Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 18 An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted central Iran on Monday, state media reported.
Quake measuring 5.9 on Richter scale jolts central Iran
Quake measuring 5.9 on Richter scale jolts central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 18 An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted central Iran on Monday, state media reported.
Iran curtails freedom in throwback to 1979
Washington Post: Iran is in the midst of a sweeping crackdown that both Iranians and U.S. analysts compare to a cultural revolution in its attempt to steer the oil-rich theocracy back to the rigid strictures of the 1979 revolution.
Iranian-Americans held for plotting revolution in Tehran
The Guardian: One of four Iranian-born Americans accused in Iran of being part of a criminal conspiracy has said that the charges against her are baseless and brought because she is a journalist reporting politically sensitive issues.
Gulf Arabs won’t be base for attack on Iran: Saudi
Reuters: Gulf Arab countries will not be used as a launch pad for any military attack on Iran, a powerful Saudi royal was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Iran: Putin pulls plans on radar
AP: Iran said Sunday it had received indications from Russia’s president that he would not follow through with an offer to allow the U.S. to use a radar station in neighboring Azerbaijan for missile defense against Tehran.
Iran condemns British title for author Rushdie
Reuters: Iran accused Britain on Sunday of insulting Islam by awarding a knighthood to Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” prompted the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa death warrant for him.
Iran nuclear chief likely to meet Solana in days
AFP: Iran said on Sunday its chief negotiator Ali Larijani is likely to meet EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana within days for talks over Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme.
‘Terrorists’ – for tackling Teheran
Sunday Telegraph: High on the agenda of this week’s meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg will be one of the most curious and scandalous mysteries of British politics. This is the puzzle of why our Government, with the personal support of Tony Blair, should have persuaded the European Council to act in flagrant breach of EU law, in order to appease the murderous regime in Teheran which is doing more than anyone else to destabilise the entire Middle East, not least by pouring arms across its borders which are being used to kill allied troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
Iran president rejects economic policy criticism
Reuters: Iran’s president made clear in comments published on Saturday the government would not change its economic policies in response to criticism in an open letter from dozens of Iranian economists.
