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Sat, 18 May 2013 03:49:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/15/dfaits-iranian-outreach/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/15/dfaits-iranian-outreach/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 14:29:15 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=384302 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/15/dfaits-iranian-outreach/feed/ 0 The Global Dialogue on the Future of Iran, an effort by the University of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/dfait-skirts-iranian-government-tries-to-reach-iranian-people/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/dfait-skirts-iranian-government-tries-to-reach-iranian-people/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 01:16:04 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=382596 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/dfait-skirts-iranian-government-tries-to-reach-iranian-people/feed/ 0 Canada severed diplomatic relations with Iran last September, cutting off contact between the Iranian... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/ottawa-turns-to-digital-diplomacy-to-reach-iran-ahead-of-june-elections/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/ottawa-turns-to-digital-diplomacy-to-reach-iran-ahead-of-june-elections/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 14:44:24 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=382576 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/ottawa-turns-to-digital-diplomacy-to-reach-iran-ahead-of-june-elections/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – Canada is seeking to restore diplomatic relations with Iran — but not... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/16/powerful-earthquake-rocks-iran-hundreds-feared-dead/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/16/powerful-earthquake-rocks-iran-hundreds-feared-dead/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:20:39 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=372415 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/16/powerful-earthquake-rocks-iran-hundreds-feared-dead/feed/ 0 A powerful earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8, hit the area around the Iran-Pakistan... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/11/scientist-in-tehran-says-he-has-created-a-time-machine-to-see-into-the-future/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/11/scientist-in-tehran-says-he-has-created-a-time-machine-to-see-into-the-future/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:51:57 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=370399 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/11/scientist-in-tehran-says-he-has-created-a-time-machine-to-see-into-the-future/feed/ 0 Imagine what would happen if a nation like Iran could travel in time. It... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/08/drawing-the-line/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/08/drawing-the-line/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:35:00 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=365561 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/08/drawing-the-line/feed/ 0 Why cartoonists are proving to be a powerful force in one of the world’s most repressive regimes http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/iranian-interior-minister-barred-from-eu-comes-anyway/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/iranian-interior-minister-barred-from-eu-comes-anyway/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:32:29 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=360067 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/iranian-interior-minister-barred-from-eu-comes-anyway/feed/ 0 Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar is in Vienna this week to attend a session... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/iran-claims-it-will-sue-hollywood-over-unrealistic-portrayals-in-argo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/iran-claims-it-will-sue-hollywood-over-unrealistic-portrayals-in-argo/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:36:55 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=359740 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/13/iran-claims-it-will-sue-hollywood-over-unrealistic-portrayals-in-argo/feed/ 0 The Academy Award-winning best picture Argo is about to be slapped with a lawsuit,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/20/video-remembering-the-iranian-hostage-crisis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/20/video-remembering-the-iranian-hostage-crisis/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:41:16 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=352711 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/20/video-remembering-the-iranian-hostage-crisis/feed/ 0 Acclaimed photographer Peter Bregg recalls covering the 1979 crisis http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/what-really-happened-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/what-really-happened-2/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:00:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350224 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/19/what-really-happened-2/feed/ 0 Mark Lijek, a retired U.S. diplomat rescued from Iran, writes about the real heroes of 1979 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/08/loud-and-clear/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/08/loud-and-clear/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=347366 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/08/loud-and-clear/feed/ 0 The government is already rounding up 'dissidents'—an early warning sign to the opposition http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/06/iranian-president-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-nearly-whacked-with-shoe-during-egypt-visit/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/06/iranian-president-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-nearly-whacked-with-shoe-during-egypt-visit/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:38:47 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=347180 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/06/iranian-president-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-nearly-whacked-with-shoe-during-egypt-visit/feed/ 0 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Egypt seems to be off to a rocky start after... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/27/iran-imposes-own-oil-gas-ban-on-hostile-eu-after-sanctions-stop-flow/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/27/iran-imposes-own-oil-gas-ban-on-hostile-eu-after-sanctions-stop-flow/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 11:42:32 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=343060 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/27/iran-imposes-own-oil-gas-ban-on-hostile-eu-after-sanctions-stop-flow/feed/ 0 TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s oil ministry spokesman says all crude oil and gas exports... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/bringing-torture-to-light/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/bringing-torture-to-light/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:54:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=335061 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/bringing-torture-to-light/feed/ 0 But the quasi-judicial process has no legal standing http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/08/criticism-of-chuck-hagel-on-israel-is-empty-and-misguided/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/08/criticism-of-chuck-hagel-on-israel-is-empty-and-misguided/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:56:15 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=334616 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/08/criticism-of-chuck-hagel-on-israel-is-empty-and-misguided/feed/ 0 Michael Petrou on Obama's nominee for secretary of defence http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/brothers-in-charge/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/brothers-in-charge/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:31:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=314681 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/20/brothers-in-charge/feed/ 0 A feature report by Michael Petrou on the dynamics at play in the streets of Cairo http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/09/irwin-cotler-on-imprisoned-iranian-human-rights-lawyer-nasrin-sotoudeh/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/09/irwin-cotler-on-imprisoned-iranian-human-rights-lawyer-nasrin-sotoudeh/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:38:38 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=313436 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/09/irwin-cotler-on-imprisoned-iranian-human-rights-lawyer-nasrin-sotoudeh/feed/ 0 Cotler, in the House, continues his good and mostly ignored fight on Iran here.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/08/iranian-blogger-murdered-in-custody/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/08/iranian-blogger-murdered-in-custody/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:02:58 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=313180 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/08/iranian-blogger-murdered-in-custody/feed/ 0 Sattar Beheshti is dead. Most of his family are forbidden from visiting his grave.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/01/ontario-court-rules-cultural-centres-exposed-by-macleans-are-iranian-fronts/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/01/ontario-court-rules-cultural-centres-exposed-by-macleans-are-iranian-fronts/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:29:33 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=310166 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/01/ontario-court-rules-cultural-centres-exposed-by-macleans-are-iranian-fronts/feed/ 0 The Ontario Superior Court has issued a restraining order against Iran’s property in Canada,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/30/irans-1980s-massacre-of-political-prisoners-exposed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/30/irans-1980s-massacre-of-political-prisoners-exposed/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:32:51 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=309474 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/30/irans-1980s-massacre-of-political-prisoners-exposed/feed/ 0 The Iran Tribunal — a sort of people’s truth commission that doesn’t have any... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/22/baird-slams-iran-on-human-rights-they-hit-back-with-quebec-sovereignty/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/22/baird-slams-iran-on-human-rights-they-hit-back-with-quebec-sovereignty/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:29:19 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=305951 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/22/baird-slams-iran-on-human-rights-they-hit-back-with-quebec-sovereignty/feed/ 0 QUEBEC – Iranian officials angry at John Baird for his criticism of their internal... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/16/the-revenge-of-the-market/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/16/the-revenge-of-the-market/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:37:01 +0000 Jonathon Gatehouse http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=302230 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/16/the-revenge-of-the-market/feed/ 0 Economic sanctions resulting in runaway inflation and stagnant wages prompt protests http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/flag-of-islamic-republic-of-iran-flies-again-in-ottawa/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/flag-of-islamic-republic-of-iran-flies-again-in-ottawa/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:12:57 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=301536 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/flag-of-islamic-republic-of-iran-flies-again-in-ottawa/feed/ 0 The flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran today flies on the grounds of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/war-now-or-war-later/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/war-now-or-war-later/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:55:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=299655 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/war-now-or-war-later/feed/ 0 For Benjamin Netanyahu, the question is not if, but when to bomb Iran http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/macleans-big-in-tehran/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/macleans-big-in-tehran/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:37:33 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=299890 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/04/macleans-big-in-tehran/feed/ 0 Mehdi Hashemi, son of former Iranian president Ali Akbar Rasfanjani, last month returned to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/no-red-lines-on-iran/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/no-red-lines-on-iran/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:50:10 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=298131 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/no-red-lines-on-iran/feed/ 0 A government official says Canada won’t be drawing red lines on Iran. A senior... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/harper-netanyahu-have-a-private-talk-about-iran-in-new-york/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/harper-netanyahu-have-a-private-talk-about-iran-in-new-york/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:43:36 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=298078 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/harper-netanyahu-have-a-private-talk-about-iran-in-new-york/feed/ 0 NEW YORK, N.Y. – The morning after issuing another passionate defence of Israel and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/in-an-uncertain-world/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/in-an-uncertain-world/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:21:27 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=297982 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/in-an-uncertain-world/feed/ 0 The text of the Prime Minister’s speech last night in New York. Colin Horgan... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/obama-romney-respond-to-new-long-range-weapons-in-iran/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/obama-romney-respond-to-new-long-range-weapons-in-iran/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:15:30 +0000 admin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=296821 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/25/obama-romney-respond-to-new-long-range-weapons-in-iran/feed/ 0 Iran state television has reported that the country’s military has built a new long-range... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/from-pride-to-pariah/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/from-pride-to-pariah/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:10:01 +0000 Charlie Gillis http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=292657 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/from-pride-to-pariah/feed/ 0 Golshifteh Farahani, a beloved and apolitical Iranian film star, went from pride to pariah http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/14/stephen-harper-on-libya-iran-the-arab-spring-the-economy-and-the-budget/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/14/stephen-harper-on-libya-iran-the-arab-spring-the-economy-and-the-budget/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:00:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=293549 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/14/stephen-harper-on-libya-iran-the-arab-spring-the-economy-and-the-budget/feed/ 0 The Prime Minister talks to a certain news channel.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/expelled-iranian-diplomats-arrive-home/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/expelled-iranian-diplomats-arrive-home/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:47:09 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=293536 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/expelled-iranian-diplomats-arrive-home/feed/ 0 Iran’s English language propaganda arm Press TV has a report on the expelled Iranian... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/canada-is-weird/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/canada-is-weird/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:00:53 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=293055 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/canada-is-weird/feed/ 0 Campbell Clark tries to explain the Harper government’s decision to cut off Iran. There’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/heroes-welcome-planned-for-expelled-iranian-diplomats/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/heroes-welcome-planned-for-expelled-iranian-diplomats/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:30:05 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=292777 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/12/heroes-welcome-planned-for-expelled-iranian-diplomats/feed/ 0 Iran’s embassy staff departed Ottawa at 10 o’clock this morning on a charter flight... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/11/were-we-worried-about-an-iranian-sleeper-cell/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/11/were-we-worried-about-an-iranian-sleeper-cell/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:22:43 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=292168 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/11/were-we-worried-about-an-iranian-sleeper-cell/feed/ 0 Brian Stewart offers a theory on the Harper government’s decision to cut diplomatic ties... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/kenney-on-iran/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/kenney-on-iran/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:29:21 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=291934 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/kenney-on-iran/feed/ 0 While announcing his department’s crackdown on immigration fraud, Jason Kenney was asked about the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/closing-irans-embassy-will-shrink-but-not-end-its-influence-in-canada/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/closing-irans-embassy-will-shrink-but-not-end-its-influence-in-canada/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:19:06 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=291872 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/closing-irans-embassy-will-shrink-but-not-end-its-influence-in-canada/feed/ 0 Many of the regime's elite have made Canada their home http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/our-diplomatic-war-with-iran/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/our-diplomatic-war-with-iran/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:00:51 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=291592 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/10/our-diplomatic-war-with-iran/feed/ 0 Asked about how Iran might respond to Canada’s decision to cut diplomatic relations, the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/canada-cuts-ties-with-iran-closes-embassy-orders-iranian-diplomats-home/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/canada-cuts-ties-with-iran-closes-embassy-orders-iranian-diplomats-home/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:57:57 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=290776 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/canada-cuts-ties-with-iran-closes-embassy-orders-iranian-diplomats-home/feed/ 0 VLADIVOSTOK, Russia – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has severed Canadian ties with Iran... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/05/we-have-some-concerns-with-the-way-youve-spun-the-facts-senator-don-merediths-office-responds/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/05/we-have-some-concerns-with-the-way-youve-spun-the-facts-senator-don-merediths-office-responds/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:00:24 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=289297 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/05/we-have-some-concerns-with-the-way-youve-spun-the-facts-senator-don-merediths-office-responds/feed/ 0 Yesterday I received the following email from Kevin Bourne, “communications and policy adviser” for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/tory-senator-joins-iranian-embassy-shindig/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/tory-senator-joins-iranian-embassy-shindig/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:00:53 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=288731 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/04/tory-senator-joins-iranian-embassy-shindig/feed/ 0 Don Meredith, apparently, didn't see any contradictions with his party's hard line on Iran http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/16/iran-seeks-to-open-religious-school-in-montreal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/16/iran-seeks-to-open-religious-school-in-montreal/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:41:50 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=284159 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/16/iran-seeks-to-open-religious-school-in-montreal/feed/ 0 An Iranian religious education organization under the ultimate supervision of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/tehrans-very-fowl-summer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/tehrans-very-fowl-summer/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:41:01 +0000 Michael Petrou http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=282194 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/14/tehrans-very-fowl-summer/feed/ 0 A countrywide chicken shortage sparks protests in Iran as sanctions begin to bite. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/13/building-a-population-bomb/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/13/building-a-population-bomb/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:05:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=282210 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/13/building-a-population-bomb/feed/ 0 Battling low fertility rates, Tehran takes on birth control http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/13/killer-earthquake-in-iran/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/13/killer-earthquake-in-iran/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:11:57 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=283488 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/13/killer-earthquake-in-iran/feed/ 0 Two earthquakes in Iran have killed 250 people, injured 1,500 and put 16,000 in...