Reuters : The managing director of an Iranian daily has been acquitted of insulting Iran’s Azeri minority, four months after the newspaper was banned for a cartoon that sparked protests, an official said on Monday.
Head of banned Iran daily acquitted over cartoon
Oil prices up as market focuses on Iran
The Associated Press : Oil prices rebounded Tuesday as the market shifted its attention to Iran and other supply issues on signs that tropical storm Ernesto would avoid Gulf of Mexico oil facilities.
Door to dialogue must be kept open for Iran: French, German FMs
AFP: The international community must preserve the “possibility for dialogue” with Iran over its contested nuclear program, the foreign ministers of France and Germany agreed in a meeting here Monday.
Levey: Iran ‘central banker of terror’
AP: Iran, a primary source of funding for militant group Hezbollah, is a “central banker of terror,” a top Treasury Department official said Monday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Iran: Bolton not competent to be in UN
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 Iran said on Monday that the United States ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton was not competent to be in the world body.
Iran: Bolton not competent to be in UN
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 Iran said on Monday that the United States ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton was not competent to be in the world body.
France urges Iran, Syria to work with the world
Reuters: Iran and Syria should not isolate themselves from the international community but instead work towards building a lasting peace in the Middle East, French President Jacques Chirac said on Monday. In a speech to French ambassadors, Chirac called Iran “a great country” and urged it to negotiate with world powers over its nuclear ambitions.
Iran to issue licences for websites
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 Iran will soon issue licences for websites operating from within its borders in an effort to place further controls on the contents being published online.
Iran to issue licences for websites
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 Iran will soon issue licences for websites operating from within its borders in an effort to place further controls on the contents being published online.
U.S. plans for sanctions on Iran
Washington Times: The Bush administration plans to move rapidly to organize and impose international economic sanctions on Iran, but not until after a Thursday U.N. deadline passes, according to Bush administration officials.
