AFP: The United States will keep pushing the UN Security Council to consider whether Iran’s nuclear ambitions are outof bounds, John Bolton, US undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, said.
“The reason we favor taking it to the Security Council is, we want to put Iran in the international spotlight …”


Iran Focus: Bandar Abbas, Sep. 28 – Widespread clashes have erupted between people and security forces in Nour-Abad region of Mamasani, Bandar Abbas and Miandoab
AFP: An Iranian journalist working on the political pages of two reformist dailies has been arrested, his wife told the student news agency ISNA Tuesday.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 28 – Iranian officials announced on Tuesday that 2 Afghans were executed. The pair were hanged in prison on Monday in the city of Saveh (northern Iran).
Reuters: Iran’s hardline lawmakers could try to force President Mohammad Khatami’s government to follow North Korea’s example and quit the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the official IRNA news agency said on Tuesday.
Reuters: The analysis of soil samples taken by U.N. inspectors
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Sep. 28 – Iraqi security forces have arrested a spy working for Iranian intelligence, a Baghdad newspaper reported Tuesday.
The Straits Times: Is Iran – with oil-export revenues of more than US$30 billion (S$51 billion) expected this year – on its way to producing nuclear weapons that would threaten not only neighbouring Middle East enemies such as Israel but also European nations?