Iran in the World Press 13 Jan 2010 #Iranelection

Iranian comic to star in ABC family sitcom Iranian-born comic Maz Jobrani will star in the ABC family sitcom pilot “Funny in Farsi.” Another Iranian native, Marjan Nehsat, will co-star in the project based on the memoir by Iranian-born author Firoozeh Dumas about growing up in Newport Beach, Calif., during the 1970s.  The China Post | 2010-01-12 | Taiwan | Page: 11 Iran to hold court session in French woman’s case An Iranian court will hold its last session on Saturday in the trial of a French teaching assistant arrested on spying charges after a disputed election in June, her lawyer was quoted as saying on Monday. “I hope (Clotilde Reiss) will be exonerated of the charges,” the semi-official Fars News Agency quoted lawyer Mohammad Ali Mahdavi-Sabet as saying. Reiss, who has been out of jail on bail and staying at the French embassy, was accused of taking part in a Western plot to destabilize the Iranian government after the June 12 vote in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected. The China Post | 2010-01-12 | Taiwan | Page: 2 As air travel becomes more of a hassle, some seek other options More than one-quar ter of American travelers now don’t think so, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds. The survey, taken Jan. 5-6, reveals that 27% of those who’ve flown round trip at least twice during the past year are more likely now than in the past to travel by car, train or another mode of transportation to avoid the inconveniences of flying. USA TODAY US Edition | 2010-01-12 | USA | Page: 2 The No. 1 killer in Afghanistan? Poverty. hether President Obama’s plan to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan will deny al-Qaeda a haven and turn the tide against the insurgency remains to be seen. But with all this focus on the military side of the war, it is important to remember that the No. 1 killer in Afghanistan isn’t alQaeda or the Taliban. Poverty causes more deaths of Afghan civilians annually than all the IEDs, suicide attacks and roadside bombs combined. USA TODAY US Edition | 2010-01-12 | USA | Page: 9 U.S., 5 nations plan meeting to discuss Iran’s nuke stance The U.S. and five other nations have tentatively agreed to meet this weekend to discuss what to do about Iran’s nuclear defiance of the U.N. Security Council, officials told the Associated Press on Monday. The meeting would bring together officials from the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. Officials from two of those countries said the meeting would likely be held in New York City on Saturday. USA TODAY US Edition | 2010-01-12 | USA | Page: 5 Sea crash: 11 still missing The search for 11 people missing after a vessel collision continued around the coast near Putian in east China’s Fujian province yesterday, the third day since the accident. “ We have 230 people involved in the search at sea and 500 people combing the sea and small islets,” said an officer surnamed Chen with the Putian Maritime Affairs Bureau.  China Daily | 2010-01-12 | China | Page: 5 Mysteriöser Mord an Atomforscher Am Boden liegt zerbrochenes Glas – Spuren der Detonation, die am Dienstag das Viertel Qeytariyeh im Norden der iranischen Hauptstadt Teheran erschüttert hat. Irans internationaler Fernsehsender Press-TV zeigt nicht nur die geborstenen Fensterscheiben und Trümmer. Auf den Bildern ist auch zu sehen, wie offenbar ein Leichensack abtransportiert wird. Das Opfer: Professor Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, Vortragender an der Universität Teheran und Atomwissenschaftler.  Die Presse | 2010-01-13 | Austria | Page: 5 MPs blame ex-official TEHRAN — Iranian Members of Parliament lifted a blanket of official denial on the country’s post-election upheaval on Sunday by blaming a senior regime insider for abuses that led to the deaths of at least three prisoners in a detention centre. In the first publicly documented admission that abuses occurred in the weeks after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election, Parliament identified Mr Saeed Mortazavi, Tehran’s former Chief Prosecutor, as the main culprit responsible for the scandal related to the Kahrizak facility. Today | 2010-01-12 | Singapore | Page: 22 Tehran N-facilities can be bombed: US general WASHINGTON — The United States has developed contingency plans to address Iran’s nuclear ambitions if negotiations falter between the Islamic republic and Western nations, a top US general said on Sunday. Without elaborating on the contingency plans, General David Petraeus, who heads the US Central Command that oversees the Middle East, the Gulf region and Central Asia, said it could be some time before Washington decides whether to execute them and that diplomatic efforts would continue in the meantime. Today | 2010-01-12 | Singapore | Page: 22 RIGHT VOICES DECLARE WAR ON OBAMA ONE quote hit home for me last week. It is typical of a certain kind of paranoid conservative subculture motivated by extreme antipathy to Barack Obama. Here’s the quote: ‘‘President Obama is leading an extreme, left-wing crusade to bankrupt America.’’ If you spend much time reading far-right and so-called Tea Party blogs, you will be familiar with this theme.  The Australian | 2010-01-13 | Australia | Page: 8 DEADLY BLAST LAYS BARE CIA’S VULNERABILITIES IN terms of loss of life, the bombing of the CIA base in Khost, Afghanistan, may be the most costly mistake in the agency’s history. So it’s important to look carefully for clues about how it happened, and lessons for the future. CIA veterans cite a series of warning signs that the agency wasn’t paying enough attention to the counter-intelligence threat posed by al-Qa’ida.  The Australian | 2010-01-13 | Australia | Page: 12 Nuke scientist assassinated in Tehran IRANIAN nuclear scientist Massoud and opposition supporter Ali Mohammadi was killed yesterday in a rare bomb attack in Tehran that the regime quickly blamed on the US and Israel. Professor Mohammadi, a lecturer at Tehran University, died when a bomb strapped to a motorcycle was triggered by remote control outside his home in the northern Tehran neighbourhood of Qeytariyeh.  The Australian | 2010-01-13 | Australia | Page: 10 Bomb kills Iranian nuclear scientist A NUCLEAR physics professor at Tehran University was killed today by a motorcycle bomb outside his home in Qeytariyeh, in Iran’s capital. Massoud Ali Mohammadi, 50, was leaving for work when the remotecontrolled bomb exploded. No one was arrested. It is not known whether he was connected to Iran’s nuclear programme. London Evening Standard (West End Final B) | 2010-01-12 | UK | Page: 23 Iran assassination A lecturer in nuclear science at Tehran University, Massoud Mohammadi, was killed when a remote-controlled bomb hidden on his motorcycle exploded near his home in Tehran yesterday, state-run media said, describing it as an assassination by ‘‘counterrevolutionary elements’’ . – AFP The Sydney Morning Herald | 2010-01-13 | Australia | Page: 10 Clinton to talk bases, security on Pacific swing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to the South Pacific this week, working to boost key US alliances while pressing Japan to resolve a damaging dispute over a critical US military base. Clinton’s nine-day trip will start in Hawaii — where she will meet Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Tuesday — and proceed to Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand, all of which have warm links with the Obama administration.  The Jakarta Post | 2010-01-12 | Indonesia | Page: 12 Israel and NATO: Between membership and partnership The idea of integrating Israel into NATO has frequently been advanced as bait to encourage the Jewish state to make the necessary concessions for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement. And some Israeli leaders — Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, for example — are convinced that joining NATO would act as a vital deterrent against Iran. But it is highly unlikely that Israel’s full integration into the Alliance is feasible from NATO’s standpoint.  The Jakarta Post | 2010-01-12 | Indonesia | Page: 7 Investigators Probe Landing Gear Failure American investigators were trying to determine why part of a United Airlines jetliner’s landing gear failed to deploy, forcing terrified passengers to crouch in their seats and brace for a crash before the pilot touched down safely despite scraping the jet’s belly on the runway. All 48 passengers and five crew members made it off the Airbus A319 plane, hustling through its exit doors and sliding down inflated emergency chutes once it came to a stop at the busy Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday. (Agencies) Shanghai Daily | 2010-01-12 | China | Page: 9 Sainz stretches overall lead in 8th stage TWO-TIME World Rally champion Carlos Sainz has stretched his overall lead in the Dakar Rally with a second-place finish behind Stephane Peterhansel in Sunday’s eighth stage from Antofagasta to Copiapo in the Atacama desert. In motorbikes, Chilean rider Contardo Lopez won the stage, but Cyril Despres stayed far in front in the overall standings by finishing fifth. China’s Baidu Web site defaced by same hackers of Twitter Hackers calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army briefly hijacked the home page of China’s top search engine, Baidu Inc, on Tuesday weeks after doing the same thing to Twitter.com. Media carried screenshots of Baidu’s home page showing a message: “This site has been hacked by Iranian Cyber Army” against a dark background and the flag of Iran. The group hacked popular microblogging Web site Twitter in December replacing Twitter’s home page with the same headline and an anti-American message. The China Post | 2010-01-13 | Taiwan | Page: 13 6-nation meeting on Iran being planned: officials The United States and five other countries have tentatively agreed to meet this weekend to discuss what to do about Iran’s nuclear defiance of the U.N. Security Council, officials told The Associated Press. The meeting would bring together political directors — who report directly to their foreign ministers — from the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. Officials from two of those countries said Monday the meeting would likely be held in New York City on Saturday.  The China Post | 2010-01-13 | Taiwan | Page: 2 U.S., Israel accused of killing nuke scientist Iranian nuclear scientist Massoud Ali Mohammadi was killed Tuesday in a rare bomb attack in Tehran, which the foreign ministry blamed on “mercenaries” in the pay of archfoes the United States and Israel. The killing comes amid an increasingly bitter standoff between Iran and world powers over Tehran’s controversial nuclear drive, which the West suspects is masking an atomic weapons program. The China Post | 2010-01-13 | Taiwan | Page: 2 Foreign Affairs minister renews demand for photojournalist’s body from Iran OTTAWA (The Canadian Press) — Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon denounced a former Tehran prosecutor Monday and renewed Canada’s six-year-old demand to have the body of slain Montreal photojournalist Zahra Kazemi repatriated from Iran. Cannon’s comments came in response to a recent Iranian parliamentary investigation that found exprosecutor Saeed Mortazavi responsible for the deaths of at least three protesters imprisoned after last summer’s disputed Iranian elections. Moose Jaw Times Herald | 2010-01-12 | Canada | Page: 7 Bomb kills Iranian nuclear scientist A NUCLEAR physics professor at Tehran University was killed today by a motorcycle bomb outside his home in Qeytariyeh, in Iran’s capital. Massoud Ali Mohammadi, 50, was leaving for work when the remotecontrolled bomb exploded. No one was arrested. It is not known whether he was connected to Iran’s nuclear programme. London Evening Standard (West End Final 1) | 2010-01-12 | UK | Page: 23 Iran nuclear scientist killed in blast TEHRAN—IRANIAN NUCLEAR scientist Massoud Ali Mohammadi was killed on Tuesday in a rare bomb attack in Tehran which state media quickly blamed on “counter-revolutionaries” and foreign powers. Mohammadi, a lecturer at Tehran university, died when a bomb strapped to a motorcycle was triggered by remote control outside his home in the northern Tehran neighborhood of Qeytariyeh, statemedia said.  Philippines Daily Inquirer | 2010-01-13 | Philippines | Page: 21 SilvesterlaufzurFlucht Kilometer im Laufschritt abspulten, kam der Rumäne nicht mehr bei Start und Ziel vorbei. DNF – „did not finish“ stand am Ende in der Ergebnisliste. Möglicherweise hatte Ilie P. einen Fluchthelfer, der ihn mitwarmer Kleidung versorgte. Er dürfte mittlerweile außer Landes sein. Dass der Häftling gefährlich oder gewalttätig sein könnte, bestreitetmanin derVollzugsdirektion: „Sonst wäre er ja nicht im gelockerten Vollzug gewesen.“ Bestätigt wird allerdings, dass der Rumäne in seinem Heimatland eine kriminelle Vorgeschichte hat.  Kleine Zeitung Steiermark | 2010-01-09 | Austria | Page: 21 Alter Hass oder neue Liebe? A m Ende des Jahrzehnts war plötzlich etwas Hoffnung in der Welt. Ein neuer (nicht weißer) US-Präsident war gewählt und reichte stellvertretend für den Westen der islamischen Welt die Hand. Es sah nach einem Aufbruch in eine neue Ära aus. Stattdessen geht Angst um im Westen – die Angst vor dem Islamismus. Denn weder der Machtnoch der Dekadenwechsel im christlichen Kalender hat die Bedrohungslage durch Islamisten verringert.  Kleine Zeitung Steiermark | 2010-01-08 | Austria | Page: 8 Prepare to pay more at the pump MOTORISTS can brace themselves for higher fuel prices this year. Econometrix economist Tony Twine yesterday confirmed concerns among analysts that fuel prices are expected to soar in the near future. In the short term, the bitter cold in the northern hemisphere is expected to increase demand for oil – and hence push up the price. Twine disagreed with some analysts who expected the petrol prices to reach R10 a litre again, arguing that the strong rand buffered the pressure on the price. The Citizen | 2010-01-08 | South Africa | Page: 4 Five ‘enemies of God’ on trial TEHRAN – Iran will try five people arrested in connection with riots last month, the worst violence in the Islamic republic since protests erupted over the presidential election in June, the official news agency Irna said yesterday. The report, citing a statement by Tehran’s revolutionary court, did not identify the detainees or the date of their trials but the charge of “moharebeh” – an Islamic term meaning warring against God – carries the death sentence.  The Citizen | 2010-01-08 | South Africa | Page: 11 Security official Jones in Israel for talks WASHINGTON – US National Security Advisor Jim Jones is expected in Jerusalem Tuesday for talks with his counterpart and other top Israel officials. His visit comes at a time when the US is reviewing its engagement policy on Iran and looking toward further sanctions, which Israel favors, and as America makes a renewed push for Middle East peace. These issues, as well as defense and the regional pictures, are due to be key agenda items during his trip. • Hilary Leila Krieger Jerusalem Post | 2010-01-12 | Israel | Page: 9 Six-nation meeting on Iran being planned FENCE VIENNA (AP) – The US and five other countries have tentatively agreed to meet this weekend to discuss what to do about Iran’s nuclear defiance of the UN Security Council, officials said on Monday. The meeting would bring together political directors – who report directly to their foreign ministers – from the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. Officials from two of those countries said the meeting would likely be held in New York City on Saturday.  Jerusalem Post | 2010-01-12 | Israel | Page: 1 ‘Iran suspends nuke program for 2 months’ Teheran reportedly has suspended its nuclear enrichment program for two months. Iranian media reported on Monday that the suspension was a goodwill gesture toward Western powers that are trying to cut a deal with Iran to halt its nuclear program. The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency reported recently that Iran had slowed down its nuclear centrifuges at its main nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz. It is not clear what caused the slowdown. •JTA Jerusalem Post | 2010-01-12 | Israel | Page: 4 Southern District top cop: Fence along Sinai border is vital to prevent smuggling IRAN Few people welcomed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s announcement to construct a fence on the border with Egypt more than Southern District Police chief Cmdr. Yohanan Danino, who knows firsthand the consequences of having a de facto open frontier with Sinai. The Southern Police District shares 255 km. of border with Egypt, in addition to the 85 km. of the eastern border with Jordan, and has formed an elite unit called Magen (“shield’) to disrupt the predominantly Beduin-run smuggling networks responsible for bringing in terrorists, prostitutes, illegal foreign workers and drugs.  Jerusalem Post | 2010-01-12 | Israel | Page: 1 Newspaper Page The News: Iran has quietly been hiding a large part of its nuclear program in networks of tunnels and bunkers across the country, making the facilities much harder for the West to keep track of – or potentially, to attack from the air, it was reported last week. Behind the News: Iran has a long history of skill at tunneling, and its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was an engineer and tunnel expert before entering politics. To keep Iran’s nuclear facilities from slipping out of its reach, the Pentagon is racing to develop a 15-ton guided bomb called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator that is meant to break through tunnel defenses and destroy what is inside with a lethal blast of air. Jerusalem Post | 2010-01-12 | Israel | Page: 21 Insanity at sea IT is possible that one day Usain Bolt may find himself getting run over by a freight train. Not probable, of course, but it is within the realms of possibility. For such a scenario ever to befall the Olympic champion and world 100m and 200m record-holder, however, he would have to make a remarkable number of extremely poor decisions.  Geelong Advertiser | 2010-01-12 | Australia | Page: 13 Sanctions might be imposed on Iran’s ruling elite smarter way to do sanctions. But all that is yet to be decided upon.” Clinton spoke as officials from the six nations trying to persuade Iran to prove its nuclear intentions are peaceful said senior diplomats from the group were preparing to meet possibly later this week to discuss the way ahead, including potential new sanctions. She made her remarks as her plane stopped at Travis Air Force Base to refuel on the first leg of a trip taking her to Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. For information on Clinton’s speech today in Honolulu, which is not open to the public, see Page 5. Honolulu Star-Bulletin | 2010-01-12 | USA | Page: 14 Los árbitros también hacen pretemporada en Ezeiza En el marco de la “reestructuración” encarada en el arbitraje argentino, desde hoy y durante 10 días, 88 árbitros harán una pretemporada en Ezeiza. De ellos, 19 son internacionales (10 jueces y 9 asistentes). Néstor Pittana estrenará su nuevo “status”, ya que reemplaza a Alejandro Sabino. Este último, además, está lesionado y no hará la parte física, pero asistirá a los talleres. Clarin | 2010-01-11 | Argentina | Page: 54 Un buen primer año de Obama Ya cerca del término de su primer año como presidente, Barack Obama ha dado un valiente paso al decidir aumentar la cantidad de tropas estadounidenses en Afganistán hasta llegar a más de 100.000. Los críticos a la izquierda señalan que la Guerra de Corea ahogó la presidencia de Harry Truman, del mismo modo como la Guerra de Vietnam definió la Presidencia de Lyndon Johnson.  Clarin | 2010-01-11 | Argentina | Page: 19 Crisis en Dubai deja a Abu Dhabi como el más influyente de los Emiratos No le sirvieron las islas artificiales, una ciudad en el desierto con réplicas de la torre Eiffel ni el mayor rascacielos del mundo. La crisis económica impactó tan fuerte en Dubai, uno de los siete Emiratos Árabes Unidos, que lo pusieron al límite de no poder cumplir con sus compromisos financieros . Sinembargo, su vecino Abu Dhabi salió en su rescate, otorgándole un préstamo de US$ 25 mil millones. La Tercera | 2010-01-09 | Chile | Page: 22 Security under the microscope Payment card companies will toughen security standards for consumers this year as they attempt to slow the growth in identity theft and other forms of payment fraud. Starting this month, all new Visa cards issued in Australia will feature smart chips to give higher security levels. Similar changes to Visa debit and prepaid cards will follow in 2011. Money | 2010-01-13 | --- | Page: 12 EU foreign minister defends CND past EUROPE: The new “fore ign m in is te r” fo r Europe, Cathy Ashton, today shrugged o f f attacks on her CND past and declared: “I am not ashamed of what I am, and who I have been.” She came under fire from Tory and UKIP Euro-MPs at a European Parliament hearing to confirm her in the job of High Representative for Foreign Affairs.  Evening Times | 2010-01-12 | UK | Page: 10 Conéctate a tu GPS interior Desde su nacimiento, las personas tienen un GPS interno que las conecta con aquellas verdades superiores a la existencia. Es un recurso que está en nuestras manos y es nuestra decisión conectarnos con él y permitir que sea nuestro guía. Gracias a este instrumento, podemos evaluar nuestra felicidad y bienestar, pues constituye el criterio que usamos al chequear la coherencia de nuestra conducta.  La Tercera | 2010-01-10 | Chile | Page: 57 Plan de reconversión de Chuqui a 2018 requerirá nueva estructura laboral Reconversión de Chuqui a 2018 obligará a disminuir su actual dotación de trabajadores En 2018 Chuquicamata tendrá el mayor cambio en sus más de 100 años de historia. Ese año está previsto el inicio de la explotación subterránea de la mina a rajo abierto más grande del mundo, un proyecto de US$ 1 . 900 millones de inversión, que constituye un desafío inédito en términos de ingeniería minera y la única forma de que el centenario yacimiento pueda seguir produciendo cobre.  La Tercera | 2010-01-10 | Chile | Page: 37 Persépolis Comúnmente se asocia a los filmes de animación con historias cargadas de personajes pintorescos, lúdicos, con historias de humor y dirigidas a los más pequeños. Pero el dibujo posee cualidades que lo hacen tan variado como cautivante. No debe extrañar entones q ue Persépolis (2007) desentrañe pasados oscuros y dramas infanto-juveniles como los vividos por la iran í Marjane.  La Tercera | 2010-01-10 | Chile | Page: 92 Garde krijgt steeds meer vat op Iran TEHERAN, 12 JAN. De Revolutionaire Garde is in korte tijd een van de grootste spelers in de Iraanse maatschappij geworden met groeiende controle over de economie, de binnenlandse politiek en de veiligheid. Dat zeggen analisten. Commandanten geven het in politieke toespraken ook toe. De afgelopen jaren heeft de paramilitaire organisatie een groot deel van de economie in haar greep gekregen met investeringen in duizenden bedrijven in verschillende sectoren, zeggen voor-en tegenstanders. NRC Handelsblad | 2010-01-12 | Netherlands | Page: 5 Bom doodt Iraanse nucleaire geleerde TEHERAN, 12 JAN. Een Iraanse hoogleraar nucleaire wetenschappen is vanochtend om het leven gekomen bij een bomaanslag in Teheran, zo melden Iraanse staatsmedia. Het Iraanse ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken zag aanwijzingen van Amerikaanse en Israëlische betrokkenheid. Professor Masoud Alimohammadi (50) doceerde aan de Universiteit van Teheran. Hij was ook verbonden aan de Atoomenergie Organisatie van Iran, die verantwoordelijk is voor het omstreden nucleaire programma.  NRC Handelsblad | 2010-01-12 | Netherlands | Page: 5 Yemen: ¿Otra caja de Pandora para Washington? Aciegas, en el mejor de los casos, por la humareda que envuelve aún al intento de atentado en el vuelo a Detroit, la Casa Blanca de Barack Obama y el propio presidente han intentado convencer sobre dos gruesos supuestos: el primero, que el país se enfrenta a un complejo clan del terror llamado Al Qaeda de la Península Arábiga o AQAP según sus siglas en inglés. Clarin | 2010-01-09 | Argentina | Page: 39 Professor: Iskold vinter kan bide sig fast Hvorfor er det så koldt, når alle taler om global opvarmning? Omtrent samtidig med, at det store klimatopmøde om global opvarmning blev indledt i København, begyndte den iskolde vinterkulde at trænge ned over det nordlige Europa og store dele af Nordamerika.  Jyllands-Posten | 2010-01-12 | Denmark | Page: 2 Globalt opsving uden om Danmark Det frie fald i den danske eksport ser ud til at være bremset, men det er også det pæneste, man kan sige om de tal for udenrigshandlen, som blev offentliggjort i går. »Der er fortsat intet, der tyder på, at dansk eksport for alvor er ved at koble sig på det spirende opsving i udlandet,» konkluderer Nordeas cheføkonom Helge Pedersen. Jyllands-Posten | 2010-01-12 | Denmark | Page: 44 Peaceful religion persecuted as Iran looks for scapegoats WHILE the Iranian Government struggles to contain its people’s growing demands for freedom and democracy, it is flailing around trying to deflect blame for the protests. Foreign media and other countries have been accused of encouraging unrest. But the regime is also turning on all-too-familiar scapegoats within its own borders. Followers of the Baha’i faith in Iran are again in the firing line. The Age | 2010-01-13 | Australia | Page: 13 Newspaper Page gungsindex der Christen ein. Dieser wird jährlich von dem internationalen Missions-und Hilfswerk „Open Doors“ erstellt. Aus dieser Reihung geht hervor: Insgesamt sind es 100 Millionen Christen in 50 Ländern, die unterschiedlich schwerer Verfolgung wegen ihres Glaubens ausgesetzt sind. In acht der zehn Länder mit der schlimmsten Christenverfolgung ist der Islam die vorherrschende Religion, erklärt Markus Rode, Leiter der Deutschland-Sektion des 1955 in den Niederlanden gegründeten Hilfswerks.  Kleine Zeitung Steiermark | 2010-01-10 | Austria | Page: 88 Ahmadinejad will Geld von Aliierten TEHERAN. Der iranische Präsident Mahmoud Ahmadine jad will die in seinem Landdurchden britisch-sowjetischen Einmarsch 1941 entstandenenSchädenprüfenlassenundeine Entschädigung dafür fordern. Der Iran habe stark unter der britischen und sowjetischen Invasion während des ZweitenWeltkriegs leiden müssen, obwohl er seineNeutralität erklärt habe. Deshalb befasse sich ein Team mit der Berechnung aller Schäden aus der damaligen Zeit, erklärteAhmadinejadimstaatlichenFernseheninTeheran.„DaswirdeineRechnung, die sie (die alliierten Mächte) der iranischen Nation zahlen müssen“, sagte der Präsident. Kleine Zeitung Steiermark | 2010-01-10 | Austria | Page: 14 Taleban ‘could be Jewish’ The ethnic group at the heart of the Taleban in Afghanistan and Pakistan may be descended from their Jewish enemy, according to researchers. Pashtuns could be one of the 10 ‘‘Lost Tribes of Israel’’, say experts at Mumbai’s National Institute of Immunohaematology. The Israeli government is funding a genetic study to establish if there is any proof of the link.  The New Zealand Herald | 2010-01-13 | New Zealand | Page: 13 Clinton: We need smarter sanctions HONOLULU — United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday the Obama Administration has concluded the best way to pressure Iran to come clean on its nuclear ambitions is to impose sanctions aimed at the country’s ruling elite. ‘‘It is clear that there is a relatively small group of decision-makers inside Iran,’’ she said on the first leg of a nineday trip across the Pacific which includes New Zealand. ‘‘They are in both political and commercial relationships, and if we can create a sanctions track that targets those who actually make the decisions, we think that is a smarter way to do sanctions. The New Zealand Herald | 2010-01-13 | New Zealand | Page: 12 Director breach punishable by jail AN AUCKLAND director whose company was used to hire a plane allegedly smuggling North Korean arms to Iran could face five years’ jail for supplying false information to the Companies Office, a legal expert says. Claims that New Zealand company registration processes were lax were rejected by Roger Wallis, a partner in law firm Chapman Tripp. Rules simply needed to be enforced, he said. ‘‘Our problem is not with company registration; it is that we are a bit behind on anti-moneylaundering legislation.’’ The Dominion Post | 2010-01-13 | New Zealand | Page: 5 Vistosos Otros de los que nos han alegrado la vista y el alma en la competición para seleccionar a los dos mexicanos que irán a la Copa Libertadores, sin el menor atisbo de vacilación, son los jugadores y entrenador del Puebla. Estos tipos no se cansan ni se aburren de sorprendernos, son una irrompible cofradía que cambia constantemente de elementos pero que la pócima que beben sus integrantes, sean nuevos o añejos, los mantiene intactos en lozanía e integridad. Record | 2010-01-12 | Mexico | Page: 32 Daisy’s cold clasp BERLIN: The Arctic freeze gripping Europe is so bad, forecasters have given the low pressure system responsible for conditions a name – Daisy. The weather depression unleashed blizzards in north Germany on Sunday, and forecasters warned of more to come yesterday, with heavy snow showers expected to spread southwards. The snowfall which has blanketed Britain for a week eased on Sunday, but the freezing conditions continued to cause extensive disruption to air travel.  The Courier Mail | 2010-01-12 | Australia | Page: 14 NZ company laws ‘may need to be tightened’ Lax company laws expose New Zealand to money laundering and terrorist financing and may need to be tightened, Parliament’s commerce select committee chairwoman, Lianne Dalziel, says. Her comments follow revelations that Auckland-registered SP Trading Ltd, of 369 Queen St, was used in an attempt to ship arms from North Korea to Iran. An international enforcement source warned yesterday the reputation of ‘‘New Zealand Inc’’ was now at risk.  Waikato Times | 2010-01-12 | New Zealand | Page: 11 Tehran prosecutor blamed for prison abuse AN IRANIAN parliamentary panel has found that Tehran’s prosecutor, an ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was responsible for the beating deaths of three jailed protesters last summer, state news agencies reported. The panel’s investigative report said prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi was responsible for violence against protesters in the notorious Kahrizak detention centre, where at least three young men, including the son of a senior former Revolutionary Guards commander, were killed.  The Age | 2010-01-12 | Australia | Page: 8 Who you lookin’ at? YEAH, SO I’m wearing a helmet, shoulder pads, ice skates and I’m carrying a curved stick. You’d better not assume I’m a hockey player. Even if I’m missing some teeth. Don’t jump to conclusions and make me angry. You wouldn’t want to make me angry. You do that and I’ll drop these gloves and sic the ACLU on you. It’s already objected to the Obama administration’s latest—and way late—brainstorm: Put passengers from 14 select countries through more screenings.  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Weekday | 2010-01-11 | USA | Page: 10 Elite force making Iran policy trickier TEHRAN, Iran — A major expansion in the role played by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps is giving the elite force new economic and political clout, but it could also complicate efforts by the United States and its allies to put pressure on the Iranian regime, American officials and outside analysts say. Commanders of the Revolutionary Guard say its growth represents a logical expansion for an organization that is not a military force but a popular movement that protects the ideals of the 1979 Islamic revolution and Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Weekday | 2010-01-11 | USA | Page: 1 Iran arrests ‘mournful mothers’ for protest TEHRAN – Iranian security forces arrested 30 “mournful mothers” protesting the death or disappearance of their children in post-election unrest, an opposition website said yesterday. Quoting w i t n e s s e s , said the women were rounded up in Laleh park on Saturday. “Around 12.30, we were in Laleh park and there were more than 100 police ... who were not allowing the mothers to sit on benches or gather in groups,” said an unidentified witness. “ There were about 70 mothers in the park and the security chased them out.  The Citizen | 2010-01-11 | South Africa | Page: 8 IRAN’S ELITE WOULD BE TARGET OF SANCTIONS Travis Air Force Base, Calif. – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday the Obama administration has concluded that the best way to pressure Iran to come clean on its nuclear ambitions is to impose sanctions aimed at the country’s ruling elite. “It is clear that there is a relatively small group of decisionmakers inside Iran,” she said. “They are in both political and commercial relationships, and if we can create a sanctions track that targets those who actually make the decisions, we think that is a smarter way to do sanctions. But all that is yet to be decided upon.” Ms. Clinton did not get specific about those inside Iran who might be targeted with new international sanctions, but her allusion to Iranian leaders with political and commercial ties suggested that she was referring to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The Globe and Mail (BC Edition) | 2010-01-12 | Canada | Page: 12 Iran five-year plan targets annual 8% growth Iran aims for an annual growth rate of close to 8 per cent until 2015 under a five-year plan that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presented to parliament, a government newspaper said yesterday. But Iran Daily said Mr. Ahmadinejad gave few figures to back up the 2010-2015 plan that he submitted Sunday.  The Globe and Mail (BC Edition) | 2010-01-12 | Canada | Page: 23 Drie Belgen in Iran nooit mishandeld De drie jonge Belgen die enkele maanden in Iran op beschuldiging van spionage werden vastgehouden, hebben de Belgische diplomatieke diensten bedankt voor hun inspanningen die leidden tot hun vrijlating. De drie keerden woensdag terug naar België. Ze werden nooit fysiek mishandeld in Iran. Twee van de drie mannen, de vrienden Vincent Boon-Falleur en Idesbald Van den Bosch kwamen op 29 augustus aan in Teheran.  Het Nieuwsblad | 2010-01-09 | Belgium | Page: 22 Ulkovallat pohtivat Iranille lisäpakotteita YK:n turvallisuusneuvoston pysyvät jäsenmaat ja Saksa kokoontuvat viikon lopulla pohtimaan lisäpakotteita Iranille. Asiasta kertoi Yhdysvaltain ulkoministeri Hillary Clinton maanantaina. Clintonin mukaan Yhdysvallat harkitsee pakotteita, jotka kohdistuisivat Iranin hallinnon poliittiseen ja taloudelliseen perustaan.  Kainuun Sanomat | 2010-01-12 | Finland | Page: 3 La minaccia del generale Petraeus: «L’Iran può essere bombardato» N

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