Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 1 Plain-clothed agents of the State Security Forces (SSF) in Shahre Kord (central Iran) arrested over 100 motorcyclists on Sep. 28, eye-witnesses said. All the motorcycles were confiscated and taken to the local SSF headquarters parking lot.Over 100 motorcyclists arrested in Iranian city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 1 Plain-clothed agents of the State Security Forces (SSF) in Shahre Kord (central Iran) arrested over 100 motorcyclists on Sep. 28, eye-witnesses said. All the motorcycles were confiscated and taken to the local SSF headquarters parking lot.Iran steps up flow of arms, gunmen into Iraq for a hot October
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 30 Irans Revolutionary Guards and other state agencies have been sending more gunmen and weapons into Iraq in recent weeks in preparation for a hot October, according to sources in the Iranian government witha good knowledge of security issues.
Iran steps up flow of arms, gunmen into Iraq for a hot October
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 30 Irans Revolutionary Guards and other state agencies have been sending more gunmen and weapons into Iraq in recent weeks in preparation for a hot October, according to sources in the Iranian government witha good knowledge of security issues.
Iran aide cites worse relations
Boston Globe: Iran’s foreign minister said yesterday his country’s relations with the United States are about the worst ever, but he believes the upcoming US presidential election could open avenues for renewed dialogue, even if President Bush is reelected. Iranian DM refutes US claim of nuclear tests
Xinhuanet: Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani on Wednesday dismissed the US claim that nuclear tests have been conducted in the Parchin region in Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported.“The claim is baseless. Such claims are not unprecedented
on the part of the United States,” Shamkhani was quoted as saying.
Four killed in Iran religious clash
Reuters: Four people were killed and a dozen were injured in northwestern Iran when police attacked the hideout of an extremist Shia Muslim religious group, an interior ministry official said on Wednesday. Russia offers Iran reactor deal
UPI: Russia offered Wednesday to resume construction of a nuclear power plant in Iran if Iran will return the spent fuel, the Interfax news agency reported. At a Moscow news conference, Russian Security Council secretary Igor Ivanov made the offer of returning to the Bushehr facility.
US Sanctions 14 Foreign Firms, Individuals for Selling Weapons Technology to Iran
Voice of America: The United States Wednesday imposed sanctions against 14 foreign firms and individuals, seven of them Chinese, for selling missile or weapons of mass destruction technology and equipment to Iran. The decision carried in the U.S. government’s official journal, the Federal Register, and confirmed by the State Department …
Young victims of Iran quake being sold to human traffickers
Iran Focus: Bam, Sep. 30 Nine months after a devastating earthquake that left behind over 50,000 people dead and more than 90,000 homeless, a new specter is haunting thewretched survivors of that natural disaster. Human trafficking has become a booming business, as orphaned girls and the children of impoverished families are being picked up by organized crime gangs.
Young victims of Iran quake being sold to human traffickers
Iran Focus: Bam, Sep. 30 Nine months after a devastating earthquake that left behind over 50,000 people dead and more than 90,000 homeless, a new specter is haunting thewretched survivors of that natural disaster. Human trafficking has become a booming business, as orphaned girls and the children of impoverished families are being picked up by organized crime gangs.
