Today’s Woman will focus on the status of women in Pakistan with
contributions from our guest Ms. Gisoo Jahangiri, human rights activist
based in Paris.
News and Views offers the latest on the status of imprisoned journalist
Roxana Saberi. There’s also coverage of the meeting between US president
Obama and Israeli President Peres, and well as a report on Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton meeting with the wife of Robert Levinson, the
former FBI agent who disappeared on Kish Island. Charles Dunbar, a
former State Department officer who served as ambassador to Qatar and
Yemen will discuss the deteriorating security situation in Pakistan and
theresurgence of the Taliban. From inside Iran there’s a discussion
about the more than 1000 candidates who have registered to run for
president.
Iranian Author Faraj Sarkouhi will join Straight Talk to discuss the issue
from Frankfurt, Germany. Journalist Mashallah Shamsovaezeen and
publisher Mehdi Khazali will join the discuss as phoners from Iran.
Late Edition covers the “Model as Muse” exhibit in New York, the winner
of the “World’s Greatest Job” contest, and a profile of the band
Hoobastank, and a preview of the new film “Adoration.”
Newstalk features political analysts Alireza Nourizadeh from London and Mohsen Sazagara, in the DC studio to discuss news of the week.