Word: april
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...tried to dissuade her but she said, 'Not this time.'" - Reza Saberi, on his daughter's decision to launch a hunger strike in protest of her conviction (ABC News, April...
...asked if he would consider commuting Saberi's sentence as a gesture of goodwill to the U.S., adding, "I think Mr. Obama, as a sign of change and also to encourage friendship, should allow laws to be processed fairly and allow the judiciary to carry out its duties." (BBC, April...
...gravely concerned with her safety and well-being." - President Barack Obama, saying that he has complete confidence that "she did not engage in espionage of any sort" (CNN, April...
...stories on everyday life in Iran, so people could understand the culture. That's why this espionage thing makes no sense. She was not doing hot political stories." - Cathy McMullen, one of Saberi's journalism instructors at Concordia College, on the puzzling nature of the charges (AP, April...
...since the U.S. gave Iraqis the right to democratically elect their own leaders, Iraq has been governed by Shi'ite Islamist parties arguably closer to Tehran than to Washington, and reluctant to govern according to the American script. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who succeeded Ibrahim al-Jaafari in April 2006, has proven adept at outfoxing rivals and building the foundations of a strongman regime rooted in the loyalty he has cultivated in the security and intelligence services. But his electoral power base remains rooted in the Shi'ite majority, and he has largely declined to implement the U.S. benchmarks...