Posted by
intelblogman on Saturday, March 31, 2007 11:41:48 AM
Because of the current hostage situation with
Iran and 15 British sailors, I will briefly discuss about the rogue state Iran.
Iran which is located between the countries Iran and Pakistan has been a constant source of problems for the Western World ever since the US-friendly monarchy of Iran was overthrown. In 1979, the shah of Iran was forced into exile and replaced by the theocratic system of government it has today. Since '79 relations have been extremely strained due to the Tehran embassy hostage taking which lasted well over a year. We have never resumed diplomatic relations with the country. Because of its open sponsorship of terrorism must notably the terrorist organization Hezbollah or "Party of God" Iran remains on US sanctions. (Recently, Hezbollah was the aggressor in the Israeli-Lebanon crisis.) With its terrorist sponsorship, nuclear capability, and extremist leader President Ahamdinejad, Iran remains a dangerous rogue state.
Check out my favorite resource on foreign countries: the
CIA World Factbook.
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ir.html
Other resources on Iran:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/irtoc.html
News:
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=13337
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/03/E7F83F8E-577E-457D-926B-95F07DA8054E.html
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-03/31/content_840996.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/790877.stm