The New Dark Age

Obama’s Nuclear Strategy Intended as a Message
New York Times
But it carves out an exception for Iran and North Korea, labeled
“outliers” rather than the Bush-era moniker of “rogue states.” The
wording was chosen, …
www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/world/07arms.html

Iran Ready for Negotiations, Says Spokesman
Voice of America
An Iranian foreign ministry spokesman says Tehran is ready to negotiate
with world powers, but he says the discussion about Iran’s nuclear program
is a …
www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Iran-Ready-for-Negotiations-Says-Spokesman-89994677.html

Iran says nuclear fuel swap still on the table
The Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — A top Iranian official says a nuclear fuel swap with the
West, initially proposed under a UN-drafted plan, is still on the table.
…
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixeFBxfLzaSjs8Mb8cuFmtPOT6-wD9EU2PBG1

NY rights group says 35 journalists jailed in Iran
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says at
least 35 journalists are in prison in Iran after a nearly yearlong
crackdown on the …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gUsC9p_SphSKcvAVx4acVpmDMBqwD9ETTVT80

Ban on Iran’s girl footballers
Straits Times
By Jonathan Wong & Chan U-Gene IRAN’S girls’ football team has been kicked
out of the upcoming Youth Olympic Games here on Aug 14 to 26 because Fifa
rules …
www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_511502.html

Iran Cleric Threatens To Strike Israel If Attacked
RTT News
(RTTNews) – An aide to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and
top official with Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reiterated
his …
www.rttnews.com/Content/GeneralNews.aspx?Id=1262084&SM=1

Iran could radicalize with UN sanctions-Brazil
Reuters
By Fernando Exman BRASILIA, April 6 (Reuters) – United Nations sanctions
against Iran over its nuclear program could make the Islamic Republic more
radical …
www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0623975720100406

Another day of bombings in Baghdad raises fears of resurgent violence
San Jose Mercury News
… after at least 30 people were killed and more than 240 were wounded
during attacks Sunday on diplomatic buildings in Baghdad, including Iran’s
embassy. …
www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14832303?source=rss

Lowry: America’s giant charade over Iran’s N-weapons
Salt Lake Tribune
Models of collective international action, they passed unanimously (with
the exception of an abstention by Indonesia in 2008) while Iran spun
ever-more …
www.sltrib.com/ci_14830957?source=most_viewed

ANALYSIS: Israel’s main interest at Obama’s summit: Stop Iran
Monsters and Critics.com
That’s because for Israel, nuclear security has one meaning above all else
– stopping Iran from acquiring atomic weapons. …
www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1546296.php/ANALYSIS-Israel-s-main-interest-at-Obama-s-summit-Stop-Iran

The Latest from Iran (7 April): After the Meetings | Enduring America
By Scott Lucas
0900 GMT: In the Universities. Peyke Iran claims 160 students from Sabzevar
Teacher’s University have been expelled without a formal hearing because
of.
enduringamerica.com/2010/04/07/the-latest-from-iran-7-april-after-the-meetings/

World Threats “ Blog Archive “ Continuing Crisis in Iran
By Richard Radcliffe
-In another dispute Kavakebian a reactionary MP said: “while the country
is suffering from economic and industrial stagnation injecting a fund of
40000 billiard (billion – in Iran a million million. In the US a thousand
millions. …
www.worldthreats.com/?p=2278

A Nuclear Iran and the Futility of Sanctions | FrontPage Magazine
By Louis René Beres
The tough choices Israel now has no choice but to make.
frontpagemag.com/2010/04/07/a-nuclear-iran-and-the-futility-of-sanctions/

Iran News – Rounds Signs Iran Divestment Bill – Yankton Daily …
It requires the state to dump stock in companies that do substantial
business in Iran and are subject to sanction under a federal law.
Supporters of the move say some oil companies help Iran make money that the
country then uses to …
globalnewsblog.com/blog/2010/04/06/iran-news-rounds-signs-iran-divestment-bill-yankton-daily-press/

Israel:”bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran” “ Rehmat’s World
By rehmat1
Israel-Firster, Republican defeated presidential candidate, Senator John
McCain, sang in 2007 what the Jewish Lobby wants Barack Obama to do now:
“bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran”. John McCain after singing to the tune
of Barbara Ann, …
rehmat1.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/israel%E2%80%9Cbomb-bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb-iran%E2%80%9D/

BBC News – China ‘ready for talks’ on new UN sanctions on Iran
Iran’s top nuclear official visits China, amid signs Beijing may relax
opposition to a new round of sanctions against Tehran.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8598215.stm