Is it just sabre-rattling or should we worry about the war of words between Washington and Tehran? François Picard’s panel argues over the impact of sanctions both on the regime and ordinary Iranians.
Is it just sabre-rattling or should we worry about the war of words between Washington and Tehran? François Picard’s panel argues over the impact of sanctions both on the regime and ordinary Iranians.
Iran on Monday hanged two activists who took part in mass protests against the June 2009 election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which protesters said was rigged. They are the first to be executed for their roles in the demonstrations.
President Barack Obama has ordered sanctions against eight senior Iranian officials for alleged human rights abuses during a crackdown that followed the disputed election of 2009, when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected.
With more aid flotillas headed for Gaza, we take a look at the activists and associations organizing them. And ask, who are the people and associations aboard these convoys? In Iraq, the US pull-out is picking up speed. And soldiers are leaving many American goods behind. Small items that are finding a second life on the black market. And it's a sign of hope in the West Bank: a new radio station run by women, for other women. It's called Radio Nisaa.
Saturday marks one year since the disputed re-election of Iran's hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday, whose return to power sparked widespread protests followed by a brutal crackdown that seems to have surpressed the opposition.
US President Barack Obama urged the world to support the Iranian people in their fight for "freedom, justice and dignity" in a statement on Thursday, on the eve of the first anniversary of the violent demonstrations triggered by disputed elections.
An Iranian agent sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a former Iranian prime minister outside Paris in 1991 is set for a parole hearing on Tuesday. The ruling comes as Paris is seeking the release of a French academic detained in Iran.
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last Shah, called on his compatriots to "refuse to cooperate with the regime" and develop a grassroots political transition movement based on "civil disobedience".
