Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 30 Iran said on Friday that it would execute at least 10 trouble-makers in the coming days to combat insecurity in society.
Iran says will execute at least 10 in coming days
Powers offering Iran nuclear ‘time out’
AP: The U.S. and fellow permanent U.N. Security Council members have told Iran they will hold off on new sanctions if it stops expanding its uranium enrichment activities as they seek to restart talks over Tehran’s nuclear program, diplomats said Friday.
Iranians angered by fuel rationing
AP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad swept to power promising to bring oil revenues to every family but he now faces growing domestic discontent over newly imposed fuel rationing and skyrocketing prices.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejads gas rationing causes riots in Iran
FOX News: When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad campaigned for president two years ago, he promised Iranians that he would put the countrys oil wealth on peoples tables. Not only has he failed to make this or any of his economic pledges come to pass, he has stood at the helm of an economy so in shambles that the government was forced this week to impose gas rationing.
Iran says will execute at least 10 in coming days
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 30 Iran said on Friday that it would execute at least 10 trouble-makers in the coming days to combat insecurity in society.
UN urges Syria, Iran to respect Lebanon arms ban
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Syria and Iran to respect an arms embargo on militias in Lebanon and urged Damascus, in a report issued on Friday, to better control its border with its neighbor.
Iran eyes gas supplies to India, Pakistan by 2011
Reuters: Iran hopes to start supplying gas to India and Pakistan by 2011 through a proposed $7 billion tri-nation pipeline connecting the countries, a senior Iranian official said on Friday.
British draft compromise on Iran
AP: The U.S. and its allies are reviewing a proposal that would commit the U.N. Security Council to hold off on new sanctions on Iran if the country stops further development of its uranium enrichment program, diplomats said Friday.
EU keeps Iran opposition group on terror list
EUOBSERVER: The EU has kept Iran opposition group PMOI on its new list of terrorist entities in a controversial move likely to spark complaints from MEPs as well as Danish and Italian parliamenterians.
Unrest grows amid gas rationing in Iran
New York Times: Unrest spread in Tehran on Thursday, the second day of gasoline rationing in oil-rich Iran, with drivers lining up for miles, gas stations being set on fire and state-run banks and business centers coming under attack.
