AP: Iran will inaugurate a uranium ore concentrate production plant near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas within a year, Iran’s nuclear chief said. 
Financial Times: Britain will on Monday seek to narrow differences between Europe and the US over Iran’s nuclear programme, with Jack Straw, foreign secretary, expected to urge Washington to take a positive approach to talks with the Islamic republic. Mr Straw is expected to meet Condoleezza Rice, incoming US secretary of state, for the first time since her appointment to replace Colin Powell. The British foreign secretary enjoyed a close relationship with Mr Powell and will be seeking to establish a similar rapport with his successor. 
Los Angeles Times: The criminal seems younger than his 25 years. He is the quiet type, shy and lanky, peering solemnly through octagonal glasses. He has no weapons, not in the traditional sense. His name is Hanif Mazroui, and the tools of his crime are a handful of ideas and skinny fingers flying over the keyboard. He is one of about 20 Iranian Web loggers and journalists who have been arrested and jailed in recent months. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 23 The commander of Iran’s State Security Forces in Tehran announced that 649 teenage girls under 14 years of age have been arrested in the Iranian capital over the past ten months.Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 23 The commander of Iran’s State Security Forces in Tehran announced that 649 teenage girls under 14 years of age have been arrested in the Iranian capital over the past ten months.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 23 The 120,000 residents of the town of Aq-Qala in Golestan province (northern Iran) only have a single children’s doctor, and are forced to travel to neighbouring cities to have their children seen to. “Patients who are not able to get treatment in this town must travel to neighbouring cities”, an Aq-Qala resident said, in an interview with the state-run news agency. Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 23 The 120,000 residents of the town of Aq-Qala in Golestan province (northern Iran) only have a single children’s doctor, and are forced to travel to neighbouring cities to have their children seen to. “Patients who are not able to get treatment in this town must travel to neighbouring cities”, an Aq-Qala resident said, in an interview with the state-run news agency. 
Sunday Telegraph: Pakistan, one of America’s most important allies in the war on terror, has blamed Iran for fuelling a growing insurgency in Baluchistan, the strategically sensitive province where militant tribesmen have recently launched a series of terrorist attacks. 
Sunday Times – Leaders: Even with the finest speechwriters, President George W Bush never quite hits the rhetorical heights of some of his more spellbinding predecessors. But his inaugural speech last week, the first since America was changed for ever by September 11, pressed many of the right buttons. As a statement of his countrys modern-day mission, the pursuit of liberty and freedom around the globe, it could hardly have been more eloquent. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 22 Iran has denied allowing women to take part in this year’s presidential elections. 
