Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 27 The head of Irans official news agency IRNA, Ahmad Khadem-Almelleh, has resigned from his post over a dispute with the countrys Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi.
Irans news agency chief resigns after dispute with minister
An eye for an eye Iran hands out gruesome punishment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 27 An Iranian court in the north-eastern city of Mashad sentenced a man to have one of his eyes gouged out as punishment for blinding another man during a scuffle, state-run press reported.
An eye for an eye Iran hands out gruesome punishment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 27 An Iranian court in the north-eastern city of Mashad sentenced a man to have one of his eyes gouged out as punishment for blinding another man during a scuffle, state-run press reported.
Kuwait bans fish imports from Iran, Pakistan
AFP: The Gulf state of Kuwait Tuesday slapped an indefinite ban on all fish imports from Iran and Pakistan on health grounds, Minister of Commerce and Industry Falah al-Hajeri said.
EU-Iran nuclear talks to go ahead Wednesday: Iran
AFP: Talks between Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana are to go-ahead Wednesday in a European country, the Iranian foreign minister said, expressing optimism over the outcome.
Tehran denies secret nuke deal
Washington Times: Iran yesterday said it is not negotiating a secret temporary shutdown of its uranium-enrichment program as part of ongoing talks with the European Union, rebutting Bush administration sources who told The Washington Times that such a deal is being discussed.
A dubious deal
Washington Times – Editorial: It looks increasingly doubtful that the Islamist regime in Iran will be penalized for its continued defiance over its nuclear weapons programs anytime soon.
Iran denies key nuclear demand on agenda in crunch talks
AFP: Iran on Tuesday ruled out discussing a key international demand over its nuclear programme in talks between its top atomic negotiator and the EU’s foreign policy chief set to be held this week.
Text of Rices interview with Wall Street Journal on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Sep. 26 – The following are excerpts of an interview by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal on Monday.
Text of Rices interview with Wall Street Journal on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Sep. 26 – The following are excerpts of an interview by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal on Monday.
