Washington Post: Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), whose flair for drama has included lugging around a replica of a suitcase-size nuclear bomb, alleges in a new book that Iran is hiding Osama bin Laden, is preparing terrorist attacks against the United States, has a crash program to build an atomic bomb and, as a Shiite country, is the chief sponsor of what is a largely Sunni-directed insurgency in Iraq. Lawmaker’s Book Warns of Iran
Washington Post: Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), whose flair for drama has included lugging around a replica of a suitcase-size nuclear bomb, alleges in a new book that Iran is hiding Osama bin Laden, is preparing terrorist attacks against the United States, has a crash program to build an atomic bomb and, as a Shiite country, is the chief sponsor of what is a largely Sunni-directed insurgency in Iraq. Iranians Cheer 1-0 Win and Trip to World Cup
New York Times: People across this city took to the streets in joy on Wednesday after the Iranian soccer team qualified for the World Cup finals by beating Bahrain, 1-0. Drivers poured onto the streets honking their horns and shouting, “Iran! Iran!” In Africa Street, thousands of people danced to loud music played over sound systems in cars as the police watched in silence. Atmosphere tense around Iran World Cup qualifier match stadium
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 08 With only a draw needed against Bahrains football side for Iran to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, State Security Forces in their thousands have lined the perimeter in and around Tehrans 100,000-seater Azadi Stadium to prevent sporadic demonstrations against the state. Atmosphere tense around Iran World Cup qualifier match stadium
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 08 With only a draw needed against Bahrains football side for Iran to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, State Security Forces in their thousands have lined the perimeter in and around Tehrans 100,000-seater Azadi Stadium to prevent sporadic demonstrations against the state. Iran election feuding: fake photo of election candidate surfaces
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 08 – Fake campaign posters of one of the eight candidates running in the June 17 presidential elections are propping up across Tehrans walls, according to an Interior Ministry spokesman. The latest smear campaign has been directed against Irans hard-line former head of the State Security Forces, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf. The posters feature a picture of Qalibaf wearing a tie, banned in the theocratic state on the grounds that it is too Western.
Iran election feuding: fake photo of election candidate surfaces
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 08 – Fake campaign posters of one of the eight candidates running in the June 17 presidential elections are propping up across Tehrans walls, according to an Interior Ministry spokesman. The latest smear campaign has been directed against Irans hard-line former head of the State Security Forces, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf. The posters feature a picture of Qalibaf wearing a tie, banned in the theocratic state on the grounds that it is too Western.
Iran police alert before World Cup qualifier match
Reuters: Security was tight at Tehran’s Azadi stadium on Wednesday ahead of a World Cup soccer qualifier against Bahrain which could spark wild street celebrations if the Iranian team wins. Iran needs a draw to repeat its feats of 1978 and 1998 by joining the world’s soccer elite at the World Cup Finals in Germany next summer. Iran cleric: Voter discontent must not drive elections into second round
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 08 Apathy among the populations must not be allowed to drive Irans upcoming presidential elections into a second round a senior cleric in the holy city of Qom warned on Monday. Days before the upcoming June 17 presidential elections, a number of Iranian officials have voiced their concern about the high level of public apathy towards … Iran cleric: Voter discontent must not drive elections into second round
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 08 Apathy among the populations must not be allowed to drive Irans upcoming presidential elections into a second round a senior cleric in the holy city of Qom warned on Monday. Days before the upcoming June 17 presidential elections, a number of Iranian officials have voiced their concern about the high level of public apathy towards … Iran Guardian Council: Women incompetent to become president
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 08 – A member of Irans powerful Guardian Council said that women were rejected from standing as candidates in the upcoming June 17 presidential elections because they were incompetent to take up presidential responsibilities. Women lack the intellectual capacity and understanding to stand as candidates in the [presidential”> elections, and for this reason they were disapproved en mass, the non-cleric GC member said.