Iran steps up flow of arms, gunmen into Iraq for a “hot October”

Ram
-
0
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 30 – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and other state agencies have been sending more gunmen and weapons into Iraq in recent weeks in preparation for a “hot October”, according to sources in the Iranian government with
a good knowledge of security issues.
Continue

Iran aide cites worse relations

Ram
-
0
Boston Globe: Iran’s foreign minister said yesterday his country’s relations with the United States are about the worst ever, but he believes the upcoming US presidential election could open avenues for renewed dialogue, even if President Bush is reelected.
Continue

Iranian DM refutes US claim of nuclear tests

Ram
-
0
Xinhuanet: Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani on Wednesday dismissed the US claim that nuclear tests have been conducted in the Parchin region in Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported.
“The claim is baseless. Such claims are not unprecedented
on the part of the United States,” Shamkhani was quoted as saying.
Continue

Four killed in Iran religious clash

Ram
-
0
Reuters: Four people were killed and a dozen were injured in northwestern Iran when police attacked the hideout of an extremist Shia Muslim religious group, an interior ministry official said on Wednesday.
Continue

Russia offers Iran reactor deal

Ram
-
0
UPI: Russia offered Wednesday to resume construction of a nuclear power plant in Iran if Iran will return the spent fuel, the Interfax news agency reported.
At a Moscow news conference, Russian Security Council secretary Igor Ivanov made the offer of returning to the Bushehr facility.
Continue

US Sanctions 14 Foreign Firms, Individuals for Selling Weapons Technology to Iran

Ram
-
0
Voice of America: The United States Wednesday imposed sanctions against 14 foreign firms and individuals, seven of them Chinese, for selling missile or weapons of mass destruction technology and equipment to Iran.
The decision carried in the U.S. government’s official journal, the Federal Register, and confirmed by the State Department …
Continue

Young victims of Iran quake being sold to human traffickers

Ram
-
0
Iran Focus: Bam, Sep. 30 – Nine months after a devastating earthquake that left behind over 50,000 people dead and more than 90,000 homeless, a new specter is haunting the
wretched survivors of that natural disaster. Human trafficking has become a booming business, as orphaned girls and the children of impoverished families are being picked up by organized crime gangs.
Continue

Young victims of Iran quake being sold to human traffickers

Ram
-
0
Iran Focus: Bam, Sep. 30 – Nine months after a devastating earthquake that left behind over 50,000 people dead and more than 90,000 homeless, a new specter is haunting the
wretched survivors of that natural disaster. Human trafficking has become a booming business, as orphaned girls and the children of impoverished families are being picked up by organized crime gangs.
Continue

Men over 80 among dozens flogged in public in Iran village

Ram
-
0
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 29 – They left their village before
dawn to be at the gates of the complex housing the judiciary in Tehran before it opened. They were more than a hundred; all men, their lean faces tanned and their large hands callused and rough. Most looked young, some middle-aged, and a handful very old.
Continue

Men over 80 among dozens flogged in public in Iran village

Ram
-
0
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 29 – They left their village before
dawn to be at the gates of the complex housing the judiciary in Tehran before it opened. They were more than a hundred; all men, their lean faces tanned and their large hands callused and rough. Most looked young, some middle-aged, and a handful very old.
Continue
1...3,7513,7523,753...3,790Page 3,752 of 3,790