News Archive - 30 July 2011

The lawyer for two Americans jailed in Iran on charges of espionage says his clients could be released after a court hearing slated for Sunday.

>A woman was also among the dead in the attack in Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan, where pro-Taliban Sunni militants and Baluch separatists are blamed for years of violence in the province that shares border with Iran and Afghanistan."The vehicle was passing by a bus stand when gunmen...

>Josh Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd were arrested by Iranian forces in July 2009 on suspicion of spying after crossing into Iran from Iraq. Shourd was freed on bail in September 2010 and returned to the United States.Under Iran's Islamic law, espionage can be punished by execution."Tomorrow...

A report out of Iran shows the morally troubling results of economic sanctions, says Stephen Carter.

TEHRAN, July 30 (Bernama) -- A senior Iranian commander announced that the country's Navy plans to dispatch its submarines to several-month-long missions in the high seas in the near future, Iran's Fars News Agency (FNA) reported.

TEHRAN: Iran will be self sufficient in the production of wheat in the course of the current year and is looking forward to becoming an exporter of the commodity, the daily Jam-e Jam quoted a senior government official as saying on Saturday.

The Constitution is specific when it prohibits a “religious test” for “any office or public trust” — Article VI, Paragraph III

TEHRAN, Iran - Two Americans jailed in Iran on charges of espionage could be released after a court hearing slated for Sunday, their lawyer said.

Irina Atroshenko Governor of the Ivanovo region Mikhail Men confirmed as chief of department of health in the region. Told a BakuToday December 27 told the press service of the Government of the Ivanovo region. Irina Atroshenko hold office from June 2008.

The U.S. official in charge of overseeing reconstruction in Iraq says the country is more dangerous than it was a year ago, a blunt assessment that comes five months before American troops are scheduled to leave.

Findings come during "summer of uncertainty" over whether American forces will stay past year-end withdrawal deadline