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Iran to escape UN referral over nuclear plans-diplomats

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Reuters: The International Atomic Energy Agency will most likely not refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council when the U.N. agency’s board meets next month despite fears Tehran is seeking nuclear weapons, diplomats said.

Militia elements infiltrate Iraqi police in Basra: British army chief

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AFP: Militia groups have infiltrated the police force in Iraq’s southern city of Basra, the head of the British army said on Thursday, adding that there was possibly an Iranian influence.

Iran uses trade to punish unfriendly countries

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 20 – Iran has linked its international trade ties to countries’ political cooperation with Tehran, a senior official in the government of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, a semi-official daily reported on Thursday.

Iran uses trade to punish unfriendly countries

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 20 – Iran has linked its international trade ties to countries’ political cooperation with Tehran, a senior official in the government of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, a semi-official daily reported on Thursday.

Iran’s Judiciary Chief orders harsher prison terms

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 20 – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi ordered a ban on prison leave for “enemies of the Islamic Republic”, including political prisoners and “trouble-makers”, a semi-official daily reported on Thursday.

Iran’s Judiciary Chief orders harsher prison terms

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 20 – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi ordered a ban on prison leave for “enemies of the Islamic Republic”, including political prisoners and “trouble-makers”, a semi-official daily reported on Thursday.

Iran claims has evidence to prove British role in bombings

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 20 – Iran’s Foreign Minister raised the stakes in the escalating war of words between his government and Britain on Thursday by claiming that Tehran possessed evidence proving that London was behind last weeks’ twin bombings in the south-western Iranian city of Ahwaz.

Iran claims has evidence to prove British role in bombings

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 20 – Iran’s Foreign Minister raised the stakes in the escalating war of words between his government and Britain on Thursday by claiming that Tehran possessed evidence proving that London was behind last weeks’ twin bombings in the south-western Iranian city of Ahwaz.

Iran bans foreign films deemed ‘feminist’ or pro-US

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AFP: Iran’s Islamic regime has slapped a ban on foreign films deemed to be “feminist”, “secular” or pro-American, with hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also pushing his vision of a Koranic society.

Top official says Bush “terrified” of Iran’s suicide bombers

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 19 – United States President George W. Bush has become “terrified” of Iran’s “divisions” of suicide bombers, according to Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator who was quoted by a hard-line Iranian weekly on Wednesday.