Reuters: Iran should release students arrested for planning a protest, the president of the European Parliament said on Monday. A statement from Hans-Gert Poettering also condemned the execution of a man found guilty of a crime supposedly committed when he was 13.
European Parliament urges Iran to release students
Iranian president pulls candidate in bid to break FIFA deadlock
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has withdrawn his candidate to head the national football federation, in a bid to end a row with FIFA that threatened Iran’s future in world football.
Bush seeks more pressure on Iran after Russia moves
AFP: US President George W. Bush said Monday that Russian deliveries of nuclear fuel to Iran only fed the need for the world to clamp down more firmly on Tehran’s home-grown atomic work.
Iran jails 9 teachers over banned rally – report
Reuters: An Iranian court has jailed nine teachers for 91 days on charges of disturbing public opinion by encouraging colleagues to stage illegal protests, an Iranian daily reported on Monday.
Iran says won’t stop making atomic fuel
Reuters: Iran will not halt uranium enrichment even with delivery of fuel from Russia for its first nuclear power plant, a senior Iranian official said on Monday, adding he could not yet confirm Iran had received the fuel.
Two Iranian feminists charged with terrorism: judge
AFP: Iran has charged two women’s rights activists with taking part in “terrorist” actions and belonging to a militant Kurdish separatist group, an investigating judge said on Sunday.
Russia ships nuclear fuel to Iran
BBC: Russia has delivered its first shipment of nuclear fuel to a reactor it is helping to build at Bushehr in Iran, Russia’s foreign ministry has said.
Russia sends nuclear fuel to Iran
AP: Russia has made its first shipment of nuclear fuel to Iran’s Bushehr plant, which is at the center of the international tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
Ahmadinejad says third sanctions resolution against Iran unlikely
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 17 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that the United Nations Security Council is unlikely to adopt a third resolution imposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic over its refusal to suspend its controversial nuclear work.
Ahmadinejad says third sanctions resolution against Iran unlikely
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 17 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that the United Nations Security Council is unlikely to adopt a third resolution imposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic over its refusal to suspend its controversial nuclear work.
