An update for KRSI's greater Los Angeles listeners

Due to unforeseen circumstances KRSI's voice stream that was aired by Univision Radio and received by special radios within the greater Los Angeles area has been disrupted. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our listeners and are strongly pursuing this matter. Radio Sedaye Iran will update you of the results of our efforts in ... Read More

The Important Role Of Weeping In Iran's Domestic, Foreign Policy

Blogger "Kodan-e Ba Estedad" (Talented Moron) writes about the role of weeping in Iran's domestic and foreign policy. He has put together a number of examples from Iran's recent history. For the last century in Iran's history, weeping has had an important role in the country's domestic and foreign policies. Whether it was due to our historic ... Read More

Karrubi's Son Hails Revolutionary Guards' Denial Of House Siege

The son of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi says he is "happy" that Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has formally denied besieging Karrubi's home, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. The IRGC denied on September 5 that they and the hard-line volunteer Basij militia had besieged Karrubi's home in recent days. The ICRG said in a statement ... Read More

Release Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

The International Campaign for Human Right in Iran called for the immediate release of prominent human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was arrested at Evin prison on 4 September 2010, and for all charges against her to be dropped. Sotoudeh is a leading human rights lawyer widely respected for her efforts on behalf of juveniles facing the death ... Read More

Political Prisoners Denied Phone Calls, Told To Recant

A few hundred inmates at Tehran's Evin prison are reported to have been denied phone calls since 17 of them launched a hunger strike in late July, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. There are an estimated 200 political prisoners in Evin prison's Ward 350, many of them journalists, students, and civil activists who were arrested during the crackdown ... Read More

Lawyer: Woman facing stoning in Iran has been whipped‎

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Iran beats South Korea 1-0 in friendly‎

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Masoud Shojaei's first-half goal Tuesday gave Iran a 1-0 victory against South Korea in a friendly. The Osasuna striker scored in the 35th minute from the edge of the area after receiving a pass from Pejman Nouri following a mistake by South Korea defender Lee Young-pyo. South Korea was playing its second game since ... Read More

South Korea to Close Iranian Bank Branch

By EVAN RAMSTAD - SEOUL - South Korea will move to temporarily close the local branch of an Iranian bank as part of its effort to join United Nations sanctions over Iran's nuclear program, according to people familiar with the matter. But the move will likely disappoint U.S. officials, who praised stronger measures implemented by the European ... Read More

Iran accused by UN watchdog of hampering nuclear inspections

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog today accused Iran of hampering inspections of the country's nuclear programme, banning some inspectors and breaking UN seals on its uranium stockpile.

In its quarterly report on Iran's programme, the International Atomic Energy Agency repeatedly complained of Iran's failure to respond to its ... Read More

Bahrain hints at Iranian involvement in plot to overthrow government

Authorities in the island state, which serves as a US naval base, made the arrests during weeks of unrest in the run-up to a parliamentary election next month.
Officials said activists were members of "a terrorist network with international support" and were planning a campaign of "violence, intimidation and subversion".This sophisticated ... Read More

Japan Sanctions Iran

Japan has imposed new sanctions on Iran. The sanctions announced last Friday target Iran's energy and finance sectors as well as individuals and entities linked to Iran's nuclear activities. The sanctions are in line with those announced by the United Nations Security Council in June aimed at making the Islamic Republic's nuclear activities more ... Read More

Son: Iran woman who faced stoning to be lashed

An Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery is now facing a new punishment of 99 lashes because a British newspaper ran a picture of an unveiled woman mistakenly identified as her, the woman's son said Monday. There was no official confirmation of the new sentence. The son, Sajjad Qaderzadeh, 22, said he did not know ... Read More

Empress Farah Pahlavi: PRESS RELEASE TO AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE about preventing the stoning of Ms. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani

Her Majesty, Empress Farah Pahlavi has signed the petition against the stoning of Ms. Mohammadi Sakineh Ashtiani launched by The Review the Rules of the Game. The Empress Farah Pahlavi, who has always worked for the Defense of Human Rights and the Rights Women, would like especially to recall that beyond the tragic case of Mrs Mohammadi Sakineh ... Read More

Slaying The Dragon-Slayer: The Debate About Anti-Censorship Software In Iran

You can see why the media is interested in Austin Heap. His name sounds a bit like a 1970s rock band. He was playing video games at home when he decided to help the people of Iran with his anticensorship software Haystack. Hell, he even looks like a rock star. But now Heap has incurred the wrath of "Foreign Policy blogger Evgeny Morozov, who's ... Read More

Calls For Release Of Iranian Rights Activist Ahead Of Trial

There have been calls for the release of Iranian human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari, ahead of the scheduled start of her trial on September 4, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. Ahari has been held in Tehran's Evin prison since December 2009 on charges of waging war against God (moharebeh), endangering national security, and antistate propaganda. ... Read More

Stephen Hawking: God didn't create universe

God did not create the universe, world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book that aims to banish a divine creator from physics. Hawking says in his book "The Grand Design" that, given the existence of gravity, "the universe can and will create itself from nothing," according to an excerpt published Thursday in The Times of London. ... Read More

Karroubi's Home Attacked By Pro-Government Militiamen

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Those Who Hold Talks With Israel Are 'Very Stupid'

REGIME doesn't seem to be too happy about the Middle East peace talks that have resumed in Washington, D.C. - Mahmud Ahmadinejad has dismissed the talks, while the Iranian Foreign Ministry has described them as futile. Today, the head of Iran's Basij force, General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, was quoted as saying that those who hold talks with Israel are ... Read More

Cheerleaders cover up and regime officials turn their heads away at Iran-US basketball game

The United States, including Lakers star Lamar Odom, blew out Iran score-wise in the basketball game between the two teams in the FIBA World Championship in Istanbul on Wednesday with an 88-51 victory over the Islamic Republic. But Iran may have won a smaller victory. It may have prompted the otherwise lightly clad Ukrainian cheerleaders to dress ... Read More

EU urges China to cooperate in sanctions on Iran

The European Union said Thursday it expects China to support tough sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear program and not let its companies move into the Middle Eastern country's market as European companies pull out. China has vast energy needs and has large investments in Iran, leading to concerns that Chinese companies may try to set ... Read More