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In Brief: Iranian President arrives in Oman

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 14 – Iran’s radical president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Muscat on Monday to meet and hold talks with senior Omani officials.

Cheney: Mideast peace not required for Iraq, Iran progress

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AFP: US Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday as he wrapped up a week-long Middle East visit that he had won support from his Arab hosts for US efforts to stabilize war-torn Iraq.

US denies about-face on Iran

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AFP: The United States insisted Monday that planned talks with Iran over Iraqi security did not presage a retreat from a three-decade-old US policy to isolate the Islamic republic.

15 hanged in north-east Iran

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 14 – Iranian authorities have hanged 15 people in the north-eastern city of Mashad, state-run media reported on Monday.

15 hanged in north-east Iran

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 14 – Iranian authorities have hanged 15 people in the north-eastern city of Mashad, state-run media reported on Monday.

Official in Iran capital calls for greater clampdown on women

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 14 – An official at Tehran’s governorate applauded the current nationwide crackdown on women who violate Iran’s strict Islamic dress code but said the initiative did not go far enough.

Official in Iran capital calls for greater clampdown on women

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 14 – An official at Tehran’s governorate applauded the current nationwide crackdown on women who violate Iran’s strict Islamic dress code but said the initiative did not go far enough.

Iran increases fines for pirating of movies

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 14 – Iran’s hardline-dominated Majlis (Parliament) adopted a new bill raising fines for pirating of movies tenfold, the government-run news agency Fars reported on Monday.

Iran-bound private plane missing: Turkish official

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AFP: A private plane bound for Iran has gone missing after taking off from the northeastern Turkish city of Trabzon, a local official said Monday.

Al-Jazeera ordered out of Ahmadinejad press conference

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AFP: An Al-Jazeera television crew was ordered out of a press conference to be held by visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday, the channel’s correspondent said.