Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 04 – Thousands of Iranians on Wednesday rallied in central Tehran chanting anti-government slogans and clashing with state security forces and anti-riot troops.
Thousands rally in Tehran
Revolutionary Guards extend reach to Iran’s media
Wall Street Journal: Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps, already an economic, political and military power, is quietly pushing into a new domain: the media.
Earthquake injures 270 in southern Iran
AP: A moderate earthquake hit southern Iran early Wednesday, injuring 269 people and cutting power and telephone lines, state radio reported.
Iran ‘must choose’ its future path: Obama
AFP: Iran "must choose" whether to open the door to opportunity and prosperity, President Barack Obama said Wednesday in a statement marking 30 years since the storming of the US embassy in Tehran.
Iran’s military power subject to new U.S. study used for China
Bloomberg: Iran’s military will be subject for the first time to the kind of U.S. assessment reserved for China’s expanding forces as lawmakers seek a more accurate analysis of the Persian Gulf oil power’s strengths and strategy.
Exiled group says Iranian nuclear site needs check
AP: An exiled Iranian opposition group called on the U.N. nuclear agency Tuesday to waste no time in examining a hidden site near Tehran that it claims is used to help build nuclear detonators.
Obama, EU leaders urge Iran to meet obligations
AFP: US President Barack Obama and European Union leaders issued a joint call Tuesday on Iran to meet its international obligations, as pressure mounted on Tehran to accept a nuclear fuel deal.
Iran police to “strongly confront” Nov. 4 rallies
Reuters: Iranian police said on Tuesday any illegal rallies on Nov. 4 would be "strongly confronted" and only anti-U.S. protests were considered legal, the official IRNA news agency quoted a police statement as saying.
Iran rejects talks if result is fixed by US: Khamenei
AFP: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday Tehran will reject any dialogue if its result is pre-determined by Washington, raising the possibility a mooted nuclear fuel deal may be derailed.
Clinton says nuke offer to Iran won’t be changed
AP: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that the nuclear offer to Iran, intended to restrain its potential for making a nuclear weapon, should be fully accepted by Iran and will not be changed.
