Sunday Telegraph: It was not the outcome the Foreign Office had been planning. When it was announced early last week that a senior British diplomat in Baghdad was flying back to London to give a briefing on Iraq’s constitutional referendum, the general expectation in Whitehall was that the following day’s headlines would focus exclusively on whether sufficient numbers of Iraqis would turn out to validate the exercise.
Now we know the truth about Iran, we must act
Iran puts radicals in charge of nuclear programme
Sunday Telegraph: Iran’s new hardline president has placed his country’s nuclear programme under the control of militant commanders of the Revolutionary Guards, the military’s most committed wing.
Iran’s stocks plunge after vote for U.N. review of nuclear program
New York Times: Iran’s government and Parliament held emergency meetings this week on the country’s plummeting stock market, where prices have declined nearly 30 percent since Sept. 24. The decline began after the International Atomic Energy Agency passed a resolution referring Iran to the United Nations Security Council for violating its nuclear obligations.
Iran arrests dissidents in restive oil-rich province
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 08 Iranian authorities have recently arrested a large number of dissidents in the south-western province of Khuzistan, according to the countrys hard-line Interior Minister.
Iran arrests dissidents in restive oil-rich province
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 08 Iranian authorities have recently arrested a large number of dissidents in the south-western province of Khuzistan, according to the countrys hard-line Interior Minister.
Major fires hit oil, gas pipelines in southwest Iran
AFP: Two major fires in oil and gas pipelines in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan have left one guard dead and disrupted the supply process, state television said Saturday.
Iran angered by Canadas UN initiative
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 08 Irans Minister of Justice and judiciary spokesman slated Canada on Friday for bringing up the issue of Tehrans human rights violations and criticised Ottawas own human rights record.
Iran angered by Canadas UN initiative
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 08 Irans Minister of Justice and judiciary spokesman slated Canada on Friday for bringing up the issue of Tehrans human rights violations and criticised Ottawas own human rights record.
MI5 unmasks covert arms programmes
The Guardian: The determination of countries across the Middle East and Asia to develop nuclear arsenals and other weapons of mass destruction is laid bare by a secret British intelligence document which has been seen by the Guardian.
Irans hard-liners stage rally in support of nukes
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 07 Several thousand Iranian hard-liners staged a rally organised by the ultra-Islamist Bassij militia in support of the countrys suspected nuclear weapons program in the Iranian capital on Friday following a fiery prayers sermon.
