Iran urged to release reporter who covered mystery poisonings

AFP

March 8, 2023

Leading media rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday urged Iran to release a journalist arrested after closely covering a spate of mystery poisonings of schoolgirls, saying the detention appeared to be an attempt to silence him.

UN agency urges probe of schoolgirl poisonings in Iran

TheAssociated Press

March 8, 2023

The U.N. cultural agency has expressed concern about the suspected poisoning of thousands of schoolgirls across Iran and called for investigations

Teachers protest over suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings

JON GAMBRELL

March 7, 2023

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian teachers held protests in several cities on Tuesday over suspected poisonings targeting hundreds of schoolgirls. Security forces broke up several of the demonstrations using water cannons and tear gas, activists said.

داروهای خانگی

پیش از آنکه داروهای شیمیائی کشف و تولید شوند، داروهای خانگی مرسوم بودند. پدر پزشکی‌ ایران، ابن سینا، در کتاب قانون از عناصر طبیعی و فوائد آنها بطور مشروحی سخن میگوید. شاید ذکر این مطلب جالب باشد که این کتاب به مدت هفتصد سال در اروپا تدریس میشد و پس از انجیل، کتاب قانون ابن سینا پر انتشار‌ترین کتاب بوده است. همچنین جالب است بدانیم که کتاب پزشکی‌ او "قانون" نام گرفته، و کتاب دیگری در مورد قوانین فلسفه نوشته است که او این کتاب را "شفا" نامگذاری کرده است! این شاید به نظر یک شوخی‌ در نامگذاری باشد، ولی‌ می‌توان آنرا به عنوان قوانین سالم بودن در پزشکی‌ و شفای عقلی با در نظر داشتن اصول فلسفی‌ نیز تعبیر کرد. به هر صورت، چکیده‌ای از زندگی‌ و آثار (شامل بیش از صد کتاب در مورد پزشکی‌، فلسفه، تاریخ، موسیقی، ریاضیات، و علوم دیگر) این فیلسوف بزرگ ایرانی‌ را می‌توان در ویکیپدیای فارسی یافت.ا

Iran's concessions to IAEA largely hinge on future talks, Grossi says

REUTERS

March 6, 2023

Iran's concessions to UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi during his visit to Tehran this weekend depend to a large extent on future negotiations, Grossi conceded on Monday, walking back some comments he made upon his return.

Iran Needs to Believe America’s Threat

DennisRoss

March 5, 2023

While the international community was focused on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, inspectors from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), discovered uranium residue enriched to 84 percent in Iranian centrifuge cascades. Weapons-grade fissile material is typically characterized as uranium enriched to 90 percent, but it is worth recalling that the U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945 was a fission weapon enriched to an average of 80 percent. The Iranians may claim that they are not enriching beyond 60 percent, and that these are mere particles, but the discovery should set off alarm bells.

IAEA head Grossi visits Iran for nuclear talks

Maziar Motamedi

March 4, 2023

Tehran, Iran – The head of the global nuclear watchdog is holding talks in Tehran in an effort to reach an understanding with Iran on nuclear safeguard issues that could also affect the country’s 2015 nuclear deal, which collapsed in 2018.

 

Ukraine: The Violence Before the Violence

TedSnider

February 26, 2023

The violence in Ukraine is unimaginable. But before the violence, there was violence.

U.S., allies grapple with response to latest Iran nuclear revelation

PamelaFalk

March 3, 2023

United Nations — The U.S. and other global powers are grappling with how to respond to the recent discovery of uranium particles in Iran that were enriched up to almost 84% — very close to the purity required to make nuclear weapons. A team of inspectors from the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found the tiny amount of high enriched uranium at one of Iran's nuclear facilities during a scheduled visit and included it in their report.

What Are Iran's 'Dehlavieh' Missiles? Weapons Seized at Sea

EllieCook

March 2, 2023

U.S. and U.K. forces have confiscated a shipment of "Dehlavieh" anti-tank guided missiles, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

US mainland under threat as Iran pushes assassinations, kidnappings: report

BenjaminWeinthal

March 1, 2023

Amid the report that a top Iranian regime military official on Friday urged the murders of the ex-commander of the United States Central Command General Kenneth McKenzie, former President Trump, and former Secretary State of Mike Pompeo, a new report asserts that Iran is likely behind a "kill list" targeting law enforcement agencies in Boston.

Iran’s Islamic Republic is collapsing before our eyes

MichaelRubin

February 28, 2023

SULAYMANIYAH, Iraqi Kurdistan — Iran's currency is in free-fall, falling almost 10% over the weekend, breaking through the psychologically important half-million mark to more than 600,000 rials to the dollar. The plunging currency led the Tehran bazaar to close, an event that preceded the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Iran schoolgirls poisoned as "some people" seek to stop education for girls

CBS/AFP

February 27, 2023

An Iranian deputy minister on Sunday said "some people" were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom with the aim of shutting down education for girls, state media reported.

Protest in Berlin over arming Ukraine against Russia draws thousands

Reuters

February 25, 2023

A demonstration against supplying Ukraine with weapons for war with Russia attracted 10,000 people on Saturday, drawing criticism from top German government officials and a large police presence to maintain order.

Iran rial plunges to new lows amid unrest, international isolation

Reuters

February 26, 2023

Iran's currency fell to a record low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial market on Sunday, amid the country's increasing isolation over its disputed nuclear programme, human rights violations and the supply of drones to Russia.

What Ukraine Needs to Learn from Afghanistan

JeffereySachs

February 13, 2023

The greatest enemy of economic development is war. If the world slips further into global conflict, our economic hopes and our very survival could go up in flames. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock to a mere 90 seconds to midnight.

Iran paper urges kidnapping of German diplomats in Tehran

BENJAMINWEINTHAL

February 24, 2023

The news organization controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei urged on Wednesday that the Iranian authorities seize and prosecute German diplomats in Tehran in response to Berlin's expulsion of two Iranian diplomats.

Richard Wolff on the decline of the US empire and the denial of the US

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Renewed protests in Iran's restive southeast, mosque surrounded

REUTERS

February 24, 2023

Demonstrators marched in Iran's restive southeast on Friday amid reports on social media that security forces were surrounding a mosque at the center of weekly anti-government rallies.

Iran acknowledges accusation it enriched uranium to 84%

JONGAMBRELL

February 23, 2023

Iran on Thursday directly acknowledged an accusation attributed to international inspectors that it enriched uranium to 84% purity for the first time, which would put the Islamic Republic closer than ever to weapons-grade material.