Iran Focus: Baghdad, Oct. 8 Crack troops of the Qods Force (Jerusalem Force), the extraterritorial force of Irans Revolutionary Guards Corps, operating out of their base in the border town of Mehran, have seized Iraqi territories in Zeyn al-Qos, Seif Saad and al-Amarah regions, according to reports from the area. Iranian Revolutionary Guards occupy Iraqi soil
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Oct. 8 Crack troops of the Qods Force (Jerusalem Force), the extraterritorial force of Irans Revolutionary Guards Corps, operating out of their base in the border town of Mehran, have seized Iraqi territories in Zeyn al-Qos, Seif Saad and al-Amarah regions, according to reports from the area. Court Says U.S. Company Must Pay in Iran Murder Case
Reuters: The family of an Iranian-American dissident assassinated on Tehran’s orders is entitled to millions of dollars in assets owed to Iran by a California defense contractor, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. The rulingis the latest wrinkle on a tangled legal and financial landscape that began when the U.S. government froze billions of dollars
of Iranian assets in response to Iran’s taking of U.S. …
Iran goes nuclear
Washington Times: Here’s how the deal works, or rather how it doesn’t: Iran continues playing games with the International Atomic Energy Agency, which continues passing resolutions demanding Iran end its nuclear program resolutions Iran continues ignoring. In the latest round of play, the mullahshave announced they won’t honor an earlier promise to suspend their nuclear programs. Is anybody really surprised?
Iran should comply with IAEA by Nov 25-ElBaradei
Reuters: Iran should freeze all its uranium enrichment-related activities by a November 25 board of governors meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, said on Friday. More than 650 female students stage protest in Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 7 – More than 650 female students of Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran staged a demonstration late Monday afternoon in protest against thedire state of their boarding houses.
Students complained of a lack of basic commodities such as drinkable water and telephone facilities as well as …
More than 650 female students stage protest in Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 7 – More than 650 female students of Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran staged a demonstration late Monday afternoon in protest against thedire state of their boarding houses.
Students complained of a lack of basic commodities such as drinkable water and telephone facilities as well as …
IRAN : CONCERN MOUNTS FOR JAILED IRANIAN CHRISTIAN
Compass: Concern is growing among Irans evangelical community for the safety of a pastor arrested four weeks agoby the Iranian security police. Iranian authorities have refused to give any reason for the arrest and prolonged detention of Hamid Pourmand, 47, a lay pastor in the Assemblies of God Church. No one has been allowed contact with Pourmand since September 9, when he was arrested along with 85 other evangelical church leaders.
ElBaradei Urges Iran to Suspend Enrichment Activities
Reuters: The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, said Thursday he hoped Iran would fully suspendits uranium enrichment-related activities and that his agency was working with it to do so. Iran said Wednesday it had processed several tons of raw “yellowcake” uranium to
prepare it for enrichment — a process that can be used to
make atomic weapons — in defiance of the U.N. watchdog.
Iran to launch first homemade satellite
United Press International: An Iranian military official said Thursday his country would launch its first homemade satellite into space during the next Persian year, which starts in March. Deputy Defense Minister for Space Affairs Nasser Maliki was quoted by the Iranian News Agency as saying the satellite would orbit the earth at low altitudes varying between 100 and 400 kilometers (about 60 to 250 miles).
Saddam’s arms ambiguity was Iran deterrent, report says
International Herald Tribune: Saddam Hussein hid behind ambiguities and evasions about whether Iraq possessed unconventional weapons – when in fact it had none – partly asa deterrent to Iran, according to a report by the chief American arms inspector in Iraq.
