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Rights Groups Prompt Tougher International Laws Regarding Jamming (22 February 2012) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today welcomed a new International Telecommunication Union (ITU) regulation requiring governments take “necessary action” to stop jamming of satellite broadcasts from within their jurisdiction.
February 16, 2012 By Carol Cratty, CNN Senior Producer - Washington (CNN) -- With tensions between Iran and the West running high, law enforcement officials are concerned Iran or its surrogates could mount attacks against Jewish targets inside the United States -- but there is no specific information that any plots are in the works, according to an intelligence bulletin obtained by CNN.
Poetry International Web - Exile, transition and place are predominant themes in the poetry of Mehrdad Arefani, who was born in Iran and, after years of political imprisonment, escaped to Istanbul. Having subsequently moved around Europe, he now lives in Belgium. His nomadic life is reflected in poems such as ‘Room’, in which he ponders the meaning of freedom, asking “What difference does it make being here or in Evin prison/ in a flat in Brussels/ or in a room of the father’s house?/
Bloomberg Businessweek February 15, 2012, - By JULIE PACE and ANNE GEARAN - WASHINGTON - The United States and Europe are weighing unprecedented punishment against Iran that could cripple the country's financial lifeline but result in higher oil prices for the U.S. and its allies. Underscoring the potential costs, Iran on Wednesday cut oil exports to six European countries. The Obama administration wants Iran evicted from SWIFT, an independent financial clearinghouse that is crucial to the country's overseas oil sales.
By Associated Press, Washington Post - Tuesday, February 14, ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN — Iranian patrol boats and aircraft shadowed a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group as it transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. The passage ended a Gulf mission that displayed Western naval power amid heightened tensions with Tehran, which has threatened to choke off vital oil shipping lanes.
Joint Public Statement - International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) - Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI) 11 January 2012 - Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, a young American of Iranian descent, charged with ‘spying’ for the US, was found guilty by Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolution Court (IRC) of moharebeh (fighting God) and sentenced to death on 9 January 2012.
Rights Groups Prompt Tougher International Laws Regarding Jamming (22 February 2012) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today welcomed a new International Telecommunication Union (ITU) regulation requiring governments take “necessary action” to stop jamming of satellite broadcasts from within their jurisdiction.
February 16, 2012 By Carol Cratty, CNN Senior Producer - Washington (CNN) -- With tensions between Iran and the West running high, law enforcement officials are concerned Iran or its surrogates could mount attacks against Jewish targets inside the United States -- but there is no specific information that any plots are in the works, according to an intelligence bulletin obtained by CNN.
Poetry International Web - Exile, transition and place are predominant themes in the poetry of Mehrdad Arefani, who was born in Iran and, after years of political imprisonment, escaped to Istanbul. Having subsequently moved around Europe, he now lives in Belgium. His nomadic life is reflected in poems such as ‘Room’, in which he ponders the meaning of freedom, asking “What difference does it make being here or in Evin prison/ in a flat in Brussels/ or in a room of the father’s house?/
Bloomberg Businessweek February 15, 2012, - By JULIE PACE and ANNE GEARAN - WASHINGTON - The United States and Europe are weighing unprecedented punishment against Iran that could cripple the country's financial lifeline but result in higher oil prices for the U.S. and its allies. Underscoring the potential costs, Iran on Wednesday cut oil exports to six European countries. The Obama administration wants Iran evicted from SWIFT, an independent financial clearinghouse that is crucial to the country's overseas oil sales. 
Joint Public Statement - International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) - Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI) 11 January 2012 - Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, a young American of Iranian descent, charged with ‘spying’ for the US, was found guilty by Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolution Court (IRC) of moharebeh (fighting God) and sentenced to death on 9 January 2012. 
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