AFP: Human rights group Amnesty International called on Tuesday for an 11th-hour stay of execution for a 17-year-old due to be hanged after being convicted of the murder of a man billed as Iran’s strongest.
Amnesty urges 11th-hour stay for Iran death row teen
Police presence beefed up in Tehran to counter protests
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 20 – In anticipation of an announced protest march by students at Tehran and Sharif Technological universities, since Tuesday morning, authorities have deployed a large number of plain-clothes officers, the paramilitary Bassij and police forces.
AP Exclusive: Police investigate Iran nuke expert
AP: A colleague of a nuclear scientist shot dead recently in Tehran is being investigated by Iranian security services who suspect him of leaking information leading to the killing, says an intelligence summary shared with The Associated Press.
US considers emergency hotline with Iran: official
AFP: The United States is considering setting up a direct military hotline with Iran after a series of close encounters between US and Iranian forces in the Gulf, a defense official said Monday.
Iran nuclear chief says UK spies shadowed him
Reuters: Iran’s nuclear energy chief accused British spies on Monday of shadowing him around the world — even to the “back door” of his university office — to gather information ahead of a failed assassination attempt on him last year.
Iran holds main suspect for $2.6 bln scam, Fars says
Bloomberg: Iranian police detained the main suspect behind a $2.6 billion bank fraud, one of the biggest in the country’s history, the state-run Fars news agency reported, citing Iran’s economy and finance minister Shamseddin Hosseini.
Iran arrests 5 people for working for BBC
AP: Iranian state television is reporting that authorities have arrested five people for working for the BBC’s Farsi-language service.
US slams Iran at UN atomic agency meet
AFP: The United States took a renewed swipe at Iran Monday, telling the annual gathering of the UN atomic agency Tehran was creeping “still closer” to producing nuclear weapons-grade uranium.
US hikers’ release in Iran delayed by judge’s absence
AFP: The lawyer of two American hikers convicted of spying in Iran told AFP on Sunday their release on bail has been delayed since a judge whose signature is needed is on leave.
West fears possible Iran-North Korea nuclear links
Reuters: It is one of the West’s biggest nuclear proliferation nightmares — that increasingly isolated Iran and North Korea might covertly trade know-how, material or technology that could be put to developing atomic bombs.
