"We believe strongly that there is no evidence to support any charge whatsoever and we would renew our request on behalf of these three young people and their families that the Iranian government exercise compassion and release them, so they can return home,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

lead author Matthew During of Ohio State University, described what happened after just three weeks, "And what was surprising to us was that the animals in the enriched environment, the cancers are 40 percent smaller" "When we moved that enrichment to six weeks,now, the cancers were approximately a dramatic effect,and not only that, but 17 percent of those animals had no tumors whatsoever."

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

Damascus has steadfastly denied the charges. Hilal Kashan, professor of political science at the American University of Beirut, thinks that the Hezbollah-led opposition scored a big victory with the general's release and could win the parliamentary elections because of it:"The opposition is using the release of the 4 senior officers as a moral victory, and says for the past 3 years and 8 months, four officers were jailed for no reason, whatsoever and they are coming hard on the Lebanese legal system and the process the Lebanese government, and they say this is the beginning,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.30