Jailed Iranian Blogger Transferred To Hospital

Source: Radio Zamaneh

Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, an Iranian political prisoner on hunger strike at Tehran’s Evin Prison, has been transferred to hospital on the ninth day of his strike.

Hossein Ronaghi Maleki

The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports that the jailed Iranian blogger was transferred to hospital on Sunday but he has insisted that he will refuse food until he is given a leave from prison.

Hossein Ronaghi Maleki began a hunger strike in protest against the authorities’ refusal to allow him sick leave over his kidney complications.

On Saturday, the head of Iran’s judiciary called on the Tehran prosecutor to attend to Ronaghi Maleki’s medical needs and transfer him to a hospital.

Ronaghi Maleki has undergone several kidney operations since he was arrested in December of 2009 during the crackdown on protesters against the contested presidential elections.

He has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for his blog, which was critical of the political situation and the alleged fraud in the elections.

Pardisan Park’s Wildlife Clinic in Tehran

The wildlife clinic at Pardisan Park is host to animals that have been injured, sometimes due to people’s ignorance, and so cannot live on their own.

Pardisan Park is a multi-purpose complex covering more than 270 hectares located northwest of the capital city Tehran. This complex is primarily an educational, research and cultural center with the objective of creating suitable facilities for the study of the environment in all its different aspects.Pardisan Park includes a Biodiversity Museum, a wildlife park, a theatre, playgrounds and several other facilities.

Jame’eye Baaz | The Flexibility of Khamenei’s So-Called ‘Nuclear Fatwa’

by ESKANDAR SADEGHI-BOROUJERDI

Some things are certain and lasting…and then there are Supreme Leaders’ “fatwas.”

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is a doctoral student in modern Middle East studies at Queens College, University of Oxford. Jame’eye Baaz — “open society,” à la Karl Popper – is a blog about Iranian politics.

I find it most curious that some Western commentators believe that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s fatwa banning nuclear weapons is “well-documented.” There has been plenty written about it, certainly, but I have never seen the fatwa itself written down per se or even appropriately documented in either official or unofficial literature.Except for Mehdi Khalaji’s excellent piece in the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) policy brief “Nuclear Fatwa: Religion and Politics in Iran’s Proliferation Strategy,” nothing all that serious on the subject has been written in either English or Persian, as far as I know.

Flame verbreitete sich über Microsoft-Update

 

Der Spionage-Trojaner Flame soll sich auch über Microsofts Updatesystem verbreitet haben. Zudem wurde eine umfassende Serverinfrastruktur identifiziert, die nach der Entdeckung von Flame sofort abgeschaltet wurde.

Analysen von Kaspersky Lab zufolge hat sich Flame unter anderem über Microsofts Updatefunktion verbreitet. Über eine Man-in-the-Middle-Attacke hat sich ein mit Flame infizierter Rechner in das Netzwerk integriert und manipulierte Updatepakete an andere Rechner verteilt sowie einen eigenen Updateserver eingerichtet. Über Microsofts Updatefunktion gelangte der Spionagetrojaner so auf andere Computer.

Flame behauptete, ein Update für die Gadget-Funktion von Windows bereitzustellen und verleitete Anwender so dazu, sich die Schadsoftware selbst auf den Rechner zu holen. Das Update war mit einem gefälschten Microsoft-Zertifikat unterzeichnet. Erst gestern hat Microsoft mitgeteilt, dass Flame gefälschte Microsoft-Zertifikate genutzt habe, um vorzugaukeln, bei Flame handele es sich um eine offizielle Software von Microsoft.

Die über die Updatefunktion verteilte Software wurde am 27. Dezember 2010 kompiliert und ist am 28. Dezember 2010 mit dem Zertifikat versehen worden. Flame soll vor allem Systeme mit Windows XP und Windows 7 befallen haben; Letztere aber nur in der 32-Bit-Version.

Eye on Iran: IAEA, Iran to Hold Nuclear Talks on June 8

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Reuters: ”The U.N. atomic watchdog and Iran will hold a new round of talks this week to try to reach an agreement to resume a long-stalled investigation into suspected nuclear weapons research in the Islamic Republic, IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said on Monday. Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, made a rare visit to Tehran two weeks ago and said when he returned to Vienna that he expected a framework cooperation deal to be signed soon with Iran. Iranian officials have made clear that only once such an accord has been finalized will they grant U.N. inspectors access to the Parchin military site, where the IAEA suspects Iran may have carried out nuclear weapons development activity.” http://t.uani.com/LgjSnt

NYT: ”Despite sectarian bombings and political gridlock, Iraq’s crude oil production is soaring, providing a singular bright spot for the nation’s future and relief for global oil markets as the West tightens sanctions on Iranian exports… Energy analysts say that the Iraqi boom – coupled with increased production in Saudi Arabia and the near total recovery of Libya’s oil industry – should cushion oil markets from price spikes and give the international community additional leverage over Iran when new sanctions take effect in July.”http://t.uani.com/M4R95z 

Roundup of Today’s International News 04/06/12

IAEA BOARD

IAEA: Introductory Statement to Board of Governors
Iran is not providing the necessary cooperation to enable the Agency to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran, and therefore to conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.

Access to Iran site to top agenda at IAEA board
After a visit to Iran on May 21, IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said he and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili would soon sign a deal to resolve issues over Tehran’s nuclear programme. But two weeks on, there is still no sign of it. Last week, IAEA chief inspector Herman Nackaerts also showed delegations new satellite pictures of Parchin taken on May 25 that analysts say suggest cleanup activities at the military base.

IAEA urges Iran to sign deal on nuclear issue soon, new talks scheduled
Yukiya Amano, head of the IAEA, told the quarterly board meeting that another round of talks between Iran and the UN nuclear agency, aiming to clarify possible military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear program, has been scheduled for June 8 in Vienna. “I invite Iran to sign and implement the Structured Approach document as soon as possible and to provide early access to the Parchin site, “Amano said.

Iran News Round Up (June 4)

Politics Ceremonies held to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of  Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s death end in disorder: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei indirectly attacks Ahmadinejad: “If we stop, we will be pushed back. And if we are arrogant, we will be thrown into the ground. If the authorities of the country become preys to egocentrism, arrogance… we will be dealt blows into the mouth. The path of progress is one of ‘no stop.’ We are still on the mountain slopes and there is a distance to the peak. The day when the Iranian nation reaches the peak, the enmities and evils will end…” Ahmadinejad’s speech on the occasion of Khomeini’s death anniversaryends in tumult as the protesters chant slogans against Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei. According to Entekhab, the protesters chanted: “Death to Mashaei,” “Shame on you Mashaei, leave Ahmadi[nejad] alone,” “This entire army has come for the sake of the Leader [who addressed the crowds before the president." As Hojjat al-Eslam Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic, tried to deliver his speech, the crowds chantedslogans against him: "Death to the opponent of the Guardianship of the Jurist," "The blood in our veins is a gift to our Leader," "We are not citizens of Kufa so that the Imam would be alone," "This entire army has come for the sake of the Leader." Rafsanjani, addressing a group of students from Azad University, attacks Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah Yazdi: "Relying on the people and irreplaceable role of the people in historical events is extremely important. Extremism, on the other hand, is one of the pests dealing blows to the goals of the Islamic revolution. The path of moderation and renunciation of extremism have led to the progress of the revolution. But unfortunately we on some occasions witness some people who did not believe in the struggle against the Shah, or considered that futile or unnecessary, today directly or indirectly lead extremist and radical groups and present solutions [for the problems] of the country.” Mesbah Yazdi responds to Rafsanjani’s attack while addressing a group of Revolutionary Guards members from the Imam Ali Center of the Guards based in Isfahan: “At the time of the revolution, there were people who did not consider the Imam [Khomeini] as the ideologue of the revolution and solely considered him an instrument to overthrow the Shah… After the revolution, some of these people gained access to important positions in the regime and are now bidding their time as well… There are today some who are trying to monopolize the revolution to the benefit of their own interests…” Diplomacy Mehr News releases the list of provinces in which Afghan citizens are barredfrom residing, and university courses Afghan citizens are not allowed to attend. Iran executes three Afghan citizens and transfers their bodies to families in Afghanistan. [E] Ahmadinejad will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Beijing next week just days before another round of talks between Tehran and the world powers in Moscow.

Military and Security Khamenei: “The noise and threats that authorities of the usurping Zionist regimemake against Iran are because of their fear, terror and powerlessness… The heads of the Zionist regime know that today they are more vulnerable than ever. Any incorrect move of theirs will strike their own heads like lightening…” Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah Yazdi: “As Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah [Hezbollah General Secretary] told me, ‘We will not wait for the orders of the Supreme Leader of the Revolution, but we will discover his inclination and taste.’”

Nuclear Issue Khamenei: “Political circles in the world talk of the threat of a nuclear Iran. They lie and deceive. What they should fear is not a nuclear Iran, but an Islamic Iran. It is Islamic Iran which is shaking the pillars of the power of Global Arrogance…” “Sanctions can’t stop the Iranian nation’s progress. The only impact is deepening of the hatred of the Iranian nation against the West…” [E] Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will hold another round of talks on mutual cooperation on June 8, the UN nuclear watchdog agency chief, Yukiya Amano, announced on Monday.

UANI Calls on Bureau Veritas to Comply with Sanctions and Stop Certifying IRISL Vessels and Iranian Oil Tankers

On Monday, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) called on the French shipping service, Bureau Veritas, to stop certifying Iranian shipping vessels, specifically those of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (“IRISL”) and the National Iranian Tanker Company (“NITC”).

Bureau Veritas’s Iran business violates EU sanctions that ban both transactions with the IRISL and the provision of ancillary services, including certification services that facilitate Iran’s global oil trade.

In recent months, Bureau Veritas has made a series of irresponsible and illegal decisions to certify vessels that other certification providers such as Lloyd’s Register and Det Norske Veritas have dropped due to U.S. and EU sanctions. Bureau Veritas now providescertification to at least a dozen IRISL vessels and eleven NITC oil tankers.

In a letter sent last week to Bureau Veritas’s CEO Didier Michaud-Daniel, UANI CEO, Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, explained how this is a clear violation of EU sanctions imposed against the IRISL and Iran’s oil trade, and also could run afoul of U.S. law, given Bureau Veritas’s extensive contract work with the U.S. government.

UNHCR-Richtlinien zur Beurteilung internationaler Schutzbedürftigkeit von Asylsuchenden aus dem Irak

31.05.2012 - UN High Commissioner for Refugees  

Irak

UNHCR-Richtlinien zur Beurteilung internationaler Schutzbedürftigkeit von Asylsuchenden aus dem Irak (Hintergrundinformationen; wichtigste Urheber von Verfolgung und Gewalt; gefährdete Gruppen; sicherheitsrelevante Vorfälle und zivile Opfer; interne Fluchtalternative / Relokation; Ausschlussgründe) [ID 218425]

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