Ahmadinejad: Palestinian unity to send evil Israel to hell

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Israel & Jewish Issues, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

“Your [Israelis and their allies] time is over… You should respect the Palestinian people and go back to your own home,” Ahmadinejad said during an international conference on Palestine in Tehran on Sunday.
“You have no repute among the regional nations…You should recognize that regional nations are wise. The Zionist regime will face no other fate [...]

Envoy: Moscow won’t sacrifice Iran for US ties

Posted on 17. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Politics, Shera Crossan

Iran’s Ambassador to Moscow says it is unlikely for the Kremlin to give up its friendly ties with Tehran in order to establish closer relations with Washington.
“Russia sees Iran as a regional power. So, it is not likely that Moscow will sacrifice its friendly ties with a trusty neighbor for costly short-term relations with Washington,” [...]

One Sided Nuclear Reality In The Middle East

Posted on 12. Jan, 2010 by Shera Crossan in Editorials, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Israel & Jewish Issues, Politics, Shera Crossan

By Karen Nakamura
Neo-conservatives in Israel are hypocritically stoking the flames of public option to make sure the world stays focused on Iran’s nuclear program. Simultaneously, the Israelis refuse to allow the world to examine their own atomic stockpiles.
Marin’s Anna Rogers of the prestigious Jewish Voice for Peace stated in a missive in December: “AIPAC [the [...]

World Believes Same Lies as Iraq about Iran

Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by John Fife in Audio-Video, Israel & Jewish Issues, War Coverage

Iran warns Germany: Don’t let ‘Zionists’ harm your interests

Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Business & Finance, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Free Speech, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Politics, Religion, Science and Technology, Shera Crossan

Tehran on Thursday accused German Chancellor Angela Merkel of being influenced by “Zionist circles” in a reference to Israel after her remarks that a nuclear bomb in Iran’s hands would not be acceptable, state media reported. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Merkel’s remarks were against the national interests of Germany. Merkel [...]

US ‘to be blamed’ anyways

Posted on 07. Aug, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Events, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

The former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton says that Washington should support Tel Aviv if it decides to attack Iran, since it will be ‘blamed for it anyway’.  The worst outcome of an Israeli attack on Iran would be its failure to halt Tehran’s nuclear program, Bolton said in an interview with Russia [...]

Israel on the Brink of Attacking Iran

Posted on 16. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Israel & Jewish Issues, Shera Crossan, War Coverage

Two Israeli missile class warships have sailed through the Suez Canal ten days after a submarine capable of launching a nuclear missile strike, in preparation for a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.The deployment into the Red Sea, confirmed by Israeli officials, was a clear signal that Israel was able to put its strike force [...]

Control, halt, delete

Posted on 27. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Arts/Entertainment, Audio-Video, Feedback, Free Speech, Politics, Science and Technology, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

This week, an open letter appeared on Chinese blogs and online bulletin boards. “Hello, internet censorship institutions of the Chinese government,” it said. “We are the anonymous netizens. We hereby decide that from July 1 2009, we will start a full-scale global attack on all censorship systems you control.” Beijing’s attempts to manipulate the internet [...]

Germany summons Iranian ambassador

Posted on 15. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Immigration, Politics, Shera Crossan

Germany’s foreign minister summoned Iran’s ambassador on Monday in protest at heavy-handed police action against demonstrators following the weekend’s disputed presidential election.
“The actions of the Iranian security forces are completely unacceptable,” Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on public television.
He also called on Iran to clear up “immediately and without delay” allegations of irregularities in the election, which [...]

Landslide win for Ahmadinejad

Posted on 15. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Politics, Shera Crossan

Incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was yesterday declared winner by a landslide in Iran’s presidential vote, triggering riots by opposition supporters and furious complaints of cheating from his defeated rivals.
Ahmadinejad went on television to declare the election a “great victory,” even as baton-wielding police clashed with protesters in the streets of the capital in unrest not seen [...]

“He is our Obama”

Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan

Iran’s state news agency reported that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won re-election Friday, but his main reformist challenger also confidently claimed victory at a news conference moments earlier. The rival claims came even before the close of polls, which authorities permitted to stay open an extra six hours, until midnight (1930 GMT, 3:30 p.m. EDT), to [...]

Analysis: Netanyahu cornered by hawks and Obama

Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Israel & Jewish Issues, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt to narrow a growing divide with the Obama administration when he delivers a major policy speech in the coming days, his aides say — perhaps even endorsing the concept of a Palestinian state at the risk of alienating his hawkish coalition.
Netanyahu’s message — and his room to maneuver [...]

Obama Strength Turnout For Iranian Election

Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Events, Politics, Shera Crossan

Iranians packed polling stations from boutique-lined streets in north Tehran to conservative bastions in the countryside Friday with a choice that’s left the nation divided and on edge: keeping hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power or electing a reformist who favors greater freedoms and improved ties with the United States.
Turnout was massive and could break [...]

After rowdy campaign, Iranians choose a president

Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories

Voter turnout is expected to be high Friday — a factor some say could help sway the vote in favor of Ahmadinejad’s top opponent, pro-reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. Election official Ali Akbar Fadai said Iran would witness a record voter turnout, the state news agency IRNA reported.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power for four more [...]

Palestine a global litmus test

Posted on 09. May, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Free Speech, Israel & Jewish Issues, Politics, Race, Religion, Shera Crossan, War Coverage

“The conference could give voice to the Palestinian nation at a time when attempts are afoot to muffle this same voice,” Larijani emphasized that the two-day conference, Palestine: Manifestation of Resistance, Gaza: Victim of Crimes, brought together legal experts, politicians and religious leaders in Tehran in early March to focus on Gaza’s reconstruction and Israeli [...]

Iran’s leader sparks Western walkout at UN meeting

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Free Speech, Israel & Jewish Issues, Politics, Religion, Shera Crossan

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West of using the Holocaust as a “pretext” for aggression against Palestinians, prompting European diplomats to walk out Monday from a speech disrupted by jeering protesters in rainbow wigs tossing red clown noses at the hardline leader.
A U.N. racism conference on the eve of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day disintegrated [...]

‘IDF eyes attack on Iran within hours of green light’

Posted on 19. Apr, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Israel & Jewish Issues, Shera Crossan, Top Stories, War Coverage

The London Times online edition reported on Saturday that the Israel Defense Force was making preparations to be able to launch a massive aerial assault on Iran’s nuclear facilities within days of being given the go-ahead by Israel’s government.
“Israel wants to know that if its forces were given the green light they could strike at [...]

Iranian Woman Gets Her Eye For An Eye

Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Events, Feedback, Politics, Race, Shera Crossan, Top Stories, Tradition

– Ameneh Bahrami, a 31-year-old Iranian woman has won her case. Now, true “eye for an eye” justice awaits a man who blinded her with acid after she turned down his proposal of marriage.
An Iranian judge has granted her request to return the favor.
A Tehran province criminal court has ordered Majid Movahedi (right) to be [...]

Pressing the US-Russia reset button

Posted on 11. Mar, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Events, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Politics, Top Stories

Thanks for the Comment & Submission Jimmy

>>>The US would like Russia not to sell advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Iran<<<
I’m not from New York, so can someone please tell me: How does the United States benefit if Iran is deprived of the ability to defend itself from the Israeli F-16s our tax dollars have purchase for [...]