Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 31 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned the West on Wednesday that sanctions could not deter the Islamic Republic from its nuclear ambitions.
Ahmadinejad warns EU not to pursue sanctions on Iran
U.S. military sees Iran’s nuke bomb 5 years away
Washington Times: The U.S. military is operating under the assumption that Iran is five to eight years away from being able to build its first nuclear weapon, a time span that explains a general lack of urgency within the Bush administration to use air strikes to disable Tehran’s atomic program.
Photo report Police clamp down on dissent in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 31 Irans State Security Forces have dispatched motorbike units in several districts of the Iranian capital in an effort to crack down on social dissent there.
New judicial police launched in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 31 Hundreds of new judicial police have begun to roam the streets of Tehran starting from earlier this week, even before Irans Majlis (Parliament) approved the dubious judicial-security body that they represent.
Photo report Police clamp down on dissent in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 31 Irans State Security Forces have dispatched motorbike units in several districts of the Iranian capital in an effort to crack down on social dissent there.
New judicial police launched in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 31 Hundreds of new judicial police have begun to roam the streets of Tehran starting from earlier this week, even before Irans Majlis (Parliament) approved the dubious judicial-security body that they represent.
Major powers to discuss Iran sanctions next week
Reuters: Major powers are expected to begin discussing an Iran sanctions resolution at a meeting in Europe next week if Tehran continues to defy a U.N. Security Council demand to halt uranium enrichment, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
IAEA set to report Iran defies U.N. atom halt demand
Reuters: Iran faces the risk of sanctions after a U.N. nuclear watchdog report on Thursday likely to find that Tehran has ignored a deadline to halt an atomic fuel programme Western leaders say could lead to bombs.
Officials: Iran still enriching uranium
AP: Iran has kept enriching uranium despite the threat of U.N. sanctions and a looming deadline to freeze such operations, U.N. and European officials said Wednesday.
Iran releases dissident after 4 months
AP: Iran on Wednesday released liberal intellectual Ramin Jahanbegloo, who was accused of working with the U.S. to overthrow the government, a human rights activist said.
