172 “trouble-makers” prosecuted in Iran capital – daily

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 14 – Some 172 individuals in the Iranian capital were being prosecuted for disrupting national security, the man in charge of organising a new crackdown on “trouble-makers” said in an interview with Iran’s state-run television.

U.S. Presses to Corral Iran at U.N.

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Los Angeles Times: The United States has launched a major push to isolate Iran diplomatically and force Tehran to face U.N. Security Council sanctions if it refuses to give up its efforts to develop its own nuclear technology, senior U.S. officials said Tuesday.

Bush puts Iraq, China and Iran on agenda

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New York Times: For the first time since the Hurricane Katrina crisis, President Bush returned yesterday to dealing with festering global problems, trying to bolster Iraq’s president at the White House and then flying to New York to urge President Hu Jintao of China to join him in trying to stop nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea.

Iran police round up hundreds in Tehran crackdown

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 13 – Some 205 people have been arrested in Tehran since a new wave of crackdown on “trouble-makers” was launched by Iran’s State Security Forces and Judiciary, the country’s Minister of Justice announced on Tuesday.

Iran police round up hundreds in Tehran crackdown

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 13 – Some 205 people have been arrested in Tehran since a new wave of crackdown on “trouble-makers” was launched by Iran’s State Security Forces and Judiciary, the country’s Minister of Justice announced on Tuesday.

Special Photo Report – Crackdown in Iran capital

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 14 – A new crackdown on “trouble-makers” was launched last week. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi to hand down “harsher, decisive” sentences to those arrested. The following are scenes of some of the arrests in Tehran:

Special Photo Report – Crackdown in Iran capital

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 14 – A new crackdown on “trouble-makers” was launched last week. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi to hand down “harsher, decisive” sentences to those arrested. The following are scenes of some of the arrests in Tehran:

UN-bound Bush vows action on Iran

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AFP: US President George W. Bush, bound for the United Nations, said Tuesday that he would try to rally China and Russia this week behind possible UN action to ensure Iran does not get nuclear weapons.

Iranian opposition group says Iran building centrifuges to extract bomb-grade uranium

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AP: An exiled Iranian opposition group said Tuesday it had information that Iran would soon start its nuclear uranium enrichment program and called for further U.N. inspections into allegations that Tehran was smuggling material from China.

Iran making 5,000 nuclear centrifuges – exiles

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Reuters: Iran is making 5,000 centrifuges that can be used to produce enriched nuclear fuel for weapons and almost two-thirds of the machines are ready for use, an exiled Iranian opposition group said on Tuesday.