Iran president-elect submits new cabinet list to Majlis

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – Iran’s ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has submitted his choice for a cabinet to the Majlis (Parliament) for approval, according to Iran’s state-owned press.
Iran’s Majlis is to discuss the new list on Tuesday is a closed-door session, Ghodratollah Amini, an ultra-conservative Majlis deputy from Khoramabad, told reporters on Sunday.

Iran police arrest women for “un-Islamic” dress

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – Iran has deployed squads of women-only vice police in a new crackdown on “un-Islamic” dress. Eight women were arrested in the northern province of Gilan as part of a new clamp-down on “social corruption”, the semi-official Jomhouri Islami reported on Sunday.

Iran police arrest women for “un-Islamic” dress

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – Iran has deployed squads of women-only vice police in a new crackdown on “un-Islamic” dress. Eight women were arrested in the northern province of Gilan as part of a new clamp-down on “social corruption”, the semi-official Jomhouri Islami reported on Sunday.

Iran says Europe supports its nuclear project

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – In a letter to outgoing Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, the secretary general of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani said that Europe completely supported Iran in its production of nuclear energy.

Iran says Europe supports its nuclear project

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – In a letter to outgoing Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, the secretary general of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani said that Europe completely supported Iran in its production of nuclear energy.

Denmark summons Iranian charge d’affaires over nuclear work

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AFP: The Danish foreign ministry summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires last week to express its concern over Tehran’s impending resumption of sensitive nuclear work, the ministry said in a statement on Monday. Charge d’affaires Hossein Taleshi Salehani was summoned on July 28 for talks with senior ministry official Anne Dorte Reggelsen.

EU urges Iran against resuming nuclear work

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Reuters: The European Commission urged Iran on Monday against resuming frozen sensitive nuclear work which the West believes could help it develop a bomb. A spokesman for the European Union executive told a press briefing: “The Commission very much hopes for a negotiated solution. We would also hope that no steps would be taken over the coming days to endanger such a negotiated solution.”

Iran tells UN it will resume some uranium processes

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AP: A top Iranian official says the country has told the U-N’s nuclear watchdog it will resume some nuclear activities. He tells state-run radio, Iran has asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to instruct its inspectors to break the seals at a nuclear conversion facility so technicians can restart uranium reprocessing.

Iran warned over plan to continue nuclear research

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The Times: Britain warned Iran yesterday to back off from its “unnecessary and damaging threat” to resume part of its nuclear programme. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said that if Iran were to resume its uranium conversion programme, talks between Tehran and the European Union that have been going on for two years would probably be halted.

Iran Sets Deadline for EU Nuke Proposals

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AP: Iran set a deadline Monday for European negotiators to submit proposals to Tehran before it resumes some of its frozen nuclear activities, the speaker of parliament said. Such
a move could lead to the Europeans calling for Iran to be hauled before the U.N. Security Council. The United States wants the world body to sanction Iran over its nuclear program, contending it wants to build nuclear bombs.