Iran Focus: London, Mar. 14 A prominent international media rights watchdog on Wednesday called on the Iranian government to release four journalists who were arrested in Irans north-western Kurdish region.
Media rights watchdog blasts Iran arrests
Syrian PM in Iran for talks
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 14 Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji al-Ottri arrived in Tehran on Wednesday for bilateral talks with Iranian officials, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Syrian PM in Iran for talks
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 14 Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji al-Ottri arrived in Tehran on Wednesday for bilateral talks with Iranian officials, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Iran denounces ‘hostile’ film
Daily Telegraph: A Hollywood film depicting a battle between the Persian empire and a Greek army was denounced by Iran yesterday as “hostile” and an example of “cultural and psychological warfare”.
Iraq intensifies efforts to expel Iranian group
Washington Post: For three years, thousands of members of a militant group dedicated to overthrowing Iran’s theocracy have lived in a sprawling compound north of Baghdad under the protection of the U.S. military.
Iran sanctions talks at U.N. said to enter last phase
Reuters: Six major powers hope on Wednesday to put finishing touches on a draft text imposing sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, which can be used in a bomb or for peaceful ends.
U.N. Council says no request from Iran for briefing
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to address the U.N. Security Council to defend Tehran’s nuclear plans, but he has yet to officially ask the 15-member body for a meeting, said the council president on Tuesday.
President defiant as Iran faces new sanctions
Reuters: Iran’s president voiced defiance on Wednesday as world powers hoped to put the finishing touches on a draft text imposing new sanctions against the Islamic Republic, saying the country would not surrender.
OPEC unlikely to cut supplies over Iran-U.S. tensions
Bloomberg: OPEC, the producer of 41 percent of the world’s oil, probably won’t cut output at a meeting this week as mounting tensions between the U.S. and Iran bolster prices.
Iran says Israel, U.S. threaten Mideast
AP: Iran’s foreign minister accused Israel and the United States of posing the main threats to the security of the Middle East. The U.S. and Israeli delegations walked out during the speech Tuesday.
