The New Dark Age

Move quickly on Iran sanctions
Boston Globe
THE OBAMA administration has been pushing hard for tougher UN Security
Council sanctions on Iran, while Congress has been hammering out its own
list of …
www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2010/04/05/move_quickly_on_iran_sanctions/

Former aide to Iran’s Rafsanjani back in jail
AFP
TEHRAN — A top Iranian reformist close to ex-president Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani is back in jail to serve a one-year sentence, government
newspaper Iran said …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hPpkin0kvtDu5o-67D1IljjOyPsw

Blast rocks Iran embassy in Baghdad
Tehran Times
BAGHDAD – In a suicide terrorist attack, in front of Iran’s embassy in
Baghdad on Sunday, 19 people were killed and many more injured. …
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=216544

Iran inflation 10.4 pct yr on yr in March – report
Reuters
TEHRAN, April 5 (Reuters) – Iran’s inflation continued its recent upward
trend in March, reaching 10.4 percent year-on-year, the official IRNA news
agency …
www.reuters.com/article/idUSHAF52404520100405

US fears Iran could use powerboat as a weapon
Washington Post
(Associated Press) Despite the Obama administration’s efforts to stop it
from falling into the hands of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the Bradstone
…
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/04/AR2010040402889.html

Iran Set to Reduce Heavy-Oil Prices for Asia After Saudi Cuts
BusinessWeek
By Yee Kai Pin April 5 (Bloomberg) — National Iranian Oil Co. is set to
cut official selling prices for heavier grades of crude supplied to Asian
refiners …
www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-05/iran-set-to-reduce-heavy-oil-prices-for-asia-after-saudi-cuts.html

China is seen as unwilling to turn its back on Iran.
Wall Street Journal
China have a huge trade and business ties with Iran . China views Iran as a
crucial partner in helping to achieve energy independence. …
online.wsj.com/community/groups/google-coca-cola-835/topics/china-seen-unwilling-turn-its

Iran’s Ahmadinejad Rejects Obama’s Overtures
The Epoch Times
(Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images) Two weeks after President Obama renewed
diplomatic overtures toward Iran to mark the country’s new year, Iranian
president, …
www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/32728/

White House: Iran not why currency report delayed
Atlanta Journal Constitution
… connection between delaying a report on China’s currency policies and
seeking China’s cooperation on new penalties against Iran for its nuclear
program. …
www.ajc.com/business/white-house-iran-not-432387.html

Ahmadinejad of Iran taunts Israel as vulnerable
Examiner.com
While inaugurating the Mideast’s biggest iron palletizing factory, Iran’s
President Ahmadinejad warned Israel not to renew combat in Gaza. …
www.examiner.com/x-7095-NY-Israel-Conflict-Examiner~y2010m4d4-Ahmadinejad-of-Iran-taunts-Israel-as-vulnerable

Summers: China Currency Report Not Tied to Iran – Political Punch
By ABCNews.com
National Economic Council Director Larry Summers flatly denied that a
Treasury Department report on Chinese currency is being delayed because of
other diplomatic concerns such as sanctions against Iran. Summers said the
report is being …
blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/04/summers-china-currency-report-not-tied-to-iran-.html

Iran’s Nuclear Program Is Spinning Out Of Control | Chandler’s Watch
By Marc
The Obama Administration’s engagement policy toward Iran has failed to
defuse the nuclear standoff. Instead, Iran has continued to conceal and lie
about its nuclear weapons program in an attempt to…
www.chandlerswatch.com/2010/04/04/irans-nuclear-program-is-spinning-out-of-control/

World Threats “ Blog Archive “ More From Iran
By Richard Radcliffe
State Run Asr Iran Website – Grafitti has noticeably increased in big
cities in Iran after the elections and the contents of these wall writings
are not on the issue of advertisement and trade like before and now express
political views …
www.worldthreats.com/?p=2277

The Latest from Iran (5 April): Repression | Enduring America
By Scott Lucas
0900 GMT: One to Watch. Parleman News reports that delegates of the largest
reformist party, the Imam Khomeini Line, are in meetings with Mir Hossein
Mousavi,
enduringamerica.com/2010/04/05/the-latest-from-iran-5-april-repression/

Iran to host nuclear disarmament conference | Planet-Iran.com
By Zand-Bon
16, 2010 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks with
media during a press conference at the presidency in Tehran, Iran. Faced
with the prospect of new sanctions because of Iran’s nuclear defiance,
President Ahmadinejad …
planet-iran.com/index.php/news/13698