Iran in the World Press 25 Apr 2010

Article relevance   Page 1   Ahmadinejad looks for allies in Africa, Ahmadinejad seeks new partners in Africa KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Iran’s president is in Africa this week to build alliances to evade stronger UN sanctions for his country’s nuclear program, ease its international isolation and strengthen its economy. Both Zimbabwe and Uganda, the two... • By JOHN HEILPRIN Jerusalem Post  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Israel Article relevance   Page 1   Discontented Iranian officials provide wealth of intelligence Iranian Iran’s political turmoil has prompted a growing number of the country’s officials to defect or leak information to the West, creating a new flow of intelligence about its secretive nuclear program, U.S. officials said. The gains have complicated work... significant Iranian defector since Brig. Gen. Ali Reza Asgari, a former deputy defense minister and Revolutionary Guard Corps commander who switched sides during a 2007 trip to Turkey. by Joby Warrick and Greg Miller warrickj@washpost.com millergreg@washpost.com Staff researcher Julie Tate contributed to this report. The Washington Post Sunday  |  25 Apr 2010  |  USA  Article relevance   Page 2   Fed-up Iranians pass nuke data to West JOBY WARRICK AND GREG MILLER Iran’s political turmoil has prompted a growing number of the country’s officials to defect or leak information to the West, creating a new flow of intelligence about its secretive nuclear program, U.S. officials said The... Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Sunday  |  25 Apr 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 6   Ahmadinejad blasts Obama, seeks allies on sanctions KAMPALA: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Saturday the US leader would “suffer more” if new sanctions are imposed on Iran over its nuclear drive, as he sought Uganda’s help to block UN action. Ahmadinejad ridiculed President Barack Obama... Arab News  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Saudi Arabia Article relevance   Page 7   Security beefed up for Ahmadinejad’s visit NELSON BANYA and OWN CORRESPONDENT THERE were unprecedented security arrangements for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he visited Zimbabwe this week amid fears in the corridors of power in Harare that Israeli’s secret service Mossad could... Sunday Times of Johannesburg  |  25 Apr 2010  |  South Africa Article relevance   Page 1   IRGC: We can replace Western oil firms, Ahmadinejad calls Hormuz war games ‘ordinary’ TEHERAN (AP) – A senior officer in the Revolutionary Guard says the powerful military force is capable of filling a gap in Iran’s energy sector left by the withdrawal of large Western energy companies. Yadollah Javani told the ILNA news agency on... Jerusalem Post  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Israel Article relevance   Page 7   Ahmadinejad aims to attract allies in Africa Iran’s president is visiting Africa to build alliances to evade stronger UN sanctions for his country’s nuclear programme, ease its international isolation and strengthen its economy. Both Zimbabwe and Uganda, the two countries President Mahmoud...JOHN HEILPRIN AP Bangkok Post  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Thailand Article relevance   Page 44   Splits over visit by Ahmadinejad show difficulties of power sharing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, discovered the split personality of Zimbabwe’s government when he visited the country last week. There was a warm welcome at Harare airport from the president, Robert Mugabe, who hosted a state dinner in his...David Smith, Johannesburg The Observer  |  25 Apr 2010  |  UK Article relevance   Page 22   Ahmadinejad says UN sanctions illegal IRAN'S president has said proposed UN sanctions against the country's nuclear programme “lack legal validity”. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during a visit to Uganda yesterday that he would not accept sanctions which, he claimed, would hurt the... Sunday Independent (Ireland)  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Ireland Article relevance   Page 11   ‘Big one’ imminent, Tehran warned TEHRAN — Iran’s influential Shiite cler ics have a war ning: The countr y’s capital is about to be hit by a killer ear thquake, and millions will per ish. The reason for the coming apocalypse, the cler ics say, is simple: V ice has spread through...By Thomas Er dbrink The Columbus Dispatch  |  25 Apr 2010  |  USA

Article relevance   Page 9   Israel helped Iranian defect JERUSALEM – Israel helped an Iranian academic with links to the Islamic republic’s controversial nuclear programme to defect, army radio reported yesterday, citing a deputy minister. Ayoob Kara, deputy minister for development in the Negev and Galilee,... South China Morning Post  |  25 Apr 2010  |  China Article relevance   Page 61   Women in the shadows Nadia Shahram knew when she saw them that she had to ask questions — had to find out. They were young women, draped in flowing garb and veils, who lingered outside the shrines and public spaces of Tehran, the city of Shahram’s birth. She asked a...e-mail: cvogel@buffnews.com The Buffalo News  |  25 Apr 2010  |  USA  Article relevance   Page 1   The boldness of Iranian drug mules For full story, please log on to mstar.com.my Mingguan mStar is available with Sunday Star in KL, PJ, Shah Alam, Putrajaya and at all 7-eleven outlets in Klang Valley. Star (Malaysia)  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Malaysia  Article relevance   Page 2   Iranian nuclear scientist requests asylum in Israel Speaking at a cultural event in Ramat Gan on Saturday, Deputy Negev and Galilee Development Minister Ayoub Kara (Likud) said that an Iranian nuclear scientist had broken ranks with the Islamic regime and requested political asylum in Israel. While...• By ABE SELIG Jerusalem Post  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Israel Article relevance   Page 4   US and Austrian groups slam Vienna visit of Iranian FM and ‘Holocaust denier’ Mottaki BERLIN – The Austrian chapter of the European-based Stop the Bomb coalition is slated to protest the visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki to Vienna on Sunday. The meeting with Mottaki’s Austrian counterpart, Michael Spindelegger of the...• By BENNY WEINTHAL Jerusalem Post correspondent Jerusalem Post  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Israel  Article relevance   Page 51   Bahman Ghobadi on ‘Persian Cats’ Raising up the underground “I wanted to show you the real Tehran . . . full of tension, full of worry, about to explode.” Bahman Ghobadi sits down to lunch at Firefly, the tony, treethemed restaurant at Dupont Circle’s Hotel Madera, fiddling nervously with his mobile phone. The filmmaker, who the night before presented his new movie “No One Knows About Persian Cats” at... by Ann Hornaday The Washington Post Sunday  |  25 Apr 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 11   Tehran and Washington continue to play hardball on global energy map T HE chess board is spread out. Stakes are rising. Moves and counter moves, around the Iranian energy structure, are incessantly in the making. A cat and mouse game is on — and one needs only to connect the dots — to be able to see and comprehend the... Arab News  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Saudi Arabia Article relevance   Page 14   Tehran withdraws bid for UNseat United Nations (Reuters) Iran has withdrawn its bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council amid growing criticism of what one advocacy group said on Friday was Tehran’s “appalling human rights record”. The spokesman for the US mission to the United... Gulf News  |  25 Apr 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 1   Tehran says can withstand curbs 2 Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps has boasted it can fill the gap in the country’s energy sector left by Western oil firms pulling out in face of US sanctions while playing down impact of curbs on its arms. Revolutionary Guards say they can fill the gap in the country’s energy sector left by Western oil firms pulling out in the face of US sanctions TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps boasted yesterday that it can fill the gap in the country’s... Times of Oman  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Oman Article relevance   Page 1   Looking to ward off sanctions, Iran agrees to more IAEA oversight VIENNA (AP) – Iran has agreed to give the UN nuclear monitoring agency greater inspection and monitoring rights to a sensitive site where it is enriching uranium to higher levels, diplomats said on Friday. The move – indirectly confirmed by a senior... be happy” after being stonewalled for two months, said one of three diplomats. Ali Asghar Soltanieh, the chief Iranian envoy to the IAEA, indirectly confirmed the agreement, saying the two sides had “constructive talks” on the issue. Iran last year...• By GEORGE JAHN Jerusalem Post  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Israel

Article relevance   Page 3   Iran drops bid for UN Human Rights Council seat Iran has dropped its bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, diplomats said on Friday. Javed Faizal, a member of Maldives’ UN Mission, said that Iran announced its decision at a meeting of the Asia group, which was preparing its slate of... Jerusalem Post  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Israel  Article relevance   Page 6   IRAN AMNESTIES 110 ‘TERRORISTS’ TEHRAN: Iran has amnestied 110 “ terrorists” since it captured the leader of a Sunni insurgency in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province in February, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. Provincial governor Ali Mohammad Azad said 300... Manila Times  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Philippines Article relevance   Page 33   Report: 110 terrorists amnestied in Iran TEHERAN: Iran has amnestied 110 “terrorists” since it captured the leader of a Sunni insurgency in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province in February, the IRNA news agency reported yesterday. Provincial governor Ali Mohammad Azad said 300 militants... Star (Malaysia)  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Malaysia Article relevance   Page 38   Iran pulls out from UN bid NEW YORK: Iran has withdrawn its bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council amid growing criticism of what one advocacy group said was Teheran’s “appalling human rights record.” The spokesman for the US mission to the United Nations, Mark Kornblau,... Star (Malaysia)  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Malaysia Article relevance   Page 35   Iran pardons 110 ‘ terrorists’ who expressed regret Iran has amnestied 110 “ terrorists” since it captured the leader of a Sunni insurgency in February, the official Irna news agency reported. Provincial Governor Ali Mohammad Azad said 300 militants had “ expressed regret” for their actions. Emirates Business 24 for 7  |  25 Apr 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 60   Iran wants $300,000 in British Museum row Iran wants $300,000 in compensation from the British Museum over its failure to lend the Islamic Republic an ancient Persian treasure , state television reported. The dispute over the so-called Cyrus Cylinder, named after the Persian ruler’s sixth... The Sunday Times, Malta  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Malta  Article relevance   Page 28   Pressure Iran, but be cautious OTTAWA — Canada and the world’s democracies must put more pressure on Iran to end human rights abuses, but should refrain from military attacks or economic sanctions, says an Iranian Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Human rights activist and l awyer Dr....KATHLEEN HARRIS Sunday Sun  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Canada  Article relevance   Page 1   WIN End earthquakes with prayer, Iran worshippers told TEHRAN, Iran — A prominent hard-line cleric is urging Iranians to give alms and pray for forgiveness to prevent earthquakes a week after another prayer leader said promiscuous women were to blame for Iran’s seismic instability. Hours after making the... — The Associated Press Edmonton Sun  |  25 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 33   Fogh Rasmussen tager fejl af Iran EN JOBANSØGNING indeholder sædvanligvis informationer om uddannelse, tidligere job og andre kvalifikationer, der øger ens chancer for ansættelse. Nu til dags er det blandt visse vestlige politikere blev

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