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Iran

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2013

    Iranian U of M students baffled as TCF Bank suddenly closes their bank accounts

    The U.S. government's sanctions against Iran are hitting home, as at least a dozen Iranian U of M students were recently informed that TCF Bank is closing their bank accounts.SEE ALSO:-- TCF Bank in trouble: Profits halve during fourth quarter-- Russia to ban American adoptions; Minnesota has most o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Rising Twin Cities gas prices: Iran to blame?

    ​The average gas price in the Twin Cities as of Monday was $3.27 per-gallon -- 19 cents more than a year ago and 8 cents more than just a week ago. Who or what's to blame for this new-found pain at the pump? Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst for gasbuddy.com, says we should pin the blame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, freed from Iran, call for release of all political prisoners

    Shane Bauer, left, Josh Fattal: Back home, and speaking out.​Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal have returned to the United States, and begun describing their two-plus-year ordeal in Iran as accused, convicted, and imprisoned "spies." The two Americans had to go on hunger strikes just to receive letters ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he'll release Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, magnanimous bastard, says he'll release the two Americans.​Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the slithering president of Iran, has made a promise to America -- and one of its most devoted mothers.Ahmaedinejad told the Washington Post he'll release Minnesota native Shane Bauer and Josh Fatt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal face Iran trial this week

    Shane Bauer is from Onamia. His mother lives in Pine City.​It's been a long journey for Shane Bauer from Onamia to Tehran, but that's where he stands trial Wednesday on spy charges. One of three Americans arrested two years ago while hiking in the mountains of Kurdistan on the Iranian border, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Shane Bauer placed Thanksgiving call to mom in Pine City

    Shane Bauer, above, and Josh Fattal are due to stand trial as spies in February.​Minnesota native and freelance journalist Shane Bauer, along with friend Josh Fattal, have now been held captive in Iran longer than the American embassy hostages. Iran has accused the two of being spies after d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Sarah Shourd says hikers report on WikiLeaks is wrong

    Minnesotan Shane Bauer​Americans Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd were arrested in July 2009 after a border guard motioned the three off a hiking trail and onto Iranian soil. They were not in Iraq when they were arrested, Shourd told the New York Times. A military report released las ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2010

    Shane Bauer's Iran detention on WikiLeaks

    Shane Bauer goes on trial in November.​Amid the massive dump of secret Iraq war documents at WikiLeaks: Support for an earlier report that Minnesota native Shane Bauer and two other American friends were hiking on Iraqi territory when they were seized by Iranian border guards in July 2009. Ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Cindy Hickey leaves Iran without imprisoned son Shane Bauer

    Iranian authorities allowed three imprisoned Americans to visit with their mothers, but turned a deaf ear to pleas for their release​The mothers of three Americans imprisoned in Iran are heading home today empty-handed, their pleas for the release of their children failing to move authorities ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Shane Bauer embraces mom after 10 months in an Iranian prison

    Screengrab via BBCThe imprisoned hikers are reunited with their mothers​Ten months after her son, Shane Bauer, and two other American hiking friends were tossed in an Iranian prison for illegally crossing the border with Iraq, Cindy Hickey threw her arms around him in an emotional downtown Teh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Shane Bauer's mom, Cindy Hickey, heads to Iran (Video)

    Photo: shanebauer.netShane Bauer​Pine City's Cindy Hickey, the mother of imprisoned freelance journalist Shane Bauer, will join the mothers of two other detainees on a flight to Iran either today or tomorrow to try and win their release. The three were issued visas last week. "We're positivel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Shane Bauer's illness draws new White House attention

    ​There was a flurry of press coverage and official U.S. government statements following Friday's news that Swiss diplomats were able to visit Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal in their Iranian prison cells recently. The latest concern: Bauer has a stomach ailment and Shourd has a serio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Shane Bauer's mother, Cindy Hickey, may soon visit him in Iran

    Cindy Hickey and the two other hikers' moms had written to Iran's president seeking a visit.

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Hiker's mother pleads for group's release from Iranian detention

    "They meant no harm to the Islamic Republic of Iran and respect your ancient and noble civilization," Nora Shourd says.

  • News

    December 16, 2009

    Eco-activist Mark Knapp sought by authorities for identity theft

    The former Green Party candidate is caught up in a gold scheme

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Minnesotan Shane Bauer among three set for trial in Iran

    The Pine City native and two friends have been held in an Iran prison since July, accused of spying.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Minn. native, two others, accused of espionage in Iran

    Three Americans, including a Minnesota native, have been detained in Iran because they are accused of espionage, according to an Iranian prosecutor.

  • News

    August 19, 2009

    Eternal order from a spotless mind

    A call for chaos in the Oval Office

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Rush Limbaugh compares Al Franken win to corrupt Iran elections

    Would you expect anything less from Mr. Big Fat Idiot?

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Iranian-Americans set to rally in downtown Minneapolis today

    A "Rally for Democracy in Iran" protest is scheduled for noon today in downtown Minneapolis to show support for the Iranian people.

  • News

    June 24, 2009

    Burger Time

    Readers respond to "Sizzlin'!"

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Target sued for being a bad dumper

    Tuesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  • News

    June 10, 2009

    Minnesota's legislators didn't get Obama's Mideast memo

    Divestment bill will withdraw pension funds from Iran's oil sector

  • Music

    May 27, 2009

    The Songs We Can't Escape

    Divestment bill will withdraw pension funds from Iran's oil sector

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Iran to free jailed N.D. journalist today, lawyer says

    The North Dakota journalist and Concordia College graduate sentenced to eight years in an Iranian prison will be freed today and allowed to leave the country immediately.

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Probation for abuser of fat potbellied pig

    Tuesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    Duluth F-16s help track down Canadian suicidal pilot

    Wednesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    St. Paul school sub caught boozing on the job

    Wednesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Clinton calls for release of N.D. journalist held in Iran

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for the release of a North Dakota journalist and Minnesota college graduate being held in Iran.

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Klobuchar asks UN to help free U.S. journalist in Iran

    Roxana Saberi grew up in Fargo and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead. She hasn't been heard from since Feb. 10 when she called her father in Fargo to tell him she was detained in Iran.

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2008

    1001

    Roxana Saberi grew up in Fargo and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead. She hasn't been heard from since Feb. 10 when she called her father in Fargo to tell him she was detained in Iran.

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2008

    Notes from the floor of the "suspended" convention

    Roxana Saberi grew up in Fargo and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead. She hasn't been heard from since Feb. 10 when she called her father in Fargo to tell him she was detained in Iran.

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    RNC protest planner (with music)

    Roxana Saberi grew up in Fargo and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead. She hasn't been heard from since Feb. 10 when she called her father in Fargo to tell him she was detained in Iran.

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2008

    Shell: I drink your milkshake

    Roxana Saberi grew up in Fargo and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead. She hasn't been heard from since Feb. 10 when she called her father in Fargo to tell him she was detained in Iran.

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2008

    Anti-War Protesters Gather at State Capitol

    Roxana Saberi grew up in Fargo and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead. She hasn't been heard from since Feb. 10 when she called her father in Fargo to tell him she was detained in Iran.

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2008

    Is John McCain smarter than a fifth grader?

    Roxana Saberi grew up in Fargo and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead. She hasn't been heard from since Feb. 10 when she called her father in Fargo to tell him she was detained in Iran.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2008

    Daniel Ellsberg: Beyond the Pentagon Papers

    Roxana Saberi grew up in Fargo and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead. She hasn't been heard from since Feb. 10 when she called her father in Fargo to tell him she was detained in Iran.

  • Calendar

    February 20, 2008

    American Democracy in Dissent

    Roxana Saberi grew up in Fargo and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead. She hasn't been heard from since Feb. 10 when she called her father in Fargo to tell him she was detained in Iran.

  • Columns

    December 12, 2007

    Free Will Astrology

    Roxana Saberi grew up in Fargo and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead. She hasn't been heard from since Feb. 10 when she called her father in Fargo to tell him she was detained in Iran.

  • News

    December 12, 2007

    Iranian Football

    Top gridiron recruit Willie Mobley has one eye on the Big Ten and the other on geopolitics

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2007

    The Dark Side

    Top gridiron recruit Willie Mobley has one eye on the Big Ten and the other on geopolitics

  • Columns

    October 31, 2007

    Free Will Astrology

    Top gridiron recruit Willie Mobley has one eye on the Big Ten and the other on geopolitics

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2005

    12/01: Morning Communique

    Top gridiron recruit Willie Mobley has one eye on the Big Ten and the other on geopolitics

  • Columns

    March 16, 2005

    Free Will Astrology

    Top gridiron recruit Willie Mobley has one eye on the Big Ten and the other on geopolitics

  • News

    April 2, 2003

    Where to Aim, When to Shoot

    Film as a weapon in a time of war: Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival coverage.

  • Art

    June 12, 2002

    Women In Black

    Video artist Shirin Neshat unveils Islam's conflicted heart

  • Movies

    March 22, 2000

    Starting Over Fresh

    Moshen Makhmalbaf's euphoric cinema reaffirms the basic beauty of life

  • Feature

    December 24, 1997

    Peace on Earth?

    Thanks to Clinton's foreign policy, 1998 could be the year of living dangerously for much of the world.

  • Feature

    November 19, 1997

    Suddenly Saddam

    It should be remembered that the first plant Saddam used to make chemical weapons was built by the American multinational Bechtel with money supplied by the U.S. Agriculture Department.

  • Feature

    September 18, 1996

    Friendly Fire?

    The TWA incident, Contra coke, and other affairs of the Internet

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