IRIN: Twenty European news websites have expressed their concern at the recent imprisonment of five Iranian online journalists. They made their stand in a Reporters Without Borders (RSF) appeal over the crackdown against online media in Iran. “We are always concerned when there are negative effects on journalists when they do their jobs,” … IRAN: European online media uphold jailed online journalists
IRIN: Twenty European news websites have expressed their concern at the recent imprisonment of five Iranian online journalists. They made their stand in a Reporters Without Borders (RSF) appeal over the crackdown against online media in Iran. “We are always concerned when there are negative effects on journalists when they do their jobs,” … Iran to respond to European nuclear proposal after US elections: analysts
AFP: Iran still has room for diplomatic maneuvering and will certainly wait until after the November 2 US elections to respond to a European offer to avoid possible UN sanctions and receive nuclear technology by indefinitely suspending uranium enrichment, analysts said Friday. Iran nuke concessions ‘unlikely’
AP: Iran is unlikely to accept European incentives aimed at getting it to suspend uranium enrichment, diplomats said today, raising the likelihood of a showdown with the UN nuclear watchdog agency next month. Envoys from Britain, France and Germany offered civilian nuclear technology and a trade deal to the Iranians in a private meeting at the French mission to international organisations in Vienna. But Western diplomats said they doubt the Tehran regime will back down easily. Indian scientists sanctioned for assisting Iran on nukes
Washington Times: The Bush administration has imposed sanctions on two Indian scientists for selling nuclear technology to Iran and is planning additional arms-related sanctions, U.S. officials said. The two scientists were identified by the Bush administration as Shri Ch. Surendar and Y. Sivaraman Prasad, both former directors of the Nuclear Power Corp. of India, the state-run utility.
Nuclear options
The Guardian – Leader Article: No one knows exactly how Iran will react to the latest European proposals for reining in its nuclear ambitions and no one should underestimate the importance of its response. Iran’s Nuclear Threat
New York Times – EDITORIAL: One of the most serious questions raised by the debacle in Iraq is whether it has crippled the ability of the world’s leading powers to contain dangerous states. Iran’s nuclear program is a prime case in point: so far, neither threats nor inducements have persuaded its leaders to suspend their uranium enrichment program. 14 die in Iran road accident
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 21 – At least 14 people have been killed and 24 others left injured in a road accident in Iran, state-run television reported. The incident occurred when two buses had a head on collision on the road between Ahwaz and Khoramabad, about 520 km south-west of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Fist-fight at Irans Majlis
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 21 A fist-fight broke out yesterday between a current and a former member of Irans parliament (Majlis), ILNA news agency reported. Mayhem prevailed in the Majlis building as deputies, staff members and journalists crowded the corridor where the fighting was taking place. The Iran Problem Awaiting Bush or Kerry
Time Magazine: While Tehran’s unprecedented “endorsement” of President Bush raised some eyebrows this week, Iran hasnt been much of an issue in the Presidential campaign. But as international efforts to confront the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program enter a critical phase, there’s little doubt Iran will be at the top of a new administration’s agenda. And as the exchange between President Bush and Senator Kerry in the first presidential debate showed, there are not many good options. Tehran shows defiance on eve of crucial nuclear arms talks by test-firing missile
The Guardian: The Iranian government carried out a missile test yesterday, 24 hours before a make-or-break meeting with Britain, France and Germany on its suspected nuclear weapons programme. The test may have been intended as a warning to the US, Israel and the Europeans on the eve of the meeting in Vienna with the European troika. 