AKI: A young Iranian man is facing execution after a court judged him a ‘hardened and incorrigible drinker,” Iranian daily Etemad Melli reported. A section of Tehran’s criminal court is currently deciding whether the 22-year-old man, known as Mohsen, should be executed.
Iran: Young ‘alcoholic’ faces death penalty
As the enrichment machines spin on
The Economist: If you are locked eyeball to eyeball with an adversary as wily as Iran, it does not make much sense to do something that emboldens your opponent and sows defeatism among your friends. But that, it is now clear, is precisely what America’s spies achieved when they said in December that, contrary to their own previous assessments, Iran stopped its secret nuclear-weapons programme in 2003.
Five men hanged in Irans notorious prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 31 Five men were hanged in Tehrans notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on Thursday.
Five men hanged in Irans notorious prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 31 Five men were hanged in Tehrans notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on Thursday.
S.Africa hints at Iran nuclear resolution delay
Reuters: A one month delay to consider a new U.N. Security Council draft resolution that would punish Iran for moving ahead with its nuclear programme would not be a disaster, a South African official said on Thursday.
Wife of former FBI agent missing in Iran says no new information on case
FOX: Christine Levinson doesn’t like to do interviews. She’s a bit shy and not much of a public speaker, and isn’t comfortable in front of the cameras, but she still sat down with me this morning because her husband has been missing since last March and she’s desperate for help.
Ahmadinejad sees nuclear energy in Iran by 2009
New York Times: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran said Wednesday that his country would produce nuclear energy by next year and condemned Israel as a filthy entity that would soon collapse.
Iran to limit execution in public
BBC: The head of Iran’s judiciary has issued an order that no executions be carried out in public without his permission.
Iran in ‘talks’ with Petrobras on Caspian project, daily says
Bloomberg: Iran is in “talks” with Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petroleos Brasileiros SA for exploration work offshore in the Caspian Sea, Iran Daily reported, citing a top Iranian energy official.
US ambassador questions Iranian interests in Afghanistan
AFP: The US ambassador questioned Wednesday Iranian policy towards Afghanistan, also saying there was no doubt insurgents here had received weapons from Iran.
