Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 19 Plainclothes agents ofIrans State Security Forces (SSF) have been placed at major squares in the town of Isfahan, central Iran, since Thursday
and have launched a stop-and-search operation for drivers passing by, residents reported on Friday.


Bloomberg: Iran has continued to produce centrifuges, which are used in the uranium enrichment process, in contravention of a November 2004 agreement with the U.K., France and Germany to suspend all such activities, the exiled opposition National Council for Resistance in Iran said. Iran this month removed United Nations seals on equipment used in uranium enrichment at its Isfahan plant, after rejecting an offer from the so-called EU-3 of technology and economic incentives in
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 18 Nineteen workers died in a motorway accident south of the Iranian capital. The incident happened as a minibus with 37 passengers on board fell into
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 18 Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told a London-based Arabic newspaper on Wednesday that Iran continues to be the transit point for arms smuggled to insurgents in Iraq. Credible intelligence shows that arms smuggling continues through the Iran-Iraq border and the shipment of arms to terrorist groups in Iraq is a clear reality, Zebari said in an interview with the daily Al-Hayat.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 18 Cholera scare has left a popular spa town in northern Iran deserted at the height of the tourist season, according to the local press. The reported outbreak of cholera in the town of Sareyn in the Caspian province of Ardebil has forced the authorities to shut down restaurants, hotels and guesthouses in the famous spa resort.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 18 – A 21-year old prisoner from the southern port city of Bandar Abbass was hanged in prison, a state-run daily reported on Thursday. 