Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 25 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is set to meet his ultra-conservative ideological mentor on Wednesday, according to sources close to the presidents office.
Irans President to meet ultra-conservative mentor
Man hanged in northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 25 A man was hanged in the city of Sari, capital of the northern Mazandaran Province, on drug charges, a semi-official daily reported on Sunday.
Man hanged in northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 25 A man was hanged in the city of Sari, capital of the northern Mazandaran Province, on drug charges, a semi-official daily reported on Sunday.
EU goes wobbly on Iran
Washington Times – EDITORIAL: Just days after the European Union joined with the United States to insist that Iran come clean about its nuclear program, the EU appears to be caving in — again. On Thursday, after Russia, China and India balked at referring Iran to the U.N. Security Council, the EU backed down and drafted a significantly weaker resolution.
Banned art in a show of revolt against mullahs
The Sunday Times: A collection of art including works by Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec and Andy Warhol has gone on show in Tehran, more than a quarter of a century after Irans religious leaders banished it to a museum basement as immoral and anti-Islamic.
Britain draws UN into Iran nuclear row
The Sunday Times: A Stand-off over Tehrans nuclear
ambitions took a dramatic turn last night when Britain persuaded the worlds atomic energy watchdog to refer Iran to the United Nations security council.
Focus: Playing with fire
The Sunday Times: British troops are famed for winning hearts and minds but last week Basra erupted. Ali Rifat, Michael
Smith and Richard Woods on an SAS mission that went horribly wrong.
Focus: How Tehran pulls the strings of insurrection
The Sunday Times – Iraqs former defence chief tells Robert Winnett he warned of the Iranian threat: As the US special forces Hercules flew low over the desert in March 2003 before landing behind enemy lines, Hazim al-Shalan prepared to step onto Iraqi soil for the first time in almost 20 years.
SAS in secret war against Iranian agents
The Sunday Times: Two SAS soldiers rescued last week after being arrested by Iraqi police and handed over to a militia were engaged in a secret war against insurgents bringing sophisticated bombs into the country from Iran.
Iran tops world drug addiction-rate list – report
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 24 A report by the United Nations has found that Iran has the highest drug addiction rate in the world, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
