Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 26 A senior Iranian cleric welcomed on Friday the establishment of an Islamic
republic in Iraq and hailed the countrys new constitution as one based on Islamic precepts.
Senior Iran cleric hails Islamic state of Iraq
Three buses pile up in Iran, killing 22 – TV
Reuters: Three coaches crashed in northwestern Iran on Friday, killing 22 people and injuring 38, state television reported.
Iran: In Brief
Iran Focus: The news in Tehran and elsewhere in Iran on Friday, Aug. 26 – Ban on Music Day
Brothers Esmaeili
Ahmadinejad shuns journalists
19-year-old girl kidnapped my 21-year-old son
New crackdown in Tehran
14,205 street children rounded up in Tehran
Murder, kidnapping of Iranian refugees in Iraq raise alarm
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 26 The cold-blooded murder of three Iranian Kurds in a refugee camp west of the Iraqi capital and the abduction of two Iranian dissidents in recent days have led to speculations that the new hard-line government in Tehran is taking advantage of the worsening security situation in Iraq to liquidate its opponents who have taken refuge in the neighbouring country.
Murder, kidnapping of Iranian refugees in Iraq raise alarm
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 26 The cold-blooded murder of three Iranian Kurds in a refugee camp west of the Iraqi capital and the abduction of two Iranian dissidents in recent days have led to speculations that the new hard-line government in Tehran is taking advantage of the worsening security situation in Iraq to liquidate its opponents who have taken refuge in the neighbouring country.
Ex U.S. hostages confirm Iran presidents role in embassy siege
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 26 Two former United States hostages held captive in Iran for 444 days when radical Islamists seized the American embassy in Tehran in 1979 told a Persian-language satellite channel that they have no doubts that Irans new hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was one of the supervisors of their interrogators during their ordeal.
Ex U.S. hostages confirm Iran presidents role in embassy siege
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 26 Two former United States hostages held captive in Iran for 444 days when radical Islamists seized the American embassy in Tehran in 1979 told a Persian-language satellite channel that they have no doubts that Irans new hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was one of the supervisors of their interrogators during their ordeal.
Irans new initiative for nuclear talks sets tougher tone
Iran Focus: Vienna, Aug. 26 Irans new chief nuclear negotiator is due to hold talks with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) here on Friday as the political tug-of-war continues over the Islamic Republics suspected nuclear weapons program.
Irans new initiative for nuclear talks sets tougher tone
Iran Focus: Vienna, Aug. 26 Irans new chief nuclear negotiator is due to hold talks with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) here on Friday as the political tug-of-war continues over the Islamic Republics suspected nuclear weapons program.
