Reuters: Iran would not object to Washington joining negotiations with the European Union over its nuclear program provided the United States treated Tehran with respect, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Tuesday. Britain, France and Germany began talks in Brussels on Monday with Iran aimed
AFP: A 26-year-old Iranian man, convicted of murdering a woman, was hanged in prison in the northern city of Semnan, the conservative daily Jomhuri Eslami reported on Tuesday. Quoting local judiciary officials, the paper indentified the man, who was hanged on Monday, as Qadir Zamaemi-Fard and
New York Times: Iran and its European partners pledged Monday to work to overcome their differences and lingering suspicions as they began negotiations for a long-term agreement on nuclear, economic and security cooperation.
Daily Telegraph: A 19-year-old Iranian girl with a mental age of eight who was forced into prostitution by her mother has been sentenced to be flogged and executed for ‘morality-related’ offences, Amnesty International said yesterday. The human rights pressure group has asked Iran’s supreme court to stay the execution. The girl, named only as Leyla M, had suffered a “litany of abuse”, it said. 
Amnesty International: A 19-year old girl, Leyla M, who has a mental
The Independent: A teenage girl with a mental age of eight is facing the death penalty for prostitution in Iran. The trial comes only four months after the hanging of another mentally ill girl for sex before marriage in a case that has prompted a human rights lawyer to prepare a charge of wrongful execution against the presiding judge. Daily Telegraph: A 19-year-old Iranian girl with a mental age of eight who was forced into prostitution by her mother has been sentenced to be flogged and executed for ‘morality-related’ offences, Amnesty International said yesterday. The human rights pressure group has asked Iran’s supreme court to stay the execution. The girl, named only as Leyla M, had suffered a “litany of abuse”, it said. 
AFP: Iran’s Islamic regime remained at the centre of international concerns in 2004 by pressing on with a suspect nuclear programme, testing new ballistic missiles, ousting reformists from office and clamping down on dissent. After an often turbulent experiment with reforms, powerful hardliners marked the Islamic republic’s 25th anniversary by barring allies of President Mohammad Khatami from standing in February’s parliamentary elections on the grounds of their questionable loyalty to the regime. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 13 – Workers and local residents in the northern Iranian city of Amol clashed with the security forces, leaving scores injured and a number of security vehicles destroyed. Workers from Amol’s Textile Factory demonstrated outside the local governor’s office after the factory claimed bankruptcy whilst owing the workers back-pay … Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 13 – Workers and local residents in the northern Iranian city of Amol clashed with the security forces, leaving scores injured and a number of security vehicles destroyed. Workers from Amol’s Textile Factory demonstrated outside the local governor’s office after the factory claimed bankruptcy whilst owing the workers back-pay … 
