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Coming Attractions: Iran {Gadling}
Dec 2nd 2009 3:39PM Nothing in US law prevents Americans from visiting Iran -- unlike Cuba.
Coming Attractions: Iran {Gadling}
Dec 2nd 2009 3:37PM Ummm...considering that the UK and the US were complicit in arming Saddam with chemical weapons to be used against Iranians (resulting in over 60.000 deaths from chemical weapons alone during the 1980-88 war) I don't think we have much of a leg to stand on when talking about "crap" regimes -- and it is amazing that the Iranian people similarly don't confuse us for our governments.
Media World: How well do we understand Iran? {Daily Finance}
Jun 25th 2009 4:29PM There's no real evidence of election fraud in Iran, and all the claims can be easily refuted by FACTS
See the compilation of claims and counter-claims at IranAffairs.com or http://tinyurl.com/lxos5c
Obama Supports a Nuclear Iran {Politics Daily}
Jun 2nd 2009 3:41PM Even George Bush acknowledged that Iran has a sovereign right to nuclear technology:
http://tinyurl.com/qmf6w7
Obama Supports a Nuclear Iran {Politics Daily}
Jun 2nd 2009 3:40PM George Bush also said that Iran has a sovereign right to nuclear technology
See:
http://tinyurl.com/qmf6w7
Obama Supports a Nuclear Iran {Politics Daily}
Jun 2nd 2009 3:35PM Bush said the same thing as Obama
See http://tiny.cc/Vrabs
Rick Steves in Iran {Gadling}
Jul 17th 2008 8:16PM Actually lots of people have been visiting Iran long before Rick Steves joined in. And only American tourists need a registered guide - not Europeans.
See the latest NY Times piece on IRan:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/travel/10Iran.html
New Dispute Over Iranian Nukes {Politics Daily}
Feb 24th 2008 4:43PM The IAEA report itself says that it is still looking into the allegations and that the US only provided the information a few days before the report was issued.