Iran Focus: Tehran, May 18 – From the Grapevine… Activists in the south of the capital have filled walls lining the streets with political graffiti urging people to participate in anti-government protests next month to mark last June’s uprising. A political message on the wall
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 18 – From the Grapevine… Activists in the south of the capital have filled walls lining the streets with political graffiti urging people to participate in anti-government protests next month to mark last June’s uprising. Government unable to tackle ‘vice’, Iran MP
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 18 – The chair of the delegation of Majlis (Parliament) deputies from East Azerbaijan Province, northwest Iran, Gholam-Hossein Massoudi-Rayhan, said: “The State Security Force (SSF) cannot single handedly deal with the spread of vice in society, which has contaminated different sectors like a virus.”The mystery behind vanishing statues!
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 18 – There has been a sudden disappearance of monuments paying tribute to prominent historic Iranian figures in recent days from parks and public squares in Tehran. Simultaneously, state-run dailies talk of plans to dedicate portions of the capital’s green space to memorials displaying the statues of those killed in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war for “millions of citizens.” An investigation by Iran Focus has found that the two may very well be linked. More to follow on Wednesday.Iran to ship uranium to Turkey in nuclear deal
Washington Post: Iran signed a surprise deal for a nuclear fuel swap with Western nations on Monday, brokered by Brazil and Turkey. It was the first such agreement by the Islamic Republic with foreign nations since 2004.No change to Iran nuclear sanctions drive: US
AFP: The United States said Monday it would not halt or slow its drive for toughened sanctions on Iran, despite Tehran’s new nuclear swap deal with Turkey and Brazil.Iran says will continue 20 percent enrichment
Reuters: Iran will continue its uranium enrichment activities, including production of 20 percent enriched uranium, even after signing a nuclear fuel swap deal with Turkey and Brazil on Monday, a senior official told Reuters.Is new Iran nuclear swap deal a breakthrough?
Reuters: Iran said on Monday it had struck a deal with Brazil and Turkey for a nuclear fuel swap but it was far from clear if that was enough to ease international concern over Tehran’s atomic ambitions and avert new sanctions.Iran deal must be based on IAEA plan – EU diplomat
Reuters: A Turkish-Brazilian deal to help Iran swap nuclear fuel cannot be considered a breakthrough unless it is fundamentally based on a fuel-swap proposal made by the IAEA last year, a senior EU diplomat said on Monday.Iran sanctions call over sentences
PA: British Parliamentarians have condemned the wave of death sentences handed out to Iranian opposition activists, and called on the Government to impose sanctions on the mullah regime in Tehran.Iran to send uranium to Turkey in nuclear fuel deal
AFP: Iran agreed on Monday to ship the bulk of its low enriched uranium abroad in a fuel swap deal backed by Turkey and Brazil that could blunt calls for sanctions over Tehran’s sensitive nuclear programme.