streets and squares of more than thirty towns and cities to call for the end of the regime, there was a soccer game in Azadi Stadium in Tehran. It holds about a hundred thousand fans, and it was full of men wearing green and carrying green balloons. When state-run tv... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344941/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:44:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342470/posts TEHRAN — Gunmen shot dead a prominent Iranian cleric on Thursday in the northwest province of Kurdistan, the official IRNA news agency reported, in the latest attack to shake the region. Mullah Mohammed Sheikh Olislam, who represents the province in Iran's top clerical body the Assembly of Experts, was shot twice in the head by unknown attackers at a mosque in Sanandaj, Kurdistan's main city. Google /AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342470/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:00:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325355/posts A wealthy investment banker and prominent fundraiser for President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats was arrested Tuesday on charges he lied to get a $74 million business loan that -- once confronted by authorities -- he hastily repaid. Prosecutors accused Hassan Nemazee of giving Citibank documents showing he owned millions of dollars in collateral. They said the documents were "fraudulent and forged." A Clinton spokesman didn't immediately return an e-mail message seeking comment. The chairman and chief executive of Manhattan-based Nemazee Capital Corp. served as national finance chairman for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2008, and later... Associated Press via Law.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325355/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:44:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324420/posts Hassan Nemazee, a multimillionaire Iranian-American investment banker and top Democratic Party fundraiser, was arrested today by federal law enforcement authorities in New York City and charged with engaging in criminal fraud for his role in arranging a $74 million dollar loan from Citibank, Bloomberg reported. U.S. Attorney Prett Bharara in New York City and FBI investigators told Dow Jones Newswires the 59-year-old Namazee applied for the Citibank loans for Nemazee Capital Corp. by giving Citibank "numerous documents that purported to establish the existence of accounts in Nemazee's name at various financial institutions containing many hundreds of millions of dollars." According... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2324420/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:16:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308936/posts It's a red letter day in contemporary US history. Joe Biden is right for the first time in his adult life. He predicted that zero would be tested in his first six months in office and, yepper, it's happening. So, let's look at the test results. We've got russian nuclear submarines off our coast. I don't remember the last time that that happened, but don't worry, they're probably just fishing. We've got NKs kidnapping American lefty reporters and putting them in gulags. Let's face it, they wouldn't be working for algore if they were not on the far left and... just some thoughts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308936/posts#comment Wed, 5 Aug 2009 19:18:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297244/posts Another Iran Video: Iranian Friday leader aligned with the hard-line regime directing crowd to chant "down with U.S.", Iranian people defiantly respond "Down with dictator", "Down with Russia". Iranian people have blamed Russia for its support of Ahmadinejad/Khamenei. Link here Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297244/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:43:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2294855/posts Another eyewitness account, emailed to us from a very close friend. Made my way down the west side of Laleh Park, large crowd was gathered around a radio listening to Rafi give the sermons, moved down to Keshavarz Blvd, where people had already started to taunt the bassijis who look like teenagers with Darth Vader helmets that was one size too big for them. The main slogans were “Baradar’e basiji chera Baradr Koshi” (”Brother basiji, why do you kill your brother?”, the speaker after Rafi was urging people to shout “death to America” and “death to Israel” people responded in... NIAC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2294855/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:47:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287779/posts Tear gas was still wafting through the streets of Tehran when, at a June 23 White House press conference, The Huffington Post's Nico Pitney conveyed an Iranian's question to President Obama: "Under which conditions would you accept the election of [Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad? And if you do accept it without any significant changes in the conditions there, isn't that a betrayal of what the demonstrators there are working towards?" Obama avoided a direct answer, saying only that the Iranian government should "recognize that there is a peaceful path that will lead to stability and legitimacy and prosperity," and expressing hope that... MichaelRubin.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287779/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2009 02:49:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276904/posts Demonstrations in the wake of Iran's presidential election are a sign that country's dissidents want the U.S. to get involved in the disputed contest, Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) asserted Monday. Bond, the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, pushed back against President Obama's claim that the election is not a U.S. issue, and urged the administration to speak out more forcefully in favor of Iranian dissidents."We didn't have anything to do with this uprising; we're not trying to tell them who they should select," Bond said on CNBC Monday morning. "But when they have such obvious election fraud and... The Hill - Briefing Room Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276904/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:50:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714040/posts BELGIAN POLICE ARE HOLDING IRANIAN WHO SAYS WAS INVOLVED IN PLOT TO BOMB PASSENGER PLANE IN BELGIUM -PROSECUTORS Reuters (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1714040/posts#comment Thu, 5 Oct 2006 08:17:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2267826/posts SNIPPET: "The survey was conducted by KA Europe SPRL, a privately owned research company. Telephone interviews, conducted in Farsi, involved a random sample of 1,001 adult Iranians from May 11-20. The poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. The company says more than 90 percent of Iranians have landline telephones." (AP) via CNSNEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2267826/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 08:43:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201745/posts (IsraelNN.com) Iranian protestors threw a show at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he was riding to speak in a presidential campaign speech, according to Iranian blogs. His convoy sped away from the scene, but supporters of Ahmadinejad called the report a false rumor. Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201745/posts#comment Sun, 8 Mar 2009 05:18:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164220/posts (IsraelNN.com) The following is Part II of an interview Israel National News conducted in recent days with Amil Imani, an Iranian-born pro-democracy activist currently living in North America. The discussion focused on an effort to understand Iran at this critical time in history. INN: What do you think would be the reaction of Iranians to an Israeli attack to take out the nuclear sites in Iran? The mullahs are highly vulnerable, given the ruin they have visited upon Iran and their stone-age discriminatory practices. Imani: It would be a mixed reaction outcome which would not be easy to envisage. Some... Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164220/posts#comment Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:48:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044205/posts As fears grow over Iran secretly developing nuclear weapons, U.S. counterintelligence officials are keeping a close eye on scientists from Iran and other Muslim nations working at the U.S. nuclear weapons laboratories, WND has learned. The Energy Department recently revoked the security clearance of an Egyptian-born nuclear physicist because he was suspected of "conflicting allegiances." Last year, DOE and FBI agents began questioning Moniem El-Ganayni, who worked on the side as a Muslim prison chaplain. worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044205/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:02:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888136/posts U.S. troops release Iranians detained in Iraq Military hands 7 over to Iraqi authorities hours after their apprehension BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops released seven Iranians early Wednesday, hours after detaining them at a central Baghdad hotel, an Iranian embassy official said. The Iranian diplomat, who refused to give his name, told The Associated Press that one of those released contacted the embassy Wednesday morning to say that they have been handed over to Iraqi authorities. American troops raided Baghdad’s Sheraton Ishtar hotel and took away a group of about 10 people late Tuesday. The diplomat said the seven Iranians... msnbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888136/posts#comment Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:55:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857241/posts BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iranian operatives are training fighters in Iraq and helping to plan attacks there despite diplomatic pressure on Tehran to halt such interference, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. The latest accusation leveled against Iran by the U.S. military followed rare diplomatic talks in Baghdad last month between the two old adversaries to discuss Washington's concerns in Iraq. "There absolutely is evidence of Iranian operatives holding weapons, training fighters, providing resources, helping plan operations, resourcing secret cells that is destabilizing Iraq," said military spokesman Brigadier-General Kevin Bergner. "We would like very much to see some action on their part... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857241/posts#comment Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:37:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855804/posts ~~~snip~~~ The capture of the British sailors raised several questions. For example, why wasn't their ship, the HMS Cornwall, within range of their operation, so as to provide cover for the rubber inflatable boats (RIBs) from which the boarding teams were operating? Why did the British helicopter tasked with loitering over the RIBs during the boarding operation leave its station? Why did fourteen armed British fighting men, and one woman, simply give in, and decide, in the words of Royal Marine Captain Chris Air, that "fighting back was simply not an option?" Most of all, though, the question raised by... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855804/posts#comment Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:26:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834126/posts TEHRAN, Iran (AP) A group of Iranian lawmakers wants to create a "friendship committee" that would open contacts with the U.S. Congress - an unprecedented attempt to build ties at a time when Iran's hard-line leadership also appears willing to talk with the country's No. 1 enemy. Proponents hope the effort, for which they were gathering petition signatures Tuesday, will be condoned by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say in national matters. Contacts between the countries have long been taboo, a status enforced by Iran's top leadership - made up of Shiite clerics - since the... Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834126/posts#comment Tue, 15 May 2007 22:09:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813480/posts Tehran's release of 15 Britons may have been a gift, as its president claims, but the standoff is a gift for the captors: The incident pushes oil prices higher and brings the Iranians millions in additional revenue. So, what did Iran get out of holding on to 15 British sailors and marines for some 10 days? A lot of attention from the West, that's for sure -- and possibly an extra $167 million in oil revenue. No, there wasn't a ransom paid, but the standoff did push the price of crude oil abruptly higher around the world. msn money http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813480/posts#comment Sat, 7 Apr 2007 05:08:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777866/posts A Palestinian source has said that the Iranian general nabbed in Gaza by Palestinian security officers supervised the manufacturing weapons and explosives for Hamas. The source told Ynet on Friday that the expert was in charge of several labs in the university, mainly chemistry labs in which he instructed Hamas activists, most of them women, manufacturing the explosives. At least five Iranian citizens were arrested during a raid at the Islamic University, a Hamas stronghold in Gaza City. One of the Iranians committed suicide during the raid. Six to nine Palestinians were killed in the raid, sources said. The raid... Ynet News, AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777866/posts#comment Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:37:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777864/posts Palestinian security arrested seven Iranian citizens during a raid at the Islamic University, a Hamas stronghold in Gaza City, a security official said, and another committed suicide during the raid. The raid came during a large-scale assault by Fatah-affiliated gunmen on the university. A Hamas official denied the claim and said there were no Iranian citizens at the university. The raid came at the end of a day of clashes that collapsed a three-day truce between the warring factions. Iran has supplied Hamas with funds, but there have been no previous claims of Iranians working with Hamas in Gaza. Ireland Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777864/posts#comment Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:30:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767698/posts Iranians 'trained Shia militants' By Damien McElroy Last Updated: 12:38am GMT 15/01/2007 Tensions between Washington and Teheran deepened yesterday after the American military accused five Iranians detained by its forces in Iraq of helping to supply cash, weapons and training to Shia militias on behalf of the Iranian regime. Iran rejected the claims of collusion with Iraq's Shia Muslim militants and demanded the release of the officials, who were stationed at a liaison office in Irbil, the capital of Kurdish northern Iraq. Condoleezza Rice: America would no longer tolerate Teheran's support for armed groups in Iraq A statement from the... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767698/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:54:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1759603/posts WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, 2006 – Several Iranian nationals were detained in recent coalition raids conducted in Iraq’s capital city, a senior U.S. military officer said in Baghdad today. Two Iranians were among eight other suspects detained during a coalition raid at a Baghdad site Dec. 21, Army Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, Multinational Force Iraq spokesman, told reporters. The early-morning operation was based on intelligence information, Caldwell said, noting documents, maps, photographs, and videos were also confiscated. “Debriefings of these detainees and investigation of the seized materials have yielded intelligence that link perhaps some of them to some... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1759603/posts#comment Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:35:40 GMT