Iran in the World Press 14 May 2010

Article relevance   Page 66   Bands on the run in Tehran The brilliant Iranian Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi takes filmgoers on a breathless, revelatory tour of contemporary Tehran in “ No One Knows About Persian Cats,” his lightly fictionalized account of that city’s vital underground music scene. Since...by Ann Hornaday hornadaya@washpost.com The Washington Post  |  14 May 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 31   Iraqi, Iranian troops trade fire on border Sulaimaniyah, Iraq — Iraqi border guards exchanged fire with Iranian troops along the two countries’ border on Thursday, the first major incident between the two since Iran took over a disputed oil well in December. An Iraqi officer was captured by...by Shwan Mohammed The Province  |  14 May 2010  |  Canada  Article relevance   Page 9   Iranian opposition sees warning in executions and sentences tehran — Iranian authorities are taking increasingly harsh measures to prevent protests marking the one-year anniversary of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed reelection, opposition leaders and analysts say, exacerbating political...by Thomas Erdbrink erdbrinkt@washpost.com The Washington Post  |  14 May 2010  |  USA  Article relevance   Page 8   Iraqi and Iranian forces clash Sulaimani yah, Ira q // Iraqi bor-der guards exchanged fire with Iranian troops on the border with Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region yesterday, the head of Iraq’s border forces in Sulaimaniyah province said. “Iranian forces thought that the border... The National - News  |  14 May 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 8   Afghans protest Iran executions JALALABAD, Afghani stan // Around 1,000 Afghans demonstrated yesterday against alleged ill-treatment and executions of some Afghan refugees by Iranian authorities on charges of drugsmuggling. The protesters threw eggs on the gate of Tehran’s consulate... The National - News  |  14 May 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 11   Iran to implement subsidy reform plan TEHRAN // Iran will start implementing a plan to cut hefty energy and food subsidies in the second half of 2010-11, the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said yesterday. He said that the reform would be the country’s “biggest economic plan in the... The National - News  |  14 May 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 6   2 leaders talked of Iran, Kremlin says MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday discussed Iran’s nuclear program and the need to look for “nonstandard” approaches to resolving problems in the Middle East, the Kremlin said. Their telephone... Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Weekend  |  14 May 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 9   U.S. cautions Turkey on easing Iran’s way about its nuclear program.” “There is nothing new and WASHINGTON — The nothing encouraging in Iran’s Obama administration moved recent statements,” he said. Thursday to head off a joint “... The burden is with Iran Turkish-Brazilian effort that and... Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Weekend  |  14 May 2010  |  USA  Article relevance   Page 9   Iraq attacks Iran’s Larak terminal 1988 In a daring long-range attack, Iraqi warplanes devastated shipping off Iran’s Larak Island terminal at the mouth of the Gulf, leaving four tankers ablaze and about 50 seamen missing, feared dead. The world’s largest tanker, the Liberian-flagged... Gulf News  |  14 May 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 8   Iran’s nuclear threat IRAN is focused on improving a growing arsenal of ballistic missiles but needs at least four more years to be able to target London, and more than a decade to threaten the east coast of the US, according to a report by the International Institute for...www.iiss.org The Australian  |  14 May 2010  |  Australia

Article relevance   Page 14   CHAVEZ SAYS WORLD SHOULD REDUCE PRESSURE ON IRAN CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday said the international community should ease up on Iran, which he said was “ not the biggest threat in the world.” “ They accuse Iran of making the atomic bomb. Why don’t those who make... Manila Times  |  14 May 2010  |  Philippines  Article relevance   Page 24   Insurers reject pressure to shun Iran Nearly 300 insurance companies licensed to do business in California have refused to comply with a state regulator’s request that they stop making new investments in corporations engaged in energy or defense-related work in Iran. The insurers,...Marc Lifsher Los Angeles Times  |  14 May 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 10   Iran sanctions now in view, thanks to two unlikely allies U.S. officials are quietly confident they are within striking distance of a long-sought agreement to impose new international economic sanctions on Iran. And for that they can thank, at least in part, North Korea and Iran itself. After months of fits...BY GERALD F. SEIB The Wall Street Journal Europe  |  14 May 2010  |  Belgium Article relevance   Page 23   Relying on a Joke HOW hopeless is the Obama administration’s quest for UN sanctions to stop Iran’s drive to build the bomb? Consider the ongoing failure of some longstanding UN resolutions. A plane on its way from North Korea to Iran made an emergency stop in Thailand...BENNY AVNI New York Post  |  14 May 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 9   INCREASED MOVEMENT OF AL-QAEDA IN IRAN LEAVES US WORRIED Al-Qaeda operatives who have been detained for years in Iran have been making their way quietly in and out of the country, raising the prospect that Iran is loosening its grip on the terror group so it can replenish its ranks, former and current US...ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington The Nation  |  14 May 2010  |  Thailand Article relevance   Page 11   Needed: A loud, persistent cry against Iran’s abuses Star Tribune  |  14 May 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 3   Moms of 3 U.S. hikers held in Iran get visas The mothers of three American hikers held in Iran said they collected their visas Wednesday and hope to travel to Tehran by early next week to visit their children in prison. Visas have been granted to Nora Shourd of Oakland, Laura Fattal of suburban... USA TODAY International Edition  |  14 May 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 6   Iran sanctions now in view, thanks to two unlikely allies Of course, being close to a deal isn’t the same as having one, and things could still go haywire. Most important, Iran is likely to make a last-minute play this weekend, via Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to head off a U.N. sanctions... The Wall Street Journal Asia  |  14 May 2010  |  China Article relevance   Page 3   Iran’s murky link to al Qaeda confounds CIA WASHINGTON — It’s one of the enduring mysteries of the war on terrorism: What will become of the al Qaeda leaders and operatives who fled into Iran after 9/11 and have been detained there for years? Their fate has long been a blind spot for U.S....By Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo San Francisco Chronicle  |  14 May 2010  |  USA

Article relevance   Page 7   Iran quietly frees al-Qaida prisoners WASHINGTON (AP) – AlQaida operatives who have been detained for years in Iran have been making their way quietly in and out of the country, raising the prospect that Iran is loosening its grip on the terrorist group so it can replenish its ranks,...• By ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO Jerusalem Post  |  14 May 2010  |  Israel Article relevance   Page 14   Iran and Iraq exchange border fire Iraqi border guards exchanged fire with Iranian troops along the two countries’ border yesterday, the first major incident between the two since Iran took over a disputed oil well in December. An Iraqi officer was captured by the Islamic Republic’s...(AFP) The Times, Malta  |  14 May 2010  |  Malta Article relevance   Page 14   Fighting proliferation with proliferation SAUDIS On the basis of a memo written by the US secretary of defense, The New York Times reported recently that “the United States does not have an effective long-range policy for dealing with Iran’s steady progress toward nuclear capability.” On the same... assisting the Afghani mujahidin. Therefore, should Saudi Arabia find itself in a sensitive security situation, it may well be that it would seek to capitalize on its investment in the Pakistani program. These two Sunni nations located on either side...• By YOEL GUZANSKY Reprinted with permission of the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University. The author is a research fellow at INSS. • Jerusalem Post  |  14 May 2010  |  Israel Article relevance   Page 11   When everyday citizens speak out, it’s harder for Tehran to assert that calls for human rights are masterminded by foreign governments. gion; because many ordinary Iranians want a more democratic government that respects human rights, and because what happens in Iran will affect the region and what happens in the region will affect theworld. As the international community focuses on... Star Tribune  |  14 May 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 1   Sanctions? What sanctions? Sanctions to target regime, not Iranians US Ambassador Jeffrey L Bleich revealed a growing rift between the Obama Administration and the US Congress, when he told the Capital Jewish Forum on Thursday that the White House was trying to come up with sanctions against Iran that would target the... AHRON SHAPIRO The Australian Jewish News Sydney edition  |  14 May 2010  |  Australia Article relevance   Page 7   ¿Llegan todos? El parte médico se fue armando durante el partido. Desábato iba a un cruce y, al ratito, la imagen lo tomaba tocándose el posterior izquierdo. Pérez se lanzaba en ataque con el último aliento y, volviendo, estiraba todos los músculos de la pierna.... Ole  |  14 May 2010  |  Argentina Article relevance   Page 1   KASPAROV’S NEMESIS The grandmaster of dissidence The world’s greatest chess player takes on his PM Garry Kasparov is – what else? – playing chess when I arrive at his Tel Aviv hotel suite. He drags himself away from the laptop and phone in the bedroom just long enough to let me in, says a quick hello while waving me vaguely toward a couch, and then... • By DAVID HOROVITZ Jerusalem Post  |  14 May 2010  |  Israel  Article relevance   Page 25   La polémica continúa Ole  |  14 May 2010  |  Argentina

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