Archiv für den Tag 11. Mai 2012
ZDF heute: Die globale Hacker-Polizei
Der Mossad auf dem Cyber-Schlachtfeld
von Franziska von Kempis, Tel Aviv
Die Welt fürchtet einen Krieg zwischen Israel und Iran – im Netz wird er womöglich längst geführt. Bei Cyber-Attacken können kleine Staaten so stark wie Supermächte sein.
Der Feind hinterlässt wenig Spuren, ist mit bloßem Auge kaum zu erkennen und macht sich meist erst viel zu spät bemerkbar: Auf dem Cyber-Schlachtfeld kämpfen Hacker statt Bodentruppen, die Ziele sind Computer-basierte Systeme, die Schäden real. Die Waffen der Cyber-Krieger: Störprogramme, Computerviren, Ausspähungssoftware. Die möglichen Drahtzieher: Geheimdienste wie der israelische Mossad. Das mutmaßliche Ziel: Irans Atomprogramm.
Cyber-Attacken gegen Iran?
Wer die israelische Position zum Cyber-Krieg sucht, stößt schnell auf den Mossad: “Die Cyber-Welt gibt auch den Kleinen die Macht und Möglichkeiten, die bisher den Supermächten vorbehalten waren”, verkündete Amos Yadlin, der damalige Chef des israelischen Geheimdienstes Mossad schon im Jahr 2009. Eine “Cyber Task Force” ist im Land längst in Planung, außerdem ist die geheimnisumwitterte “Einheit 8200″ seit Jahren dafür zuständig, mit elektronischen Mitteln feindliche Kommunikation abzuhören und für die eigene Truppe verwendbar zu machen. Die Geheimdienst-Abteilung gilt in Israels Armee als die größte Einheit – noch vor Luftwaffe oder Infanterie.
Natürlich sind solche Aktionen streng geheim. Doch Undercover-Attacken gegen den Feind gehören zum Alltag, das lässt auch der sonst so verschwiegene Mossad durchblicken: “Den Krieg der Geheimdienste gibt es seit mehr als 20 Jahren, und ich denke, es ist viel erreicht worden, auf vielen Ebenen, wenn es darum geht, Iran davon abzuhalten, atomare Fähigkeiten zu entwickeln oder alle möglichen Aktivitäten der Iraner über einen langen Zeitraum zu verhindern”, sagt Ephraim Halevy, der ehemalige Chef des Mossad. “Interessant ist, dass beide Seiten sehr bemüht sind, geheim zu halten, was gerade passiert. Israel will seine Aktionen nicht preisgeben und auch die Iraner wollen, bis auf wenige Ausnahmen, nicht enthüllen, wie viel Schaden ihnen zugefügt wurde.” Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Shock: Iran Military Service Documentary (2011)
Full documentary video in Persian about Iranian military service in the Islamic Republic.
Once Upon A Time In Iran – Full Movie
The 2007 documentary by Channel 4 about the ideology behind Iranian Shiism. The role of Imam Hussein and Islam among the Iranian people, the struggle between good and evil in contemporary politics and society viewed through the historical glasses of the tragic Karbala incident. Iranian pilgrims visit the tomb of Imam Hussein that tells their own hidden stories. Channel 4 attempts to reveal the mysterious martyrdom culture of Iranians to the British public.
A steady drumbeat of leaks suggests that the US and/or Israel may attack Iran sometime over the coming months. Once Upon a Time in Iran is a road movie featuring pilgrims and presidents: a journey to the spiritual heartlands of the Iranian people and a tale of martyrdom that defines their view of aggressors and the outside world.
Don’t Tell My Mother i’m in Iran
Host Diego Buñuel (grandson of legendary surrealist cinema filmmaker, Luis Buñuel) goes on a behind-the-scenes journey through regions with bad reputations.
IRAN Documentary Yesterday and Today : Rick Steves
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he’s ever visited: Iran. In this one-hour, ground-breaking travel special, you’ll discover the splendid monuments of Iran’s rich and glorious past, learn more about the 20th-century story of this perplexing nation, and experience Iranian life today in its historic capital and in a countryside village. Most important, you’ll meet the people of a nation whose government has so exasperated our own.
Prinz Modschtaba Khamenei, Sohn des falschen Pharaos
Seit 33 Jahren hat die sogenannte Islamische Revolution im Iran mehr und mehr ihre hässliche Fratze gezeigt. Was 1979 für viele Iranerinnen und Iraner als das größte Abenteuer zur politischen Freiheit und Mitbestimmung begann, hat sich in immer engeren Etappen zu einer faschistischen Realdiktatur entwickelt. Der Traum vom gerechten System des Velayat-e-faghi (Herrschaft des Obersten religiösen Führers, der in Verbindung zu Gott steht und als Vermittler für das “Volk” auftritt), das als Vorbild für die ganze Welt dienen sollte, ist selbst bei jenen Anhängern einer bitteren Ernüchterung gewichen, die sich der Sache mit ihrem ganzen Leben verschrieben haben.
Der falsche Pharao - Khamenei und sein Sohn
Als der Revolutionsführer Khomeini 1987 starb, war die Nachfolgerfrage für sein Velayat-e-faghi System eine problematische Schwachstelle, die bis heute keine befriedigende Lösung gezeitigt hat. Für Ali Khamenei wurde sogar die Verfassung kurzerhand geändert, damit er als Oberster Führer eingesetzt werden konnte. Seine geistlichen Weihen waren und sind dürftig, dafür hat er über zwanzig Jahre seine Macht nicht mit überzeugender Performance sondern mit Geld, Posten, Einschüchterungen, Taktieren und brutalem Zwang und Gewalt erhalten. Die Nähe zu Gott wirkt durch und durch inszeniert und überzeugt selbst gläubige Muslime wenig. Im Alten Ägypten beanspruchten die Pharaonen auch eine Nähe zu Gott, um ihre Herrschaft zu legitimieren und Gehorsam einzufordern. Khamenei scheint ihnen nachzueifern. Er ist ein Pharao mit schwacher Legitimierung. Das einzige, was man ihm zugestehen könnte, ist die Tatsache, dass Männer der Revolution wie Rafsandschani ihm den Thron angeboten haben, um das System zu erhalten. Jetzt hält er um jeden Preis fest an seinem Pharaonenturban. Ein falscher Pharao ist er im doppelten Sinn des Wortes. Ursprünglich hätte Ayatollah Montazeri der Nachfolger von Khomeini werden sollen, der jedoch noch rechtzeitig ins Abseits gedrängt worden war. Montazeri hatte sich gegen die Massaker an politischen Gegnern in den 80er Jahren ausgesprochen und Khamenei erbte das Amt. Seine mangelhafte Qualifikation für dieses Amt, das höchste geistige, moralische und charakterliche Anforderungen voraussetzte, gibt die zweite Bedeutung des Falschen wieder.
Death to the Rapper by Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani – Pls support Najafi and stop the Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani
Death to the Rapper Watch. Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani has reportedly issued a fatwacalling for the execution of rapper Shahin Najafi.
The edict was issued after Najafi released the song “Naqi” (hear the music at top of entry), provoking criticism in Iran that the lyrics were offensive to Shi’a's 10th Imam.
Najafi, 31, an underground artist in Iran who is now in Germany, has been banned by the authorities from performing in the country.
The rapper has said that he did not intend to insult Shi’a's Imams.
The Cologne Police have said they will protect Najafi.
We support iranian artist/musican…..
Foreign Email Banned; Extensive Labor Layoffs; Private Bank Dissolved
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Any views expressed are the authors’ own. Please refer to the Media Guide to help put the stories in perspective. You can follow breaking news stories on our Twitter feed.
4:30 a.m. IRDT, 22 Ordibihesht/May 11 After repeatedly disrupting Iranian citizens’ access to internationally popular webmail services, the Islamic Republic’s government has apparently decided to ban them completely. Radio Zamaenh reports:
Iran’s Minister of Communications and Technology has announced a ban on the use of foreign email services such as Yahoo and Gmail in order to “protect information security.”The Mehr News Agency reports that Minister Reza Taghipour released a letter addressed to Mohammad Karampour, the head of the Radio Communications and Regulations Organization, saying that public emails are “tools of transferring information out of the country.” Therefore, foreign email hosts such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail and MSN are now forbidden for use in Iran. [...]
Heydar Moslehi, Iran’s Intelligence Minister, has expressed concern over the spread of social networking sites on the internet, calling it a “new threat” against the Islamic Republic.
Iranian officials have also claimed that Yahoo and Gmail control the emails of their users and collect private information.
In anticipation of the move to permanently cut off foreign email services, the government recently established an Iran webmail system that requires users to submit their full names, phone numbers, and mailing addresses. For more on the steps taken in the past few months by the Islamic Republic’s regime to control and restrict Iranians’ online activities, see Firewall Fears: Iran’s Uncertain Internet Futureand More Signs of Walls Closing In on Iranians’ Internet Access.
Despite official disavowals, the problem of unemployment in Iran has been steadily growing, according to many sources, with no reversal in sight — unless, perhaps, a breakthrough in the nuclear negotiations set for May 23 in Baghdad leads to the lifting of international economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Rooz’s Kaveh Ghoreishi reports on the latest labor developments:
Figures published after the first of May indicate unprecedented conditions for workers in Iran and point to the deteriorating state of affairs on a daily basis. While Tehran is the scene of political battles among its power mongers, a situation that has embroiled the establishment in its deepest political crisis, workers in the country continue to be laid off [and] production units to be shut and their owners are abandoning their production plants at disturbing rates.Official news agencies have reported that at least 3,000 workers were fired from production units across the country last week or became unemployed because their contracts were not renewed. And this is only the tip of the iceberg of [a] problem that is the topic of discussion in various government forums in the presence of security and law enforcement officials.
Reports also indicate that workers in various parts of the country have demonstrated against these conditions in their work places in the last two days. In one instance, [doz]ens of retired workers from Isfahan Steel Plant gathered in front of the Majlis in Tehran to protest the non-payment of their wages and retirement benefits.
These reports of more layoff[s] come a week after the remarks by a member of the board of directors of the High Center for the Workers Associations of Iran (Kanoone Alie Anjomanhaye Senfie Kargari Iran) about a 10 percent rise in the unemployment rate during the past year. On the eve of [I]nternational Labor Day, May 1, Abolfazl Fatholahi had said, “The administration’s economic policies during [the p]ast year have resulted in the elimination of jobs.”
For more on the state of employment and workers’ rights in the Islamic Republic, see Iran’s Labor Flash Point and Iranian Labor and the Struggle for Independent Unions.
Tehran Bureau contributor Ali Chenar files the following item: The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced that it has canceled Tat Bank’s license to operate. According to some reports, it will be merged with two new financial institutions, Salehin and Aati. Majles deputy Ezatollah Yousefian, a member of the parliament’s Anti-Economic Corruption Commission, told Mehr News Agency that the decision was made following the discovery of irregular practices within Tat. He asserted, as well, that the bank’s establishment had not followed the required legal steps.
According to Donya-ye Sanat, a report on Tat was drafted for CBI Chairman Mahmoud Bahmani in February. After reading the report, Bahmani allegedly wrote his deputy, “How this is possible? Why you have not dealt with this? The responsible parties should be introduced to the disciplinary committee.” Tat Bank was evidently trading in the inter-banking market without a banking license and had taken on more liabilities than the limit permitted by its capital reserves.
According to the Tat Bank website, however, everything is fine. According to a statement there, “Currently we are in the process of an orderly merger under the CBI’s supervision.” There is no mention of any decision to disband the bank. Donya-ye Eghtesad reports that a new bank will be formed out of Tat that will be called Mardom (people). Tat is the first private Iranian bank to be dissolved by government fiat.
The Iranian government appears to be quite distressed by the strategic pact between Afghanistan and the United States agreed to by presidents Hamid Karzai and Barack Obama at the beginning of May. According to Radio Zamaneh,
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has spoken out against “negative publicity against Iran in the Afghani media” and summoned the Afghani charge d’affaires in Tehran. The Fars News Agency announced that Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the charge d’affaires on Thursday and once again expressed concern about the Strategic Agreement signed between Afghanistan and the United States.The ministry’s head of Afghanistan affairs, Mohsen PakAyin, said, “Islamic Republic authorities have expressed their concerns to the Afghani government and the international community again and again about the U.S. security threat in the region, especially the continued existence of U.S. military bases in Afghanistan.”
PakAyin also spoke out against the “negative publicity against Iran” in the Afghani media and said these efforts are aimed at “disrupting the friendly and brotherly relationship between Tehran and Kabul.”
He went on the urge the Afghani government to “manage the situation” as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, the website of Press TV — the English-language subsidiary of the state-controlled Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting — has been featuring a story titled “‘If Ratified, Deal with US Would Steal Afghan Independence’.”:
According to experts, the pact’s provisions and text as well as the legal value of its terminology work to deprive Afghanistan of its sovereignty.According to Article 9, Section 3 of the agreement, the US government can intervene in any dispute, to which Afghanistan is a party and the intervention can take a variety of forms, including political, diplomatic, economic or military. Afghan government and military “must” adapt to the forms of intervention “in the shortest possible time.”
Article 3, Section 4 requires Afghanistan to obtain the US consent before making any decision on its transportation and communication network, exertion of control over borders, forming relations with neighboring countries, and deciding on the attraction of regional investment.
Article 41, Section 5 obliges the Afghan parliament to pass anti-terrorism regulations on the basis of Washington’s definition of terrorism.
Article 4, Section 6 gives the Afghan government a period of several years to eliminate traditional social structures in provinces where indigenous beliefs and values are pivotal, and replace them with a single system based on the model provided by the agreement.
Afghan political groups and parties have already voiced their vehement opposition to the agreement, saying it will not bring peace to Afghanistan.
The United National Front, a coalition of various political parties, has condemned the deal, calling it illegal and “imperialistic.”
“History won’t forgive supporters of this imperialistic pact. They will be condemned by Afghanistan’s present and future generations,” said a statement from the group.
Source: Tehran Bureau
Iran Snap Analysis: Isolating Ahmadinejad
Even the rumour smacked of disinformation and/or the desparation of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s camp. Tehran Emrooz — linked to the President’s conservative rival, Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf — was claiming that Ahmadinejad would seek to become Mayor, a post he held from 2003 to 2005, when his Presidential term ended in 2013. The post would allow Ahmadinejad to hold a portion of the power that he craves, while he and his allies tried to put a “close friend” into the Presidency.
Probably a story which is more smoke than substance, but that smoke is still significant. So was Ahmadinejad’s supposed defiance on Thursday as he vigorously defended the second phase of his subsidy cuts plans, still to be implemented five months after officials said it was imminent, and declared that his critics were covering up their failures as they slandered him.
That defiance tipped off weakness, rather than strength. The President is a fighter, of course, but here he was fighting to save the centrepiece of his economic table, rocking amidst both political fighting and the inflation surrounding the first stage of the subsidy cuts.
Equally significant is that Ahmadinejad, as he is battling in this area, is saying little or nothing on another. Instrumental in the effort to get nuclear talks in 2009 and to keep the prospect alive in 2010-2011, the President is silent in 2012. Given his nature, I doubt that is Ahmadinejad’s choice — he has been cut out of the nuclear issue.
Some will say that Ahmadinejad is “safe” because of the damaging information that he holds — and has threatened to reveal — on other members of the Islamic Republic’s elite. That could well be true. It looks, for example, as that option of “I’ll Take You Down with Me” has saved his advisors such as Saeed Mortazavi and Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh from prosecution.
But “safe” is not the same as dominant or even influential. The President is being squeezed on a daily basis. Next year, he could be yesterday’s man. The more interesting question, however, is whether he already is.
Source: EA World
Foreign email prohibited in Iran
Iran’s Minister of Communications and Technology has announced a ban on the use of foreign email services such as Yahoo and Gmail in order to “protect information security.”
Radio Zamaneh ) - The Mehr News Agency reports that Minister Reza Taghipour released a letter addressed to Mohammad Karampour, the head of the Radio Communications and Regulations Organization, saying that public emails are “tools of transferring information out of the country.” Therefore, foreign email hosts such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail and MSN are now forbidden for use in Iran.
The list of domestic email service providers should be posted and kept up to date for public use, the minister writes.
According to the minister, all government offices, private sector companies, universities and higher education organizations can use domestic email.
Heydar Moslehi, Iran’s Intelligence Minister, has expressed concern over the spread of social networking sites on the internet, calling it a “new threat” against the Islamic Republic.
Iranian officials have also claimed that Yahoo and Gmail control the emails of their users and collect private information.
Iran is also developing a national internet aimed protecting the transfer of information and “cleansing” inappropriate content.
Concerns Rise As Incarcerated Human Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi’s Heath Deteriorates Behind Bars
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May 10th, 2012 – Taghi Rahmani, the husband of incarcerated human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has informed BBC Farsi that in a brief telephone conversation with her family, Mohammadi informed them of the recurrence of her paralysis. According to Rahmani, after speaking to her children, Mohammadi spoke with her mother-in-law, informing her that on the evening of Sunday May 6th, 2012 she became dizzy, falling to the ground several times and on one occasion even banged her head on the floor.
Rahmani stated that Mohammadi who began serving her prison sentence at Evin two weeks ago, has once again been interrogated. Rahmani who himself currently lives abroad claimed that Mohammadi’s latest interrogation is nothing but a pressure tactic and no different than ”hostage taking”. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Iran News Round Up (May 10)
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UANI Announces New President, Ambassador Kristen Silverberg
New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is pleased to announce that Ambassador Kristen Silverberg, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and longtime member of UANI’s Advisory Board, has accepted the position of President of UANI.
Said UANI CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace:
We are honored that Kristen has joined UANI as President. Kristen is a highly respected U.S. diplomat, and an expert on U.S.-European relations. As the former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and a longtime friend and supporter of UANI, she is uniquely qualified to assist in guiding UANI as it continues its global campaign to economically isolate the Iranian regime.
Ambassador Silverberg serves as the COO of Vorbeck Materials, a nanotechnology company in Maryland. Prior to her position as U.S. Ambassador to the EU, she served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. She previously held a number of positions in President George W. Bush’s administration, including Deputy Assistant to the President and Advisor to the White House Chief of Staff. In 2003, she served as Senior Advisor to Ambassador L. Paul Bremer in Baghdad, Iraq.
Ambassador Silverberg formerly practiced law at Williams and Connolly, LLP in Washington, D.C. She was a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Judge David Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals. She graduated from Harvard College and the University of Texas School of Law. She has been selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader of 2009. She received the Secretary of Defense Award for Outstanding Public Service.
Click here for more information about UANI’s leadership and advisory board.
The Beautiful Spring, Mamasani
These photos show the beautiful nature of Mamasani in Fars province, southern Iran. The capital of Mamasani county is Nurabad, which is located 180 kilometres from Shiraz. Mamasani is located in the mountainous area of Fars in the northwest and enjoys moderate cold winters and mild summers.
