The Scotsman: While Scots have been engrossed in our own General Election drama, an even more titanic power struggle has been taking place 3,000 miles away – one that could affect all our lives for the worse.
Iraq’s election last month could produce a pro-Iran alliance
Getting to know Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
Iran Focus: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps constitutes the backbone of clerical rule in Iran and is controlled directly by supreme leader Ali Khamenei. It plays a central role in all security, intelligence and military matters and its top brass occupy numerous government posts. It has also turned into a major financial conglomerate, controlling large portions of Iran’s economy, especially in the oil and gas industries. As a result, most trade and oil contracts signed by Iran necessarily involve the IRGC.
Iran Focus will be publishing a 2-part review of the IRGC in our Intelligence Report on Tuesday and Wednesday. Journalists seeking advance copies of the full report should contact our editorial team.
Iran hangs 5 Kurdish activists, including woman
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 09 – Five Kurdish activists, including a woman, were hanged on Sunday in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison.
Exclusive: Britain gives Iran rare metal for nuclear testing
Iran Focus: London, May 09 – The British government sanctioned the transfer of a “dual-use” substance to Iran, which then used the rare metal in nuclear weapons research, Iran Focus has learnt.Maliki’s actions, and Obama’s inaction, threaten an Iraq democracy
Los Angeles Times: Unless the U.S. does more to address the Iraqi prime minister’s postelection moves, billions of dollars and thousands of lives could be for naught.
Iran bans dissident clerics’ writings at Book Fair
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 08 – From the Grapevine … Authorities have removed books written by two senior dissident ayatollahs at the Tehran International Book Fair.
Six hanged in Iran prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 08 – Iran hanged six men in a prison in the city of Karaj, west of the capital, on Saturday.Welcome to Iran Focus
Dear readers, We are delighted to welcome you to the newly revamped website for Iran Focus where you will be able to access the latest comprehensive news and analysis from Iran.
Iran steps up gas field pressure on foreign firms
Reuters: Iran plans to replace foreign companies which have “dragged their feet for years” with domestic firms in developing its giant South Pars natural gas field, the oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.
US Schools Receiving Iran-linked Money from Alavi Foundation
Iran Focus: Washington, DC, 07. May – The New York-based Alavi Foundation, accused by federal prosecutors of acting as a front to provide money and services to Iran, donated $3.1 million to U.S. universities and other schools in North America from 2000 to 2008, an investigation by Iran Focus has found.
