Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14 Irans hardline-dominated Majlis (Parliament) gave a vote of confidence on Wednesday to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads choices for the portfolios of oil and industries ministers.
Majlis approves Irans new oil, industries ministers
Two hanged in public in western Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14 Iranian authorities hanged two men in public in the province of Kermanshah, western Iran, state media reported on Wednesday.
Two hanged in public in western Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14 Iranian authorities hanged two men in public in the province of Kermanshah, western Iran, state media reported on Wednesday.
Delayed intelligence report on Iran to be finished soon
Washington Post: Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell said yesterday that a long-awaited intelligence estimate covering Iran’s nuclear program will be finished by the end of this month, attributing the delay to new information collected in late spring that caused a reconsideration of some elements of the assessment.
Iran at center of debate over why violence drops in Iraq
New York Sun: In the wake of the release of nine Iranians the U.S. military accused of supporting terrorism, the Bush administration is engaged in a debate over Tehran’s role in the decrease in violence in Iraq.
Iran demands Argentines show up in court
AP: Prosecutors accused five Argentines with falsely implicating a group of Iranians in the 1994 terrorist bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center, state IRNA news agency said Tuesday. Argentines rejected the claims.
US softens stance on Iran strikes
Daily Telegraph: The United States is trying to reduce tensions with Iran by playing down the possibility of launching military strikes against the country’s nuclear facilities, observers believe.
In gesture, Iran provides nuclear document
New York Times: After two years of stonewalling, Iran has given the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency a document showing how to cast uranium metal into hemispheres to form the core of an atom bomb, European officials said Tuesday.
IAEA seen citing some progress in Iran atomic probe
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog is likely to report this week that Iran has improved cooperation with an inquiry over its atomic work but diplomats say it may not resolve any key questions over the program.
Rice accuses Iran of spreading extremism
Reuters: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday accused Iran of spreading “violent extremism” across the Middle East and said a strong Palestinian state could act as a bulwark against this threat.
