Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 19 – Clashes erupted between motorcyclists and Iranian security forces in Yazd (central Iran) following reports of harassment of cyclists by local police.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 19 – Students of Irans Azad University in the town of Meybod demonstrated against new measures to force female students to wear the Chador (an Islamic veil that covers women from head to toe). The students also released a statement condemning the new suppressive regulations. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 19 – The student newspaper Az Shanbeh ta Shanbeh (From Saturday to Saturday) published
AFP: A top Iranian nuclear official reiterated Tuesday his government’s assertion that it wants to enrich uranium to provide fuel for its future nuclear power plants. 
AFP: It makes no real difference to Iran whether US President George W. Bush or Democrat contender John Kerry wins the presidential elections, a senior Iranian official said Tuesday. 
PA News: Britain and Germany today warned Iran to comply with international demands over its suspected nuclear weapons programme. Tehran has yet to honour a deal it agreed a year ago with the UK, France and Germany acting on behalf of the EU to suspend its uranium enrichment programme and comply with International Atomic Energy Agency inspections. 
AFP: Iran must “act decisively” to cease its nuclear programme or else face referral to the United Nations Security Council, Britain warned on Tuesday. Tehran had to act swiftly to allay concerns raised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about its alleged to acquire nuclear weapons, International Security Minister Denis MacShane said. “Confidence cannot be restored unless Iran agrees to suspend its fuel cycle activity, including all centrifuge work and uranium conversion,” MacShane told a meeting in London. 
AFP: The editor of a reformist Iranian newspaper has been arrested as part of the authorities’ crackdown on “illegal” Internet sites, the local media reported on Tuesday. 
Reuters: Iran said it would reject any EU proposal if it limited
Reuters: Officials from France, Britain and Germany will meet Iran’s top nuclear negotiator in Vienna on Thursday to offer Tehran a final chance to halt uranium enrichment plans or face possible U.N. sanctions, diplomats say.”The political directors from the EU three are meeting (Hassan) Rohani on Thursday here to formally hand over the offer,” said a Western diplomat familiar with the talks between the Europeans and Iran. “I think Iran may be disappointed.” 
