by Galen Petruso | Oct 23, 2012 | Monitor
October 23, 2012 Egypt Supreme Court to decide on constitutional panel BBC News – Middle East The Cairo Administrative Court that was expected to rule on lawsuits concerning the composition of Egypt’s constitutional panel has passed the case the Supreme Constitutional...
by Daniel Painter | Aug 14, 2012 | Monitor
August 6th Iranian T.V. airs confessions of nuclear scientist killings. State television broadcasted a documentary called “Terror Club”, detailing the murder of five Iranian scientists and academics since 2010 that were associated with its nuclear program. The program...
by Daniel Painter | Aug 7, 2012 | Monitor
July 30st Sanctions against Iran are working. Speaking in Tunisia, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said, “These sanctions are having a serious impact in terms of the economy of Iran…what we need to do is continue the pressure on Iran.” The comments came the...
by Daniel Painter | Jul 31, 2012 | Monitor
July 23rd Iran sends new batch of 20%-enriched uranium to research reactor. Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani announced the fourth shipment of 20%-enriched uranium to the Tehran Medical Research Reactor. Speaking about the international...
by Zachary Miller | Jul 11, 2012 | Monitor
Taliban commander: we cannot win war and al-Qaida is a ‘plague’ Julian Borger / The Guardian One of the Taliban’s most senior commanders has admitted the insurgents cannot win the war in Afghanistan and that capturing Kabul is “a very distant...