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Freed Japanese tourist in Tehran after 8-month ordeal
- 2008-06-14
TEHRAN AFP — A Japanese tourist released by kidnappers in southeastern Iran arrived in Tehran on Sunday ahead of his return home after spending eight months in captivity. Satoshi Nakamura, 23, arrived at Tehran city airport on a flight from the southeastern city of Zahedan at around 3:00 pm...
Iran expects 'different approach' from next US leader: Ahmadenijad
- 2008-06-04
ROME AFP — Iran expects a "different approach" from the next US president, whoever wins the November elections, President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad said in an interview published in Italy Wednesday. "Whoever wins the elections, I'm sure that the United States will change, it will have a different approach," the Iranian...
Gaza blockade is 'human rights crime': Carter
- 2008-05-25
LONDON AFP — Former US president Jimmy Carter on Sunday described Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip as "one of the greatest human rights crimes now existing on Earth." In a speech at a literary festival in Hay-on-Wye, in Wales, the 83-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner said: "There is...
Iran reverses ban on water pipes
- 2008-02-26
TEHRAN AFP — Iran has allowed water pipes to reappear in tea houses, whose owners complained a recent ban on health grounds was putting them out of business, press reports said on Tuesday. "Tea houses with a business permit can offer water pipes to their costumers," the interior ministry...
Khamenei warns of 'enemy plots' ahead of Iran vote
- 2007-12-29
TEHRAN AFP — Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday urged Iranians to be alert against enemy plots ahead of legislative elections next March, in statements broadcast on state television. "The Iranian nation has to be alert" ahead of the polls, Khamenei told visitors in remarks made on...
Britain's Brown backs US stance on Iran
- 2007-11-11
LONDON AFP — Prime Minister Gordon Brown described the United States as Britain's "most important ally" and praised closer ties between France, Germany and the US in an interview broadcast Sunday. Brown, who has stepped back from the shoulder-to-shoulder relations between US President George W. Bush and former premier...
Iraqi-sourced cholera cases rise in Iran
- 2007-10-06
TEHRAN AFP — The number of cholera cases in Iran is on the rise after the outbreak of an epidemic in neighbouring Iraq, an Iranian health official was quoted as saying on Saturday. "The last count shows 43 people have contracted cholera in Kordestan province," Mohsen Zahrai, who is...
Baghdad security guard by day, insurgent by night
- 2007-09-23
BAGHDAD AFP — By day Ahmed works for an Iraqi security company. By night the stocky 30-year-old fights the "American occupier" in his Baghdad neighbourhood. Ahmed admits he is a member of what the US military terms "Special Groups" -- secret Shiite cells it says wage acts of "terrorism"...
Belgian minister to pick up freed national in Tehran
- 2007-09-14
BRUSSELS AFP — Belgium's foreign minister will travel to Tehran Saturday to pick up a Belgian national who was freed a month after being abducted by bandits in southeast Iran, a report said. "At the request of the Iranian authorities, I will go to Tehran tomorrow for the transfer...
US pension funds ask foreign energy firms to review Iranian ties
- 2007-07-24
NEW YORK AFP — A group of powerful US pension funds voiced concern Tuesday about eight foreign energy firms doing business in Iran, saying political pressure is building in the United States for them to divest their holdings in such companies. The public pension funds, including the New York...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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