The Latest News about Iran

Life is not fair. Anyone who has ever dealt with a government institution knows that government is inevitably less fair. Never the less, it is effective politics to claim that life can be made fair because fairness is undefined and carries a beloved connotation. This idea of fairness has evolved into something particularly despicable recently, a cult of excuse. The ...

American hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were released Wednesday morning for a fine of $500,000 per person. The source of the money is as yet unknown. The two were sentenced earlier this year for 8 years in prison for spying. Sarah Shourd, a third hiker, was released on bail last year. The trio was arrested in July of 2009 ...

Since the beginning of the War on Terror, the United States has taken on the task of forming hostile nations into allies in the Middle East. The best analogy I can think of to currently describe the way things have gone is likening our nation building efforts to the comic strip “Peanuts”. The nations that we go to war with ...

Tuesday afternoon, I had the opportunity to spend twenty minutes with Congressman Allen West (R FL-22) and ask him about the outcome of the debt-limit negotiations, the current state of the economy and U.S. foreign policy. Once the pleasantries were exchanged, we got right to the questions. Rich: Moody’s cut the U.S. economic outlook for 2011 and people are still struggling ...

This is a man who understands that Iran is a threat- not only to The United States, but to the world!  

Remember Blackwater? They’re baaaack – we think… The security company was founded in 1997 as Blackwater USA by Erik Prince and Al Clark. In October of the same year the company was renamed Blackwater Worldwide and more recently Xe (prounouced Zee) services. Now, an unverifiable report in the New York Times alleges that Erik Prince has formed a new company – ...

Word on the street is that Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is being forced to step down by the Ayatollah. While it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy, the real question is why.. now? First, the reports are coming from an unconfirmed second-hand source. This examiner.com article makes the claim: A few minutes ago on May 5, 2011, Arab TV announced that ...

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee back, ...

From BBC News: Iran is to free on Saturday one of three detained American hikers accused of espionage, officials in Tehran say. An Iranian official named her as Sarah Shourd, 31. No reason has been given for her release. She was seized with Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 27, last July. Tehran accuses them of entering illegally and having ...

The entrie transcript of this interview is available here. These are the parts I’m concerned about, which begin in the video at 36 minutes: NBC’s Ann Curry: In your speeches, you pray for God to hasten the arrival of the hidden Imam, the Muslim messiah. Would you tell us, as I know you will speak about this at the general assembly, ...