AFP: The Iranian basketball federation has banned its players from having tattoos like many of their foreign counterparts, the student-run news agency ISNA reported Tuesday.
Tattoos out for basketball players in Iran
Iran publicly hangs young man in north of country
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 08 A young man was publicly hanged in the northern Iranian town of Sari, a semi-official daily reported on Tuesday.
Iran publicly hangs young man in north of country
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 08 A young man was publicly hanged in the northern Iranian town of Sari, a semi-official daily reported on Tuesday.
Thousands rally in support of Iran opposition group
Iran Focus: Brussels, Nov. 08 Thousands of banner-waving Iranians rallied outside the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Monday calling for Tehrans nuclear dossier to be hauled before the United Nations Security Council for possible trade sanctions and the removal of the name of Irans principal opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK) from the EUs list of terrorist organisations.
Thousands rally in support of Iran opposition group
Iran Focus: Brussels, Nov. 08 Thousands of banner-waving Iranians rallied outside the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Monday calling for Tehrans nuclear dossier to be hauled before the United Nations Security Council for possible trade sanctions and the removal of the name of Irans principal opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK) from the EUs list of terrorist organisations.
Iran protests U.S. aerial drones
Washington Post: Iran has strongly protested what it said was the United States’ use of unmanned aerial drones over its territory and said two of them had crashed this summer within its borders, according to diplomatic letters circulated at the United Nations yesterday.
Iran says it’s not afraid of Security Council
Reuters: Threats to refer Iran’s nuclear case to the U.N. Security Council, where Tehran could face sanctions, will not scare it into scrapping its nuclear programme, Iran’s chief atomic negotiator said on Tuesday.
Iran kicks out SKorean sponsors after Seoul nuclear vote
AFP: Iran has barred South Korean companies from sponsoring sporting events, including this weekend’s LG Cup football competition, in apparent punishment for Seoul’s
stance on Iran’s controversial nuclear programme.
South Africa denies proposing Iran nuclear enrichment
AFP: South Africa on Monday denied that it proposed taking
part in any uranium enrichment activities in Iran, saying it had been “actively involved in seeking a diplomatic solution regarding the peaceful uses of nuclear energy by Iran.”
UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran must be more transparent
AFP: UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Monday called on Iran to be more transparent about its actions to ease international fears that it is aiming to obtain a nuclear weapon.
