AFP: French President Jacques Chirac warned Iran to stick to its pledge to European powers to suspend nuclear activities, saying that adherence would give it access to legitimate technology. “In terms of the fight against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Iran’s case show the path to take,” he told an annual New Year’s meeting of foreign ambassadors in Paris. Chirac warns Iran to stick to nuclear pledge
AFP: French President Jacques Chirac warned Iran to stick to its pledge to European powers to suspend nuclear activities, saying that adherence would give it access to legitimate technology. “In terms of the fight against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Iran’s case show the path to take,” he told an annual New Year’s meeting of foreign ambassadors in Paris. Iraq rejects foreign meddling in elections: FM
AFP: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari urged Iran and other neighbouring countries Thursday to refrain from interfering in his country’s elections, as representatives met on this month’s landmark vote. “The message we’re going to give them in this meeting is to refrain from any interference … that would affect the outcome of this election,” Zebari told reporters in Amman. Iran’s conservative MPs turn to fashion design
AFP: Deputies in Iran’s conservative-run parliament have begun preparing designs for what will be a new national costume aimed at stemming the encroachment of Western fashion, a top MP said Thursday. Emad Afroogh, head of the Majlis cultural commission, said MPs have been “meeting with designers to come up with an interesting variety of affordable, nationally inspired designs that will also respond to modern needs.” Reporters Without Border condemns mistreatment of cyberjournalists and webloggers
Reporters Without Border: Reporters Without Borders has condemned the mistreatment in prison of cyberdissidents and webloggers after an Iranian committee report concluded that public confessions of two of them, (photo left), were obtained under duress. “We fear that the authorities are succeeding in purging the web of all critical content through brutality, intimidation and censorship,” the worldwide press freedom organisation said.32-year-old man hanged in public in northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 06 – A 32-year-old man was hangedin public in the town of Noshahr (northern Iran) yesterday,
after serving five years in prison for murder.
32-year-old man hanged in public in northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 06 – A 32-year-old man was hangedin public in the town of Noshahr (northern Iran) yesterday,
after serving five years in prison for murder.
Iraqs DM: Over a million Shiites entered Iraq from Iran
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Jan. 06 – Iraqs Defence Minister Hazem Shaalan scolded Iran on the eve of the meeting by the Foreign Ministers of Iraqs neighbouring countries in Amman and said that over a million Iranians had entered the country to pose as Iraqis in the upcoming January 30th elections. In an interview with the Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas yesterday, Shaalan repeated his previous assertions and accused the Iranian regime of, interfering (in Iraq) with money, guns, and intelligence. Iraqs DM: Over a million Shiites entered Iraq from Iran
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Jan. 06 – Iraqs Defence Minister Hazem Shaalan scolded Iran on the eve of the meeting by the Foreign Ministers of Iraqs neighbouring countries in Amman and said that over a million Iranians had entered the country to pose as Iraqis in the upcoming January 30th elections. In an interview with the Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas yesterday, Shaalan repeated his previous assertions and accused the Iranian regime of, interfering (in Iraq) with money, guns, and intelligence. Jordan’s King Abdullah defends statement on Shiite “crescent”
AFP: Jordan’s King Abdullah II said in comments published here Thursday that his declarations about a Shiite “crescent” were “blown out of proportion” by certain quarters in Iran. “My statements on the Shiite crescent were blown out of proportion by some in Iran and interpreted to the contrary of my intentions,” said the monarch in an interview with Al-Rai Al-Aam newspaper.
Iran Agrees to Inspection of Military Base
New York Times: Iran has agreed to allow nuclear inspectors from the United Nations into a major military complex that the United States has long suspected of being a secret site for nuclear weapons development, officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday.