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INTERVIEW – Iran’s patience running out over nuclear issue

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Reuters: Iran’s patience regarding Western opposition to its nuclear programme is wearing thin and Tehran will give the EU only a few months to settle the issue through talks, the country’s chief nuclear negotiator said on Sunday.

Iran’s “anti-vice police” arrest dozens in party raid

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 04 – Iranian State Security Forces raided a home in the north-eastern city of Mashad, host to a co-ed party, dozens of youths, a state-run daily reported on Sunday.

Iran’s “anti-vice police” arrest dozens in party raid

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 04 – Iranian State Security Forces raided a home in the north-eastern city of Mashad, host to a co-ed party, dozens of youths, a state-run daily reported on Sunday.

Intimidation at Iraq’s polls sees victory for pro-Iran groups

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Iran Focus: London, Dec. 04 – Independent Iraqi observers who are planning to monitor the upcoming December 15 elections in Iraq are resisting travelling to the south of the country for fear of being targeted in assassinations or abductions, according to an Arabic-language website.

Intimidation at Iraq’s polls sees victory for pro-Iran groups

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Iran Focus: London, Dec. 04 – Independent Iraqi observers who are planning to monitor the upcoming December 15 elections in Iraq are resisting travelling to the south of the country for fear of being targeted in assassinations or abductions, according to an Arabic-language website.

Iranian police raid ‘religious venue’ distillery

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AFP: Iranian police have raided an illegal distillery masquerading as a “religious venue”, seizing more than 30,000 liters of homemade liquor, the student news agency ISNA reported Sunday.

Iran no longer holding Al-Qaeda detainees: top official

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AFP: Iran has extradited all foreign members of the Al-Qaeda network arrested inside its borders and is not holding any of the group’s leaders, the Islamic republic’s top national security official told AFP.

Iran won’t back down over nuclear programe: Larijani

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AFP: Iran will not submit to Western demands to limit its disputed nuclear fuel drive and is prepared to maintain a freeze on sensitive activities only for a few more months, top national security official Ali Larijani told AFP.

Iran’s president nominates fourth oilman

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Iran Focus: London, Dec. 04 – In the latest turn in months of infighting over the control of Iran’s giant petroleum industry, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday nominated Acting Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh to occupy the key post.

Iran’s president nominates fourth oilman

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Iran Focus: London, Dec. 04 – In the latest turn in months of infighting over the control of Iran’s giant petroleum industry, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday nominated Acting Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh to occupy the key post.