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En Iran, une héroïne virtuelle est la première femme candidate à la présidentielle, récit

http://keyhani.blog.lemonde.fr/2013/05/18/en-iran-une-heroine-virtuelle-est-la-premiere-femme-candidate-a

#Iran #élections #femmes

REVUE DE LA PRESSE IRANIENNE PAR POMED

Iran Weekly Update - May 10, 2013
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8a185f96ecfeb10569f5120d0

 
 
Presidential Candidate Registration Begins:
The registration period for the upcoming presidential election began on Tuesday. According to Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar, 243 individuals have submitted applications, including: former nuclear negotiator Hassan Rouhani; Mohammad-Reza Aref, Vice President under Mohammad Khatami and Expediency Council member; Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, a conservative former Health Minister; Ali Fallahian, a conservative member of the Assembly of Experts and former Minister of Intelligence; and Mostafa Kavakebian, a former reform-leaning MP. The registration period will end on Saturday evening.
 
Sources: 
Mohammad-Reza Aref Registers as Presidential Candidate BBC Persian [Persian], 5/10/2013
243 Register in 3 Days Fars News Agency [Persian], 5/9/2013 
Candidate Wanted by Interpol Registers for Iran Elections Iran-Pulse [English], 5/9/2013
Iran’s Presidential Race Gets Underway Uskowi on Iran [English], 5/7/2013
Iran’s Presidential Candidates Begin Registration Process Iran-Pulse [English], 5/7/2013

Speculation Surrounding Rafsanjani and Mashaei:
Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani made headlines Sunday after claiming that he intends to speak with Khamenei about his candidacy. Sadeq Zibakalam, a prominent political analyst, claims that Rafsanjani will eventually stand. On Friday, former President Khatami reiterated that, in his opinion, Rafsanjani is the best option. Other political experts believe there is a possibility that, in the absence of Rafsanjani’s candidacy, all three members of the 2+1 Coalition will register and run in the election, rather than choosing one unity candidate. Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, a member of the 2+1 Coalition, seemed to confirm this option, saying, “…it is yet not clear when exactly we will announce the result [on the designated unity candidate],” but "the announcement will not take place” before the Guardian Council has completed the candidate vetting process. On Thursday, the conservative Coalition of Five became the first coalition to announce a unity candidate: former First Deputy-Speaker of the Parliament Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard. In an interview published on Thursday, Bahman Sharifzadeh, a Mashaei supporter, asserted that Mashaei would register on the last day of the registration period. 
 
Sources:
Coalition of Three to name candidate after vetting process Press TV [English], 5/10/2013
The Best Presidential Option: Rafsanjani BBC Persian [Persian], 5/10/2013
2+1 Unity Candidate May Be Determined after Registration Fars News Agency [Persian], 5/9/2013
Sharifzadeh: “Mashaei to Register on Saturday” Entekhab [Persian], 5/9/2013
Rafsanjani Says He Won’t Run Without Khamenei’s Consent Iran-Pulse [English], 5/6/2013

New Minister of Labor Approved; Head of Medical Association Blocked:
On Sunday, Parliament approved President Ahmadinejad’s Minister of Labor nominee, MP Asadollah Abbasi. On Wednesday, reports emerged that the writ of approval for Iran’s new Medical Association head was sent to the office of President for the third time, with Ahmadinejad again refusing to sign it. Ahmadinejad’s refusal to sign the approval may stem from his dissatisfaction with the vetting process and the denial of his favored candidates during the Medical Association elections in February. 

Sources:
Majlis approves Abbasi as Labor Minister Tehran Times [English], 5/5/2013
Abbasi becomes Minister of Labor Entekhab [Persian], 5/5/2013 

Kahrizak Trial Continues:
On Tuesday, the seventh session of the Kahrizak trial was held behind closed doors. During the session, Director General of Tehran’s Prisons Sohrab Soleimani testified that the now-closed Kahrizak facility was not a legal detention center. One of the defendants, former Deputy Prosecutor Ali Akbar Heidarifar, argued that the Ministry of Justice’s failure to nullify the detainees’ imprisonment orders was tantamount to granting its approval for them. 
 
Sources:
Iran holds 7th court session to hear Kahrizak case Press TV [English], 5/8/2013
Judicial Documents Published on Website Kalameh [Persian], 5/8/2013
Judge Positively Evaluates Kahrizak Case Alef [Persian], 5/7/2013
 
Intelligence Ministry Releases Details of Government Scandal:
Earlier this week, Minister of Intelligence and presidential hopeful Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi released a report concerning a 450 million Euro scandal involving the government’s alleged construction contract in the free trade area of Kish. Reports indicate that construction proceeded without the appropriate auctioning procedures. The government has denied the allegations.
 
Sources:
Details of Government Scandal Published Kalameh [Persian], 5/8/2013
Intelligence Ministry Publishes Details of Scandal Alef [Persian], 5/7/2013
Attorney General Condemns Revealing Scandal BBC Persian [Persian], 5/6/2013 ❞

Le meilleur candidat à la présidence de l’Iran est-t-il une héroïne de BD ? · Global Voices en Français
http://fr.globalvoicesonline.org/2013/05/12/145902
http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/zahra2-375x137.png

La main de fer du régime iranien ne laisse aucune chance à des candidats de l’opposition de participer à la course à la présidence, mais dans le monde virtuel, le personnage d’un roman graphique qui vient de paraître s’est fait le champion d’une élection libre et honnête.

Des centaines d’Iraniens pleins d’espoirs ont fait acte de candidature [anglais] pour succéder au Président Mahmoud Ahmadinejad à l’élection qui se déroulera le 14 juin 2013. Le très conservateur Conseil des Gardiens s’apprête à établir la liste des candidats admis à se présenter effectivement.

Zahra Président

Le mouvement massif de protestation qui a éclaté après l’élection de 2009 reste présent dans beaucoup d’esprits. Le site militant United4Iran (Unis pour l’Iran) et le feuilleton en bande dessinée Zahra’s Paradise (Le Paradis de Zahra) ont lancé la campagne virtuelle Zahra Présidente 2013 pour exposer par la satire le système politique corrompu de l’Iran.

IRAN. PROJECT ON MIDDLE EAST DEMOCRACY (POMED) publie un rapport sur la politique de réforme et la prochaine élection présidentielle iranienne
http://pomed.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/POMED-Policy-Brief-Farhi.pdf

As the Islamic Republic of Iran approaches its eleventh presidential election, the conflicting impulses that have shaped its 34-year life are once again manifest. The constitutional mandate to hold regular elections, whose competitiveness helps legitimize the Islamic Republic and deepen the allegiance of its citizens to the Islamic system, is again confronted with the need to place limitations on the contest in order to prevent the candidacies of those branded as “outsiders.”
The upcoming contest comes on the heels of two bruising presidential elections in 2005 and 2009: the former went to a second round, while the latter resulted in large protests and a subsequent crackdown by the security establishment. Ghosts of both cast long shadows on
the coming election, though for different reasons. The traditional conservative political establishment is fretting over the possible emergence of another relatively unknown and highly polarizing candidate “not up to the task” of managing the government and economy, as was the case in the 2005 election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. From this perspective, trouble lies in the possibility of continued economic ruin and international isolation through a combination of populist policies, managerial incompetence, and stridence.
Uncertainty regarding Iran’s fluid political environment remains. There exists potential for a large number of votes cast against a “preferred” candidate, even at the last minute. The working assumption is that the electoral environment and the field of candidates will be manipulated to assure that the establishment candidate is elected without tampering on election day. But an “engineered” election was also the plan in 2009, when a presumably washed up and uncharismatic former
Prime Minister, Mir Hossein Mousavi, was approved to run against Ahmadinejad, whose populist policies at least assured him support
in rural areas and smaller cities. The 85 percent participation rate registered in 2009, which was 22 percent greater than the participation rate in 2005, was unexpected—and grounds for public skepticism and post-election protests.


Hezbollah Low-Key as New PM Forms Government - Scarlett Haddad
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/04/hezbollah-silence-salam-appointment-lebanon.html

The data in Hezbollah’s possession allows the party to assume that a compromise is imminent between Russia, Iran and countries within the same circle of influence on the one hand, and the US and its allies on the other. This compromise should materialize during the summit to be held on June 1, between US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Each side seeks to play its trump card in the anticipated negotiations. However, according to Hezbollah’s sources, should one of the two camps believe it would be at a disadvantage, the summit may very well be postponed.

Nevertheless, until this major event takes place — if it does as scheduled — Lebanon is going through a sort of limbo, where no important decision has been made. It is in this spirit that Hezbollah has chosen to support the candidacy of Salam for the presidency of the new government, without giving up on all its requirements regarding the formation of the government. Moreover, Hezbollah also wanted to make a goodwill gesture, especially with regard to Saudi Arabia. The party considered that Saudi Arabia has already made the first step by choosing Salam, who is believed to be a moderate figure.

[…]

Moreover, the March 14 coalition could also give new instructions to the army so as to marginalize its role, with the aim of requiring the deployment of international forces (maybe the UNIFIL after changing its mandate) along the border with Syria. In the same vein, Lebanon’s foreign policy would become favorable to the Syrian opposition, as desired by the March 14 coalition which continues to criticize the current foreign minister, accusing him of being the ambassador of the Syrian regime.

This scenario may seem overstated, but Hezbollah prefers to think of the worst instead of being taken completely off guard.

Le jour où un agent américain a failli tuer Ahmadinejad par mégarde | Courrier international
http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2013/03/21/le-jour-ou-un-agent-americain-a-failli-tuer-ahmadinejad-par-m

L’anecdote, racontée par The Atlantic, est tirée de Deep State : Inside the Government Secrecy Industry [L’Etat profond : voyage dans l’industrie gouvernementale du secret], un ouvrage (à paraître) des journalistes américains Marc Ambinder et D.B. Grady sur l’histoire des services secrets américains.

La scène, dont témoigne un ancien haut responsable de l’administration Bush, se déroule en septembre 2006, à l’occasion d’une Assemblée générale des Nations unies à laquelle participe le président de l’Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. « Un agent des services secrets, apparemment par erreur, a déchargé son fusil alors que le président s’apprêtait à rejoindre son cortège motorisé à la sortie de l’hôtel InterContinental (de New York). »

The Day the Secret Service Almost Shot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/deep-state/309260

Pakistan begins construction of Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/15/paki-m15.html

Pakistan begins construction of Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline
By Vilani Peiris and Sarath Kumara
15 March 2013

Amid US threats to impose sanctions on his country, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari joined Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a ceremony breaking ground on construction of the Pakistani portion of a planned Iran-Pakistan pipeline on Monday.

With national elections due in May, Zardari and his ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) will seek to gain electoral advantage by using the pipeline to posture as being independent from Washington. Iran sees the project as a way to counter the crippling economic sanctions the US has imposed on it, based on unsubstantiated allegations that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.

#énergie #transport #gaz #iran #pakistan

Pakistan, Iran, defy US sanctions

►http://www.juancole.com

Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Pakistani president Asaf Ali Zardari on Monday inaugurated a gas pipeline that will supply Iranian ( he means Pakistan? ) cities with Iranian natural gas. The pipeline has been largely completed on the Iranian side, but Pakistan had problems getting the international financing to complete its leg, which will cost $1.5 billion. Iran is loaning Pakistan $500 million, and Pakistan is putting up the other billion from its own resources. They plan to complete the project by the end of 2014.

Mahmoud et Elena : La photo « haram » qui choque les conservateurs iraniens | À La Une | L’Orient-Le Jour
http://www.lorientlejour.com/category/À+La+Une/article/804687/Mahmoud_et_Elena_:_La_photo_"haram"_qui_choque_les_conservateurs_iran

En prenant les mains d’Elena Frias et en posant son visage contre le sien, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, le président de l’Iran, l’un des pays les plus conservateurs du Moyen-Orient, a suscité la colère des intégristes iraniens.

Elena Frias est la mère du leader vénézuélien Hugo Chavez, décédé le 5 mars dernier des suites d’un cancer. Le cliché a été pris alors que le président iranien présentait ses condoléances à la mère de Chavez, lors des funérailles de ce dernier à Caracas. Or la photo a irrité au plus haut point les intégristes et conservateurs iraniens, certains estimant que l’embrassade pouvait être considérée comme « haram », selon le quotidien britannique The Telegraph.

Iranian Media Clash Over Ahmadinejad’s Embrace of Chavez’s Mother

Iran Pulse: Must-Reads from Iran Today

http://iranpulse.al-monitor.com/index.php/2013/03/1506/iranian-media-clash-over-ahmadinejads-embrace-of-chavezs-mothe

A picture of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad embracing the mother of former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died last week from cancer, has been a major source of controversy among the Iranian media.

In the picture taken last week at Chavez’s funeral Ahamdinejad can be seen touching the hands of the grieving Elena Frias de Chavez, Chavez’s mother, under the watchful eye of his Deputy Hojat al Islam Mohammad Reza Mirtaj Aldini.

The picture immediately went viral on Facebook and Twitter. Most users either joked about his sincerity or wondered how religious circles would react back in Iran. Islamic law forbids the touching of unrelated men and women. The reaction from religious circles was swift.

Hojat al-Islam Hossein Ibrahimi, member of Society of Militant Clergy of Tehran, said that “in relation to what is allowed (halal) and what is forbidden (haram) we know that no unrelated women can be touched unless she is drowning at sea or needs (medical) treatment.” He warned the Guardian Council, which vets potential candidates in Iran’s elections, to investigate a candidate’s religious understanding “because someone who doesn’t know religion will make what is allowed forbidden and what is forbidden allowed.” Some still question the Guardian Council’s decision to approve the then unknown Ahmadinejad’s candidacy for the president in 2005.

Critican a Ahmadinejad por abrazar a la madre de Chávez | Informe21.com
http://informe21.com/politica/critican-a-ahmadinejad-por-abrazar-a-la-madre-de-chavez

El presidente de Irán, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, fue objeto de críticas en su país después de que se publicó una foto en la que aparece abrazando a la madre de Hugo Chávez durante el funeral del presidente venezolano este viernes.

http://static.informe21.com/cdn/farfuture/wDFsxpZ-spOSlPKNNi6gbX_sX6nxgQqyQ6IyM2Fo8tU/mtime:1362921822/sites/default/files/imagecache/600x400/images/ahnm.jpg

Décidément, représenter son pays aux obsèques de Chávez n’est pas sans risque. Après M. Lurel ►http://seenthis.net/messages/120552 , c’est au tour d’Ahmadinejad de se faire critiquer pour indécence.

Il a pris la main de la mère de Chávez, laquelle a appuyé sa tête sur son épaule. « Ce n’est pas ainsi que se comporte un bon musulman » a déclaré le parlementaire iranien Mohammed Dehghan d’après la chaine de télévision Al Arabiya.

Plus grave, l’ayatollah Khatami lors de son prêche du vendredi a critiqué la déclaration du président Ahmadinejad

“I have no doubt that (Chavez) will come back, along with Christ the Savior, the heir to all saintly and perfect men, and will bring peace, justice and perfection for all,” said Ahmadinejad, according to a translation by The Guardian newspaper.

“It would have been sufficient to simply send a diplomatic message without getting involved in ideological issues” or “religious connotations,” Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami, Tehran’s Friday prayer leader, was quoted as saying. Ahmadinejad’s message was an “exaggeration,” he added.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/2013/03/07/Iranian-cleric-rebukes-Ahmadinejad-for-Chavez-Jesus-resurrection-
(NB : j’ai inversé l’ordre des paragraphes)

Maduro prête serment, l’opposition conteste sa légitimité - Libération
http://www.liberation.fr/monde/2013/03/07/chavez-sera-embaume-comme-lenine_887118

Le principal dirigeant de l’opposition vénézuélienne, le gouverneur Henrique Capriles, a affirmé que l’investiture du vice-président Nicolas Maduro comme président par intérim jusqu’aux prochaines élections était « une fraude constitutionnelle ». La décision du Tribunal suprême de justice d’autoriser l’investiture de M. Maduro est « une fraude constitutionnelle (...) un abus », a déclaré M. Capriles lors d’une conférence de presse, rappelant que « personne n’a élu Nicolas (Maduro) président ». Le TSJ a jugé vendredi que M. Maduro était juridiquement fondé à prêter serment comme président par intérim et à se présenter à la prochaine présidentielle.

« Le peuple n’a pas voté pour toi, mon garçon », a lancé l’ancien candidat malheureux à la présidentielle du 7 octobre à l’adresse du dauphin du président Hugo Chavez, dont les funérailles se sont déroulées vendredi. « De quoi as-tu peur, Nicolas ? Nous sommes en compétition (...) tu as besoin d’utiliser le pouvoir de l’Etat pour aller à une élection ? », a-t-il encore demandé, en allusion à l’élection présidentielle anticipée que le pays devrait connaître dans un délai de 30 jours après la mort du président.

Avec une régularité d’horloge, (cf. ►http://seenthis.net/messages/106372 pour l’illégitimité du report de la date d’entrée en fonction) l’opposition vénézuélienne reprend le refrain de l’illégitimité… Et Libération se garde bien d’expliquer à quel titre il y aurait illégitimité.

On reprend et on commente.
►http://www.tsj.gov.ve/legislacion/constitucion1999.htm

Art. 233 al. 3 Si la falta absoluta del Presidente o Presidenta de la República se produce durante los primeros cuatro años del período constitucional, se procederá a una nueva elección universal, directa y secreta dentro de los treinta días consecutivos siguientes. Mientras se elige y toma posesión el nuevo Presidente o la nueva Presidenta, se encargará de la Presidencia de la República el Vicepresidente Ejecutivo o la Vicepresidenta Ejecutiva.

OK, la constitution dit explicitement que le vice-président « se charge » de la présidence de la république si le défaut absolu (la mort constituant un cas de défaut absolu, c’est le premier alinéa…) a lieu au cours des 4 premières années du mandat de 6 ans.
Alors, fraude constitutionnelle ?

En fait, le problème éventuel (mais je n’ai pas été voir la déclaration de Capriles) vient de cet article

Artículo 229 . No podrá ser elegido Presidente o elegida Presidenta de la República quien esté de ejercicio del cargo de Vicepresidente Ejecutivo o Vicepresidenta Ejecutiva, Ministro o Ministra, Gobernador o Gobernadora y Alcalde o Alcaldesa, en el día de su postulación o en cualquier momento entre esta fecha y la de la elección.

qui interdit à un candidat de rester à son poste de vice-président, ministre, gouverneur ou maire. On remarquera que la liste ne comprend pas le poste de président qui peut donc se présenter (une seule fois) à sa propre succession sans avoir à démissionner.

La question que pose —peut-être — Capriles est donc si cet article s’applique à un président par intérim .

Ce qui est frappant, surtout, c’est que l’opposition, obnubilée par l’illégitimité fondamentale du chavisme, dit vraiment n’importe quoi. Après avoir vociféré pendant 3 mois sur la vacance politique du pouvoir et appelé à des élections immédiates, elle râle parce que, constatant cette même vacance, il est procédé, conformément à la constitution au remplacement du président.

Quant au le peuple n’a pas voté pour toi , c’est quand même assez cocasse dans la bouche du candidat battu…

En fait, Capriles a tout compris,

Con mirada nada normal, Capriles dijo. "en este día de dolor del pueblo, el TSJ despachó una sentencia de contenido político (...) en unas horas el vicepresidente de la República será juramentado como Presidente Encargado.

«Esta sentencia señala que el vicepresidente será ahora Presidente Encargado y podrá postularse a las elecciones presidenciales», puntualizó el mandatario regional.

… mais ça l’énerve…

de : http://www.aporrea.org/oposicion/n224655.html

Cherchez l’erreur : Al-Quds al-’arabi rappelle http://www.alquds.co.uk/index.asp?fname=today\08z494.htm&arc=data\2013\03\03-08\08z494.htm" l’absence totale des dirigeants arabes" aux funérailles de Chavez, tandis que l’iran décrète un jour de deuil naitonal. On n’a pas demandé leur avais aux gens, mais dans le monde arabe, une photo comme celle qui est proposée ici, fait l’unanimité.

Pour Ahmadinejad, Chavez reviendra sur terre aux côtés de « Jésus et de l’Homme parfait »

http://www.france24.com/fr/20130306-ahmadinejad-hugo-chavez-revenir-cotes-vertueux-jesus-homme-parfai

#shiisme

VERDA ÖZER - The devil’s triangle: Turkey, Iran and Egypt

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-devils-triangle-turkey-iran-and-egypt.aspx?pageID=449&nID=418

It came first as a surprise when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced a proposal for regional talks between Turkey, Iran and Egypt on resolving the Syrian crisis following his meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Baku October 2012. Hence it was no longer a surprise when Ahmadinejad said that the three countries are moving toward cooperation on Syria right after the trilateral meeting between the three leaders in Egypt during the 12th Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) early this month.

Iranian letter to Egypt’s Morsi draws fire from Islamist critics

In a letter to Morsi endorsed by 17 Iranian experts and academics, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reportedly called on the Egyptian president to adopt Iran’s ’Guardianship of the Jurist’ political system.
The ’Guardianship of the Jurist’ system is a Shia-Muslim political theory that holds that Islam gives an Islamic jurist custodianship over the people. Shia Iran adopted the system following its 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The letter has triggered an angry reaction in Egypt, with several political figures deeming it “interference in the state’s internal affairs.”

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/65302.aspx

Al Azhar’s shake-up has ramifications far beyond Egypt http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/al-azhars-shake-up-has-ramifications-far-beyond-egypt

Al Azhar’s independence is not entirely new, but its political positioning is nonetheless noteworthy. The university’s place in politics could become even more prominent in the new Egypt as internal changes within the institution, and the broader Egyptian-Muslim religious establishment, come to fruition.

On the level of ideas, there are a handful of main trends within Al Azhar’s alumni body.

The first can be described as the “Azhari approach”; this trend is the mainstream of Sunni Muslim thinking worldwide, and informs institutions like the Tabah Foundation in the UAE, the Qarawiyyin in Morocco and the Nahdlatul Ulama in Indonesia. It admits the existence of different approaches in scholastic theology, the main schools of Sunni jurisprudence and Sufism.

The second trend would be akin to the reformist trend of the early 20th century, the politicisation of which gave rise to yet a third trend: the Muslim Brotherhood.

And a fourth trend would be the purist Salafi trend, which emerges from Saudi Arabia.

For these and other reasons, Al Azhar is not only the key institution of religious education in Egypt, but home to the key personalities of the Egyptian Muslim religious establishment that have a profound effect on religion, and increasingly, politics.

The first of these key figures is the minister of religious endowments, the Awqaf, who is an Azhari graduate. He is also a Salafi; Talat Afifi was appointed by Mr Morsi last year.

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Egypt-Iran trade could reach $30 bn in 10 years.

"The Iranian president speculated that future economic cooperation with Egypt will be between $20-30 billion in ten years time including trade, investment and tourism.

He proposed cooperation between the two countries in the fields of education, technology and suggested that Egypt would be an ideal destination for the 8 million Iranian tourists who travel abroad each year.

He also stressed that both countries (...) re-open embassies, adding that Egyptian tourists and businesspeople will be able to enter Iran visa-free.

Ahmadinejad dismissed reports of disagreements with Al-Azhar University (...). “Our common denominators are wide. Even the differences might create a favourable environment for cooperation.”

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/64621.aspx

Egypt’s Iran Policy Linked To Brotherhood
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/02/ahmadinejad-visit-egyptian-foreign-policy.html

Malgré l’accueil grandiose qu’ils ont fait à Ahmadinejad les Frères Musulmans égyptiens ne seraient pas intéressés par un rehaussement des relations avec l’Iran (qui leur coûterait trop cher) mais par l’utilisation de ce pays contre les pays du Golfe.

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The grandiose airport reception that Ahmadinejad received from his Egyptian counterpart triggered speculation that relations between the two countries was about to resume and that a new regional axis that would break the existing regional balance is about to be born. But the Iranian president’s meeting with Al-Azhar Mosque’s Grand Sheikh poured cold water on Iranian dreams. What are the future Egyptian-Iranian relations after Ahmadinejad’s visit to Cairo? What are the shortcomings in Egypt’s new regional policy as revealed by the Iranian president’s visit? We will try to answer those questions below.

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So it seems that President Morsi’s administration does not really wish to upgrade its relations with Iran but only use them against the Gulf states. In addition, it will be difficult for the Egyptian administration to go further in its relations with Iran because of the price Egypt would have to pay. To expand its relations with Egypt, Iran is only paying an internal price: the various Iranian political wings must agree with each other on the nature of these relations. But Egypt’s price would be much higher. The Muslim Brotherhood would have to pay both an internal and an external price. One, their Salafist ally will hinder any rapprochement with Iran. Two, the alliance between Turkey and Qatar will also hinder a rapprochement. So Egyptian-Iranian relations will show limited improvement in the next phase. There will be neither estrangement nor a regional partnership. The latter is not realistic in light of the current balance of forces nor with the way Morsi is managing the Iranian file.

Ahmadinejad (Iran) rencontre Mursi (Égypte) :
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/egypt-calms-gulf-monarchies-ahmadinejad-historic-egypt-visit

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held talks in Cairo Tuesday with his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Mursi on the divisive issue of Syria’s war, as he kicked off the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since 1979.

The two leaders held discussions on regional developments and on “how to end the bloodshed in Syria ... without military intervention,” MENA news agency said.

But Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr Tuesday made an effort to reassure Gulf states monarchies that bettering ties with Iran would not be at the expense of Egypt’s relations with the Gulf states.

Who’s Faking It? Pentagon “Cyber-Warriors” Planting “False Information on Facebook” | Global Research
http://www.globalresearch.ca/whos-faking-it-pentagon-cyber-warriors-planting-false-information-on-facebook/5320550

On November 22, 2012, the Los Angeles Times published an alarming piece of news entitled “Cyber Corps program trains spies for the digital age” http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/22/nation/la-na-cyber-school-20121123 . The “cyber-warriors” who are headed for organizations such as the CIA, NSC, FBI, the Pentagon and so on, are trained to stalk, “rifle through trash, sneak a tracking device on cars and plant false information on Facebook [emphasis added]. They also are taught to write computer viruses, hack digital networks, crack passwords, plant listening devices and mine data from broken cellphones and flash drives.”

#cyber #espionnage #surveillance #tracking #data-mining #BBC #Iran

Is Iran Trying to Tell Us Something We Won’t Hear?

http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/185-general/51961-is-iran-trying-to-tell-us-something-we-wont-hear.html

By Danny Schechter
Al Jazeera
October 3, 2012

Although Ahmadinejad’s address at the General Assembly was analytical rather than inflammatory, media outlets continue to anticipate rhetorical aggression from Iran. The media focuses on the country’s alleged nuclear weapons program, while they ignore Iran’s leadership in the Non-Aligned Movement, a nuclear compromise and its potential role in the Syrian crisis. If media continue to defy Iran, they might not be able to keep up with important policy shifts.

#iran #états-unis

Nouvelle pirouette sur l’#Internet iranien | Ophelia Noor
http://owni.fr/2012/10/09/nouvelle-pirouette-sur-linternet-iranien

En deux semaines, les autorités iraniennes ont décidé de bloquer l’accès à Gmail, de le débloquer, pour finalement empêcher la consultation de fichiers sons et vidéos. Un nouveau pas dans les circonvolutions de Téhéran visant à limiter la diffusion d’informations.

#Libertés_Numériques #Pouvoirs #Reportage #Ahmadinejad #Censure #Iran #mp3 #Vidéo

Iran Signals New Tone
http://consortiumnews.com/2012/10/01/iran-signals-new-tone

If President Obama wins a second term, Iran is signaling it would be ready for improved relations with the United States and the West. One sign of that shift in attitude was the toned-down speech by Iran’s President Ahmadinejad at the UN, notes Danny Schechter.

Iranian leader to attend Saudi Islamic summit
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/iranian-leader-attend-saudi-islamic-summit

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to attend an extraordinary summit of Muslim leaders in the holy city of Mecca next week at the invitation of the Saudi king, an aide said on Monday.

Ahmadinejad will attend the summit “to discuss the development in Muslim countries,” Mohammad Reza Forqani, head of international affairs in the president’s office, told the official IRNA news agency.

Forqani said the two-day summit will start on August 14.