Tag Archives : Tehran

Governments that keep secret their nuclear weapons may be understood in terms of the sensitivity of the security strategy. However, Iran’s secretiveness as to the whole truth behind its nuclear capability has something to do with the Shiite doctrine of deceit called ‘taqiyya.’ This lies deep within the Iranian belief systems. The teachings [...]

According to Western diplomats, Iran promised ‘to send about 80 percent of its stockpile of low-enriched uranium to Russia and France for processing and return to Tehran to replenish dwindling fuel stocks for a reactor in the capital that produces isotopes for cancer care.’ Iran’s low-enriched uranium stocks total around 1.5 metric tons. [...]

Since the disputed Iranian presidential elections that were held on June 12th 2009, Iranian authorities have declared that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is still the president of the Republic of Iran and the elections have been fair in every nature. Since the election results and the post election violence, Ahmadinejad has been extremely vocal in his [...]

It should not be forgotten that the Iran that was shaped by Khomeini has been an entirely different system that has been carried out for thirty years. It is a theocratic, fundamentalist, and revolutionary government system, which means that it is impervious to reform and incorrigible in nature. With the ruthless suppression of opponents to silence [...]

Weeks after the disputed elections, the fiery pro-democracy protests in Iran are almost off. However, arrests continue on more than 400 journalists and 40 politicians. The infamous militia of the Revolutionary Guards who are in charge of the dirty work are barely visible on the streets of Tehran, Isfahan, Kerman, Shiraz, and Tabriz. They have been [...]

Calm seems to have descended in Tehran after week of historic protests and people’s uprising against election results. But local people call it “calm of the grave”. The mass protests may not be visible anymore but the storm of dissent is still brewing. Every night after 10 pm people go on the rooftops and voice protests through chants against [...]

In a top security trilateral summit in Tehran that Iran hosted for the presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hamid Karzai and Asif Zardari, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that while foreign troops are present in their region under the pretext of security, they have not been able to secure or assist the region’s economic and political development. What [...]

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, recently warned that Iran may be prepared to make a nuclear weapon within a period of one to three years. He believes that time is running out for diplomacy. In an interview, he said that if the assumptions with which they work are confirmed, Iran is ‘moving in this direction clearly, and [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in his speech during the celebration of the Armed Forces in Tehran that no nation would dare attack his country. With the strength of Iran’s military, the enemy will not dare anymore to even threaten Iran, he assured the people. This statement is in response to the revived speculation that the new government [...]