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Son of late Shah still fighting to bring democracy, reform to Iran
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Voice of America
(Reza Pahlavi)
It has been 23 years since Islamic revolutionaries overthrew the Shah of Iran, replacing him with the Ayatollah Khomeini and declaring Iran an Islamic Republic. The son of the late
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'Maryam' puts human face on '79 hostage crisis
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The Boston Globe
An understated, moving domestic drama about an Iranian family in the United States during the 1979 hostage-taking crisis, ''Maryam'' is told through the eyes of a 16-year-old, Mary Armin (Mariam Parris), the only child of well-to-do parents who have created
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Ebrahim Yazdi willing to return from US for trial
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Iran Mania
Tehran -- Ebrahim Yazdi, head of the outlawed Iran Freedom Movement (IFM) and currently in the United States, is ready to turn himself in to the Iranian authorities for trial,
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Ayatollah's son flees to US; Yazdi to return
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Iran Reporter
The son of one of Iran’s most powerful conservative clerics, Ayatollah Abbas Vaez-Tabasi, has fled to the US to escape corruption charges, while the leader of a banned opposition party has decided to leave the safety of the US to face possible trial in Iran,
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Caspian environment struggles
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The New York Times
Bandar-e-Anzali, Iran -- The skiff nudged through a wall of reeds to confront the intruder: vast expanses of an aggressive aquatic weed that is sucking the life from a vital corner of the Caspian Sea.
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Iran: Official says establishment of ties with USA possible
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BBC Monitoring Service
Bushehr -- Head of the political-ideological unit of the Air Force of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran said: If our dignity, independence or territorial integrity are threatened, we will defend our principle values with all we have.
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President says Muslims can ward off Zionists through cooperation
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IRNA
Tehran -- President Mohammad Khatami said here Thursday that Muslim states can, through solidarity and cooperation, and without shooting even a bullet, make the Zionist regime of Israel stop its aggressions and honor the rights of the oppressed Palestinian nation.
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The "father Of The Nation" Zaher Shah returned to Kabol
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Iran Press Service
Kabul -- "This is the nicest day of my life", the former King of Afghanistan Mohammad Zaher Shah was quoted as having said as he stepped onto the soil of his homeland Thursday morning after 29 years exile in Italy, bringing hope for the restoration of peace,
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Afghan king searches for his new role
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The Christian Science Monitor
Kabul, Afghanistan, and Cairo – Afghanistan's former king ended a 29-year exile yesterday, arriving in the capital as flagbearers and costumed tribesmen danced in the streets. The crowd fought for a closer view of Mohammad Zahir Shah, a man many
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Afghan king home after 30-year exile
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The Scotsman
For nearly 30 years, Mohammad Zahir Shah enjoyed a genteel life of quiet comfort in a secluded villa outside Rome. Life may not have been exciting, but at least it was unlikely to be terminated abruptly and violently. However, yesterday,
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China's Jiang in Iran, Plays Tourist in Persepolis
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Reuters
(AP)
Persepolis, Iran -- Chinese President Jiang Zemin, on a sight-seeing break during a state visit to Iran, plunged into the heart of ancient Persian culture on Friday with a tour of the ruins of Persepolis.
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Judge rules Iran hostages can't receive compensation
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The New York Times
Washington -— A federal judge ruled today that despite winning a case last year against Iran, the Americans held there for 444 days beginning in 1979 cannot receive damages from Tehran because the agreement that freed them barred such lawsuits.
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Iran: Oil expert says embargo must be 'totally unanimous'
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BBC Monitoring Service
Mr Fazel Chalabi, a prominent expert on oil issues and the managing director of the Global Energy Research Centre, believes that if Islamic Oil Exporting Countries join together in a unanimous oil embargo against Western countries and
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Iranian envoy urges clear-cut definition on terrorism
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IRNA
Beijing -- Vice-Speaker of Majlis Mohsen Armin on
Wednesday called for a clear-cut and comprehensive definition of
terrorism and making a distinction between the nationalist
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Tehran wary of former king's return
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Gulf News
Having sent its own U.S.-backed royalty packing in the 1979 revolution, Iran gave a wary reception to the return of neighbouring Afghanistan's ex-king Zahir Shah yesterday.
Iranian media have been told not to refer to the frail 87-year-old former monarch as Shah, but rather Zahir Khan, a title conferring noble but not royal status, political analysts say.
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Lost, a disastrous policy
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The National Review
The idea that the Bush administration should restrain Israel from a full-frontal war on Palestinian terrorism has always been defensible as a theoretical matter. If it would actually buy Arab support for eventual action against Iraq, it would be a worthwhile tactical move in furtherance of an important strategic goal. Yes, it would be inconsistent (preventing Israel from acting on the Bush Doctrine the way ... more
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US finds strange bedfellows in UN vote on torture
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The Christian Science Monitor
A proposal including prison inspections is set for a vote today, but Washington says it conflicts with US law.
Paris – The United States has aligned itself with some of its fiercest and least democratic enemies in opposing efforts to strengthen an international treaty that outlaws torture, according to diplomatic sources.
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Transatlantic rift grows wider over 'axis of evil'
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AFP
Created by disputes over global warming and arms control, the rift between the United States and its European allies has grown wider, causing many Europeans to advocate distancing themselves from Washington, according to an opinion poll made public Wednesday.
The survey of 4,042 people in Britain, France, Germany and Italy as well as 1,362 Americans by the Pew Research Center found that many Europeans had serious misgivings about the US war on terror, its Middle East policy and its aggressive stance toward Iraq.
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Powell's trip leaves mostly doubts
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The Washington Post
U.S. Influence in Middle East Could Suffer From Mission's Limited Results
Cairo -- As Secretary of State Colin L. Powell ended his Middle East mission today, he left senior U.S. officials behind and suggested he will return before too long, signaling that the Bush administration plans to press on with its new involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
But Powell also left behind widespread doubts about how hard it will press. He departed Jerusalem after six days without the cease-fire he had been seeking and unable to secure a withdrawal of Israeli forces from West Bank
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