Today’s
womanwill discuss the recent execution of two women in Afghanistan.
The
remainder of the show will discuss women in sports and the upcoming
Olympics
with our guest Ms. Solmaz Sharif, founder of the online publication
ShirZanan
dedicated to Iranian women athletics. Ms. Sharif will join us from New
York. A
house package on the US women's soccer team will be featured as well as
an
original package on women's basketball.
News
and Viewsreports that a top U.S. diplomat will for the first time join
colleagues from other world powers at a meeting with Iran's chief
nuclear
negotiator. William Burns, America's third highest-ranking diplomat,
will
attend talks with the Iranian envoy, Saeed Jalili, in Switzerland on
Saturday
NaV
will also report on the arrest of two prominent student activists,
Mohammad
Hashemi and Bahareh Hedayet, on July 13, the latest in a series of
arrests of
members of the Office for Consolidating Unity.
Salameh
Nematt, Middle East Expert and Former Washington bureau chief of Dar Al
Hayat,
will be an in studio to discuss the effect of recentdevelopments in
Israel/Palestine and Israel/Syria relations on Iran, from an Arab
perspective. Mr. Salameh has just returned from a five week trip to
the
region.
Roundtablewill discuss human rights developmentswith Ms.Nazanin Afshin Jam
Late
Editionwill report on the US presidential candidate’s positions on the
war in
Iraq. There is also coverage of the student movement in Iran, fashion
in Hong
Kong, and an auction of singer James Brown’s memorabilia.
Newstalkfeatures political analyst Alireza Nourizadeh from London and Moshen Sazegara, in the DC studio.Topics include the US/Iran meeting in Geneva, the Madrid conference on religions, and the indictment of Sudan’s president on genocide charges.