Reuters: Iranian police said on Tuesday they would launch a crackdown on “social corruption” such as women flouting Islamic dress codes, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Iran police crack down on unIslamic women’s dress
Iran vows to ignore world pressure on nuclear row
Reuters: Iran told world powers on Tuesday it would pursue its right to develop nuclear technology, whatever they decide at a meeting in Moscow later in the day.
UN nuclear inspectors to arrive in Iran on Friday
Reuters: Senior inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will arrive in Iran on Friday to visit nuclear sites, including the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday.
Iran names new envoy to Germany
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 18 Mohammad Mahdi Akhoundzadeh will be appointed as Irans ambassador to Germany, the state-run news agency Mehr reported.
Iran names new envoy to Germany
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 18 Mohammad Mahdi Akhoundzadeh will be appointed as Irans ambassador to Germany, the state-run news agency Mehr reported.
Iran has raised efforts to obtain U.S. arms illegally, officials say
Washington Post: The Iranian government has intensified efforts to illegally obtain weapons technology from the United States, contracting with dealers across the country for spare parts to maintain its aging American-made air force planes, its missile forces and its alleged nuclear weapons program, according to federal law enforcement authorities.
It’s no coincidence that blast follows Iran’s threat
The Times: This is as crucial a test for Ehud Olmert as it is for the Hamas Government that took power in the Palestinian territories three weeks ago. The newly elected Israeli Prime Minister, still negotiating to form a coalition after the victory of Kadima last month, said that Israel would respond in the way and manner required to the bombing.
Iran’s Hamas largesse gets mixed reaction at home
Reuters: Iran may win Arab friends by pledging $50 million to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, but at home the Islamic Republic’s largesse received a mixed response on Monday.
US to urge other world powers to act against Iran
Reuters: The United States will press other major world powers on Tuesday to consider what it called targeted sanctions against Iran as an April 30 U.N. deadline loomed for Tehran over its nuclear programme.
Iran says it will make any attacker regret action
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during an armed forces parade on Tuesday that any aggressor would regret attacking the Islamic Republic, which is embroiled in a nuclear dispute with the West.
