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Saturday, April 4, 2015
Iran - Mother of 4 kids arrested - " Civil rights activist "
Manizhe Sadeghi Arrested and Transferred to Prison in Sanandaj
HRANA News Agency – Manizheh Sadeghi, civil and workers’ rights activist, was transferred to Central Prison of Sanandaj.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Manizheh Sadeghi was arrested on Monday 30th of March and transferred to Central Prison of Sanandaj.
One of her close relatives told HRANA: “Manizheh is not affiliated with any party or political organization. She is just a civil activist in the field of women’s and children’s issues in Sanandaj.”
According to this source, Manjzheh Sadeghi, who is a mother of 4 children, after her previous detention, was under treatment due to heart problems, high blood pressure and severe headache and returning to prison is seriously dangerous for her health.
Manizheh Sadeghi had been arrested earlier in December 2011 on charge of disturbing public order and was sentenced to ninety days of imprisonment and was released in the March of the next year.
Friday, April 3, 2015
GOP rips Iran nuclear deal
The Hill - 04/02/15 - Republicans on Thursday ripped the emerging nuclear deal with Iran, and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) demanded that lawmakers be able to review details of the framework before any international sanctions are lifted.
“After visiting with our partners on the ground in the Middle East this week, my concerns about Iran’s efforts to foment unrest, brutal violence and terror have only grown,” Boehner said in a statement after leading a GOP delegation through Israel, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
“It would be naïve to suggest the Iranian regime will not continue to use its nuclear program, and any economic relief, to further destabilize the region,” the Speaker said.
Meanwhile, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) vowed to press forward with legislation allowing Congress to put its fingerprints on the Iran deal, saying “the administration first should seek the input of the American people.”
Defense hawks on Capitol Hill blasted the deal as too weak and warned that it would essentially put nuclear weapons in the hands of the Iranian regime.
“Iran remains the world’s worst state sponsor of terrorism. Iranian aggression is destabilizing the Middle East. And Iran continues to hold multiple Americans hostage,” said freshman Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who earlier had penned a controversial letter to Iranian leaders in a bid to derail the nuclear talks.
“I will work with my colleagues in the Senate to protect America from this very dangerous proposal,' he said, 'and to stop a nuclear arms race in the world’s most volatile region.”
Under the emerging deal between Iran, the U.S. and five other world powers, international sanctions on Tehran would be lifted in exchange for new restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program. Negotiators hope to reach a final deal by a June 30 deadline.
“I believe this is a deal worth supporting, but we must wait to ensure there is no backsliding on any parameters before a final agreement is signed,” said Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), who was on hand for Obama’s White House announcement.
One likely GOP presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), used the nuclear deal to highlight what he sees as Obama’s broader foreign policy failures. The senator called the initial details of the deal “very troubling” because it would allow Tehran to retain thousands of centrifuges and wouldn’t rein in Iran’s ballistic missile program.
“This attempt to spin diplomatic failure as a success is just the latest example of this administration’s farcical approach to Iran. Under this President’s watch, Iran has expanded its influence in the Middle East, sowing instability throughout the region,” said Rubio, a member of the Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees.
“Iran’s support for terrorism has continued unabated without a serious response from the United States.”.
“After visiting with our partners on the ground in the Middle East this week, my concerns about Iran’s efforts to foment unrest, brutal violence and terror have only grown,” Boehner said in a statement after leading a GOP delegation through Israel, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
“It would be naïve to suggest the Iranian regime will not continue to use its nuclear program, and any economic relief, to further destabilize the region,” the Speaker said.
Meanwhile, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) vowed to press forward with legislation allowing Congress to put its fingerprints on the Iran deal, saying “the administration first should seek the input of the American people.”
Defense hawks on Capitol Hill blasted the deal as too weak and warned that it would essentially put nuclear weapons in the hands of the Iranian regime.
“Iran remains the world’s worst state sponsor of terrorism. Iranian aggression is destabilizing the Middle East. And Iran continues to hold multiple Americans hostage,” said freshman Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who earlier had penned a controversial letter to Iranian leaders in a bid to derail the nuclear talks.
“I will work with my colleagues in the Senate to protect America from this very dangerous proposal,' he said, 'and to stop a nuclear arms race in the world’s most volatile region.”
Under the emerging deal between Iran, the U.S. and five other world powers, international sanctions on Tehran would be lifted in exchange for new restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program. Negotiators hope to reach a final deal by a June 30 deadline.
“I believe this is a deal worth supporting, but we must wait to ensure there is no backsliding on any parameters before a final agreement is signed,” said Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), who was on hand for Obama’s White House announcement.
One likely GOP presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), used the nuclear deal to highlight what he sees as Obama’s broader foreign policy failures. The senator called the initial details of the deal “very troubling” because it would allow Tehran to retain thousands of centrifuges and wouldn’t rein in Iran’s ballistic missile program.
“This attempt to spin diplomatic failure as a success is just the latest example of this administration’s farcical approach to Iran. Under this President’s watch, Iran has expanded its influence in the Middle East, sowing instability throughout the region,” said Rubio, a member of the Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees.
“Iran’s support for terrorism has continued unabated without a serious response from the United States.”.
Good Friday Protests Against Dancing Ban in Germany
BERLIN – Several German cities hosted symbolic protests against the ban on dancing that is prevalent in most of the country’s states on Good Friday, the Friday preceding Easter Sunday.
The “ban on dancing,” which generally also includes the suspension of public entertainment or sporting events on the holy day, is regulated by regional or municipal ordinances and local authorities who are responsible for ensuring compliance.
Just as years past, various associations, including the Pirate Party, have called on supporters to gather in squares of cities like Stuttgart, Cologne, Frankfurt, Bochum and Mainz to dance in public as a form of protest against the legislation.
The president of the German Evangelical Church, Bedford Strohm, told the regional broadcaster SWR that he could not understand why an order to stop partying for one of the year’s 365 days was too much to ask.
The goal is merely to devote one day to contemplating and reflecting on the suffering in the world, said Strohm, noting that this ban is “a very important cultural value” that transcends belief and religion.
The Pirate Party said on its Facebook page that everyone should be able to decide how to celebrate different holidays, stressing that religious or governmental regulations that unnecessarily restrict freedom are unacceptable.
Recalling that 40 percent of the German population does not practice Christianity, the party has called on citizens to gather in central squares, listen to music on their headphones, and dance in silence.
One Body Found, 9 Cubans Detained off Puerto Rico’s West Coast
SAN JUAN – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Customs and Border Protection on Thursday found a body floating offshore and detained nine Cubans near Mona Island, located in the channel separating Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
CBP announced in a communique that a Dominican citizen was also detained in the operation.
The group of undocumented immigrants consisted of six men, two women and a 3-year-old boy, all of them Cubans, along with the Dominican citizen, all of whom arrived in the vicinity of Mona Island from the Dominican Republic on board a homemade boat.
The body, whose identity was not made public, was taken to the port of Mayagüez, on Puerto Rico’s northwest coast, where the Homicide Division of the island’s police took charge of the investigation.
The migrants will be handed over to the Border Patrol for interviews and other immigration procedures
Iran hardliner condemns the nuclear deal
Tehran - April 3, 2015: Iran’s hard-liners are criticizing a tentative nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers, saying the deal was a bargain for the West and a disaster for Iran.
Hossein Shariatmadari, an advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and editor of the hard-line Kayhan daily told the semi-official Fars news agency today that Iran exchanged its 'ready-to-race horse with a broken bridle.'
Another conservative analyst, Mahdi Mohammad, referred to the Fordo underground uranium enrichment facility and told the news outlet that under the deal, 'A disaster happened in Fordo.'
Iran agreed to stop enrichment at Fordo, changing the facility to a nuclear research centre. The proposed deal limits Iran’s nuclear program in return for an end to crippling economic sanctions.
Hossein Shariatmadari, an advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and editor of the hard-line Kayhan daily told the semi-official Fars news agency today that Iran exchanged its 'ready-to-race horse with a broken bridle.'
Another conservative analyst, Mahdi Mohammad, referred to the Fordo underground uranium enrichment facility and told the news outlet that under the deal, 'A disaster happened in Fordo.'
Iran agreed to stop enrichment at Fordo, changing the facility to a nuclear research centre. The proposed deal limits Iran’s nuclear program in return for an end to crippling economic sanctions.
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