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Iran’s chief of police: New crackdown to start next week

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 02 – Iran’s police chief on Friday announced that starting from September 6, State Security Forces would launch a joint campaign along with various other security apparatus to crack down on “troublemakers” in the country.

Iran’s Supreme Leader: Islamic world to stand up to U.S.

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 02 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a gathering of senior officials in Tehran on Friday that the Islamic world was both capable and had a duty to stand up to the United States.

Iran’s Supreme Leader: Islamic world to stand up to U.S.

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 02 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a gathering of senior officials in Tehran on Friday that the Islamic world was both capable and had a duty to stand up to the United States.

U.S. says inquiry showed Iran’s new president is a “terrorist”

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Iran Focus: London, Sep. 01 – Iranians in the United States reacted with evident joy to news that an inquiry by the U.S. State Department established that Iran’s new hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a “terrorist”. The American television channel ABC News reported on Wednesday that the State Department had issued a legal finding showing that Ahmadinejad was ineligible for a U.S. visa because of section 212(a)3(b) of the Immigration and Naturalisation Act, which says anyone with terrorist ties cannot be granted a visa.

U.S. says inquiry showed Iran’s new president is a “terrorist”

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Iran Focus: London, Sep. 01 – Iranians in the United States reacted with evident joy to news that an inquiry by the U.S. State Department established that Iran’s new hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a “terrorist”. The American television channel ABC News reported on Wednesday that the State Department had issued a legal finding showing that Ahmadinejad was ineligible for a U.S. visa because of section 212(a)3(b) of the Immigration and Naturalisation Act, which says anyone with terrorist ties cannot be granted a visa.

EU Urges Iran to Resume Nuclear Talks

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AP: The European Union on Thursday urged Iran to return to the negotiating table to discuss its nuclear program and threatened to take Tehran to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions if it did not.

Iran’s Khamenei blames US for Iraq stampede

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 01 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a statement carried on Thursday by the official news agency, IRNA, blamed the United States for a deadly stampede in the Iraqi holy town of Kazimiya on Wednesday which left close to 1,000 people dead after panic broke out among worshippers.

Opposition claims Iranian regime smuggled material for nuclear bomb

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AFP: The main Iranian opposition group charged here on Thursday that the country’s Islamic regime has smuggled 20 kilos (44 pounds) of Beryllium with the aim of using it to make nuclear bombs.

EU agrees Iran should be referred to UN if needed

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Reuters: European Union foreign ministers agreed on Thursday that Iran should be referred to the U.N. Security Council if the world nuclear watchdog confirms Tehran has resumed suspect nuclear activities, Sweden’s foreign minister said.

Iran got metal from China usable in atom bomb-exiles

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Reuters: Iran obtained from China a substantial amount of a metal that has many civilian uses but can also be used in an atomic bomb, an Iranian exile group said on Thursday.