Zachary Keck,DC Foreign Policy Examiner Last Friday I wrote a post on Russia’s recent attempts to court North Korea and Iran. In the post I noted that the Kremlin’s strategy was already paying dividends as both regimes had indicated that they were interested in pursuing Moscow’s various initiatives.
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U.S. patent filed by scientific Advisor to Iran’s leader: Theft of intellectual property?
Dr. Vaez zadeh, Scientific Adviser to Iranian Leader A Professor at Tehran University and a scientific adviser to Iranian leader and President Ahmadinejad, Dr. Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh is among Iran’s highest ranking and most influential officials. Yet he has been accused by an Iranian inventor of intellectual property theft.
Target Syria, Iran together, lawmakers say
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) — Syria and Iran are “partners in crime” and should be targeted equally by direct sanctions from Washington, a U.S. lawmaker said.
Arab Spring Turns Up Heat on Iran
BEIRUT—Iran’s steadfast support for the Syrian regime has rapidly eroded Tehran’s credibility among Arabs, leaving the country with a foreign-policy dilemma as popular uprisings mount across the region.
Google users in Iran targeted in certificate scam
WASHINGTON (AFP)-A false Internet security certificate has been used in an apparent attempt to snoop on Google users in Iran, according to the Internet search giant and computer security firms.
Iran’s Wet Blankets Put a Damper on Water-Park Fun
Fearful of Facebook and Frolicking Youths, Regime Cracks Down on Squirt-Gun Fights Authorities in authoritarian Iran have determined the latest threat to the Islamic Republic: squirt guns.
Iran ‘discreetly aided Libyan rebels’
Iran “discreetly” provided humanitarian aid to Libyan rebels before the fall of Tripoli, Jam-e-Jam newspaper quoted Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Sunday as saying.
Rogue web certificate could have been used to attack Iran dissidents
Flaw could have let attackers steal passwords and data from apparently secure connections to Google sites such as Gmail Security analysts have warned that attackers could have exploited a faked web certificate to eavesdrop on Iranian dissidents using Google sites such as Gmail.
Iran won’t stop uranium enrichment program
Iran won’t stop uranium enrichment activities the U.N. has demanded it halt, the country’s nuclear chief said Monday.Iran says it needs stockpiles for a medical research reactor, and that the level of enrichment — up to 20 percent — is far below the more than 90 percent needed to build a nuclear weapon. But […]
Even Iran, Syria’s best friend, urges Assad to ease crackdown
The Christian Science Monitor – Iran implored Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to listen to the ‘legitimate demands’ of protesters, warning that a failure to do so could lead to the regime’s collapse and broader regional turmoil.