AFP: US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday said she was deeply concerned at the “inexplicable detention” of Iranian-American academic Haleh Esfandiari in Tehran.
Clinton concern over Iranian-American academic
NPT conference urges Iran to stop enriching uranium
AFP: A conference on fixing the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ended Friday after overcoming a last-minute snag over Iranian objections to a call for it to stop enriching uranium.
In Brief: Iran expels 85,000 Afghans in three weeks
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 13 Iran has expelled some 85,000 Afghans from its borders over the past three weeks, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying by the official news agency IRNA on Sunday.
In Brief: Iran expels 85,000 Afghans in three weeks
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 13 Iran has expelled some 85,000 Afghans from its borders over the past three weeks, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying by the official news agency IRNA on Sunday.
In Brief: Iran’s Ahmadinejad in UAE for talks
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 13 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Abu Dhabi on Sunday for a state visit to the United Arab Emirates.
In Brief: Iran’s Ahmadinejad in UAE for talks
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 13 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Abu Dhabi on Sunday for a state visit to the United Arab Emirates.
Afghan parliament sacks foreign minister
AFP: Afghanistan’s parliament voted to sack the war-torn country’s foreign minister Saturday amid an uproar over Iran’s forced return of thousands of refugees.
Iran rules out any atomic work freeze
Reuters: Iran on Sunday ruled out any suspension of its uranium enrichment work, either as a precondition for talks with major powers or as part of their outcome.
Iran rejects trimming Ahmadinejad term
AFP: Iran’s hardline vetting body again rejected a bill that would have seen legislative and presidential elections held on the same day and trimmed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s term, local media reported on Thursday.
Iran says won’t bow to sanctions over atomic work
Reuters: Iran will not be pushed by sanctions to suspend work on its disputed nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday, two days after six world powers met to discuss Iran’s defiance of U.N. demands.
