Reuters: An Iranian Sunni Muslim rebel group said it kidnapped four Revolutionary Guards and issued a video purportedly showing the hostages, Al Arabiya television reported on Thursday.
Russia and China balk at bans on Iran
Reuters: Major powers are considering proposals for sanctions on Iran’s nuclear ambitions that include penalties against Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards as well as the Tehran’s state-owned Bank Sepah.
Women activists freed as teachers’ protests intensify
AKI: All but three of the 33 Iranian women’s rights activists jailed on Sunday were freed Wednesday night, on the eve of International Women’s Day, in exchange for a pledge not to demonstrate on 8 March. Nevertheless, many of them and other women’s rights activists said they would protest in front of parliament in Tehran on Thursday afternoon.
Iranian police, activists clash on women’s day
Reuters: Iranian police clashed on Thursday with scores of rights activists who gathered in front of parliament to celebrate International Women’s Day, one of the activists said.
Former Iranian defense official talks to Western intelligence
Washington Post: A former Iranian deputy defense minister who once commanded the Revolutionary Guard has left his country and is cooperating with Western intelligence agencies, providing information on Hezbollah and Iran’s ties to the organization, according to a senior U.S. official.
IAEA governors ratify cut in nuclear aid to Iran
Reuters: U.N. nuclear agency governors on Thursday ratified cuts in technical aid to Iran over concern that Tehran might be trying to build nuclear bombs under cover of a civilian atomic energy programme, diplomats said.
Iranian women struggle for equality
BBC News: In the days before International Women’s Day, 33 women were arrested in Tehran for peacefully protesting outside a court building. Thirty of them were subsequently released, but warned not to mark the day with protests.
Alarm over Iran helps Bush
Los Angeles Times: Is this trigger-happy gunslinger in the White House about to take aim at Iran?
Iran hangs five men
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 07 – Authorities hanged five men in a prison in the Iranian capital on Wednesday, the government-run news agency Fars reported.
Iran hangs five men
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 07 – Authorities hanged five men in a prison in the Iranian capital on Wednesday, the government-run news agency Fars reported.
