Bahrain condemns Iran''s interference in internal affairs
by Iran.us News Robot
on 05/18/2013 - 03:00 pm
Category: Iran News
Kuwait News Agency Bahrain Saturday rejected an Iranian foreign ministry official's statement over the Kingdom and considered it an "unacceptable" intereference in Manama's internal affairs.
"The Iranian behavior is unprecedented in the relations between countries nor it is normal in regional and international relations," foreign ministry undersecretary for regional affairs and the GCC Hamad Al-Amer said in a statement quoted by official news agency (BNA).
He was reacting to Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian who was quoted by Iranian media as warning against reported storming b ...
US scolds Russia for sending arms to Syria
by Iran.us News Robot
on 05/18/2013 - 03:00 pm
Category: Iran News
The US has scolded Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government, with plans for an international peace conference promoted by the two major powers appearing to founder on diplomatic rifts over its scope and purpose.
General Martin Dempsey, the most senior US military officer, has described Russia's recent delivery of anti-ship missiles to President Bashar al-Assad as "ill-timed and very unfortunate".
"It's at the very least an unfortunate decision that will embolden the regime and prolong the suffering," he said in Washington DC on Friday.
He said the tr ...
Iranian LGBTs flee persecution via 'underground railroad'
by Iran.us News Robot
on 05/18/2013 - 03:00 pm
Category: Iran News
Minn PostKAYSERI, Turkey — It’s a humid summer night in Kayseri. Several busloads of Iranians trundle through the dusk. Grandparents, toddlers, thirty-somethings and gangly teenage couples stand in the aisles, sit on laps. All are refugees.
The caravan stops in front a nondescript high-rise with a small disco on the ground floor. Tobacco water pipes coil in wait on the terrace as DJs set up inside.
Nasrin Sabokpa, a 26-year-old lesbian, is here with her mom and two gay friends. Sabokpa and her friends are several of the hundreds of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) refugees that have left Iran with he ...
Sister of American held in Iran visits ambassador
by Iran.us News Robot
on 05/18/2013 - 03:00 pm
Category: Iran News
Flint — The sister of an ex-Marine incarcerated in Iran for nearly two years has met with a Swiss ambassador about her brother's case as part of an effort to seek his freedom.
MLive.com reports Sarah Hekmati was in Washington, D.C., this week to meet with Livia Leu Agosti, who represents U.S. interests in Iran in the absence of direct diplomatic relations. Sarah Hekmati says the family wants to remain positive.
She gave Agosti letters and books to hopefully have delivered to Amir Hekmati.
The family says he went to Iran in 2011 to visit his grandmothers. Iran accuses Hekmati of spying ...
