Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 23 Irans new ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna officially submitted his credentials to the United Nations nuclear watchdog director general Mohamed ElBaradei, the state-run news agency reported.
Irans new ambassador to IAEA submits credentials
Irans new ambassador to IAEA submits credentials
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 23 Irans new ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna officially submitted his credentials to the United Nations nuclear watchdog director general Mohamed ElBaradei, the state-run news agency reported.
Iraqi official Jabr relieved of duties
The Washington Times: Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabr, overseer of two detention centers raided by U.S. troops in the past two months, has been relieved of his duties, according to a former Iraqi special forces commander at the ministry.
Iran to halt human rights dialogue with EU
AFP: Iran is to halt its human rights dialogue with the
European Union after the bloc condemned what it described
as continued abuses by the Islamic regime, foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said in comments published Thursday.
Berlin calls on Iran to free German fisherman
DPA: Berlin on Thursday has called on the Iranian government to release a German citizen arrested for fishing illegally in Iran’s territorial waters.
Thousands arrested in police crackdown in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 22 More than 10,000 trouble-makers have been arrested in Tehran over the past two months, according to the spokesman for the armed forces in the Iranian capital, state-run press reported on Thursday.
Thousands arrested in police crackdown in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 22 More than 10,000 trouble-makers have been arrested in Tehran over the past two months, according to the spokesman for the armed forces in the Iranian capital, state-run press reported on Thursday.
Talks with Iran on nuclear plans resume; little progress is seen
New York Times: Representatives of three European countries and Iran met Wednesday for the first time since negotiations over Iran’s nuclear development program were suspended four months ago in bitterness. After five hours of closed-door meetings in Vienna, the delegates said the two sides had agreed to hold further talks in January.
Iranians, Europeans agree to more talks
AP: Iranian and European negotiators tentatively agreed Wednesday to meet next month, signaling a possible new start to negotiations to restrain the Tehran regime’s nuclear program and reduce fears it is trying to make atomic bombs
U.S. terror victims’ families sue Italy
AP: The families of three Americans killed in Palestinian suicide bombings have accused the Italian government of siding with Iran in a legal battle to collect damages from the Islamic regime’s assets in Italy.
