Reuters: India is considering building a gas-based 6,000 megawatts (MW) power plant in Iran along with a 1,500 kilometres high voltage transmission link to carry power to India, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported on Monday.
India plans 6,000 MW power project in Iran-report
Iran blames recent Iraqi unrest on US and Israel
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 – Iran’s ambassador to Iraq has accused the U.S. and Israel of being responsible for the current unrest in Iraq, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
Iran blames recent Iraqi unrest on US and Israel
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 – Iran’s ambassador to Iraq has accused the U.S. and Israel of being responsible for the current unrest in Iraq, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
Iranian MP accuses Argentine Judiciary of bribery
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 – A senior Iranian MP has accused the Argentine Judiciary of taking bribes following anger over the nomination of Revolutionary Guards Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi as Iran’s Defence Minister.
Iranian MP accuses Argentine Judiciary of bribery
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 – A senior Iranian MP has accused the Argentine Judiciary of taking bribes following anger over the nomination of Revolutionary Guards Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi as Iran’s Defence Minister.
In Iran, report of secret burials brings call for inquiry
Los Angeles Times: An Iranian lawmaker vowed Saturday to examine allegations that dozens of unidentified people killed in the recent post-election unrest were secretly buried last month in the country's largest cemetery.
Iranian authorities are accused of secret burials
New York Times: As Iranians celebrated the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, they were confronted Saturday with new charges of reform movement supporters being tortured in prison and of bodies being secretly buried in a cemetery on the outskirts of Tehran.
Yemen seizes Iranian-made weapons in rebel caches
AFP: The Yemeni army has seized Iranian-made weapons used by Shiite rebels who are locked in fighting with government forces in the north of the country, a security official said on Saturday.
Iran clerics object to women ministers
AFP: Iran's conservative clerics have objected to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to include three women in his new cabinet, a report said on Saturday, dealing a blow to the hardliner's bid to secure parliament's nod for his ministerial line-up.
Iranian boy who defied Tehran hardliners tells of prison rape ordeal
The Times: The 15-year-old boy sits weeping in a safehouse in central Iran, broken in body and spirit. Reza will not go outside — he is terrified of being left alone.
