Reuters: Thirty-six universities across Iran have banned women from 77 different majors, including accounting, counseling, and engineering, for the school year that begins on Saturday, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported in August.
Lift restrictions on women’s education, rights group tells Iran
Iran’s Ahmadinejad heads to New York for UN meet
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was to leave Tehran for New York on Saturday for the UN General Assembly, where he will deliver his final speech to the world gathering, state television reported.
Senate approves resolution on Iran
AP: The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a resolution that reaffirms U.S. efforts to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon and says containment of a nuclear-capable Iran is not an option.
Iran shows no hesitation about intervening in Syria
Washington Post: While the United States and other Western powers hang back, and Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar offer weak and poorly coordinated aid, Iran has mounted a concerted and escalating campaign to prop up the government. Iran has sent men as well as arms, cash and technical support.
Clinton to take Iran opposition group off terror list
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to remove an Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, from a terror blacklist after 15 years, US lawmakers said Friday.
Iran may be behind cyber attacks aimed at U.S. banks
Bloomberg: Cyber attacks against U.S. banks in recent days may have been carried out by Iran’s government, Senator Joseph Lieberman said.
US rejects linking Iraq aid to Iranian overflights row
AFP: The United States said Thursday it did not support linking aid to Iraq to US demands for Baghdad to inspect Iranian planes flying over its territory for illicit arms shipments to the Syrian regime.
Iran attacked at U.N. Security Council over Syria aid
Reuters: Western members of the U.N. Security Council blasted Iran on Thursday for providing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with weapons to help him crush an 18-month-long uprising by rebels determined to topple his government.
US admiral says Mideast drills ensure stability
AP: Although the Navy says the maneuvers are purely defensive and not directed at any country, they are widely seen as a message to Iranian officials who have threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf.
Christians face arrest, persecution in Iran, U.N. experts say
Reuters: More than 300 Christians have been arrested since mid-2010 in Iran where churches operate in a climate of fear and Muslims who convert to Christianity face persecution, United Nations human rights investigators said on Thursday.
