RFE/RL: Whos afraid of girls? The Iranian government, it seems. Recent years have seen a dramatic rise in the number of Iranian girls enrolling in universities and other institutions of higher education. While many governments would see this as a blessing worth boasting about, that’s not the case in Iran.
Does Iranian government fear educated women?
Red Cross urges new home for stranded Iran Kurds
AFP: The Red Cross on Sunday urged a solution for 190 Iranian Kurds stranded in a no man’s land along the Jordanian border ever since they fled war-torn Iraq three years ago.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad may visit Baghdad by late March
Reuters: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to visit neighbouring Iraq by March 19, Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday, a trip that would make him the first leader of the Islamic Republic to visit its former foe.
Azerbaijan, stuck between U.S. and Iran
Los Angeles Times: The Caspian nation, a key oil source and an ally of Washington, alleges that Tehran is trying to stoke militancy.
General: Iran ready to teach U.S. lesson
Xinhua: Iran’s Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Hassan Firouzabadi has said that his country’s armed forces are ready to teach the United States a lesson if it crosses the line, Iran’s state-run Press TV channel reported on Saturday.
Iran raises motorists’ New Year fuel ration-report
Reuters: Iran will grant private motorists an additional 100 litres of gasoline for the Iranian New Year holidays, which start on March 19, nine months after the country introduced fuel rationing, media reported on Sunday.
Iran high on the agenda for Olmert’s Berlin talks
Reuters: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to use a visit to Germany beginning on Sunday to lobby for tougher measures to force Iran to curb a nuclear programme he has called a threat to Israel’s existence.
Iran begins pumping gas to Turkey: official
Reuters: Iran resumed the flow of its export natural gas supplies to Turkey from around midnight Friday, and will pump 2 million cubic meters of gas per day, a senior energy official told Reuters on Saturday.
Iran to hold talks with US on Iraq next week: report
AFP: Iran and the United States are to launch a new round of talks on the future of war-ravaged Iraq next week in Baghdad, an Iranian official told student news agency ISNA on Saturday.
Iran to privatize $90 bln of energy assets: report
Reuters: Iran plans to privatize 47 firms in its energy sector worth $90 billion and set up a holding company for these assets which it will list on four international exchanges, a National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) executive said.
