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Iran’s “suicide operations” chief vows to hit U.S. interests

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 – The commander of Iran’s “Lovers of Martyrdom Garrison” – who is a general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) – vowed that his suicide volunteers will destroy United States’ interests all over the world in retaliation to any attempt by the U.S. to hit Iran’s nuclear installations.

Iran’s “suicide operations” chief vows to hit U.S. interests

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 – The commander of Iran’s “Lovers of Martyrdom Garrison” – who is a general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) – vowed that his suicide volunteers will destroy United States’ interests all over the world in retaliation to any attempt by the U.S. to hit Iran’s nuclear installations.

Iran’s presidential growl

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The Globe and Mail – Editorial: When Iran’s new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is not firing defiant broadsides at Brussels or Washington for seeking to thwart Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, he is busy trying to root out whatever voices of moderation and reform remain in government. It does not
augur well for future relations with Canada, the European Union, the United States and others in the global community that want Iran to start living up to its international obligations.

Iran’s former President criticises leader’s choice

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 22 – In one of his most forthright comments since losing the presidential elections in June, former President Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Monday criticised the removal of Hassan Rowhani as secretary general of the Supreme National Security Council, the country’s highest decision-making body on security-related issues. “It would have been much more beneficial for [Rowhani”> to have remained [secretary general of”> the Supreme National Security Council, but this did not happen”, the elderly cleric told a high-level meeting organised to honour Rowhani’s services during his tenure as SNSC secretary general.

Iran’s former President criticises leader’s choice

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 22 – In one of his most forthright comments since losing the presidential elections in June, former President Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Monday criticised the removal of Hassan Rowhani as secretary general of the Supreme National Security Council, the country’s highest decision-making body on security-related issues. “It would have been much more beneficial for [Rowhani”> to have remained [secretary general of”> the Supreme National Security Council, but this did not happen”, the elderly cleric told a high-level meeting organised to honour Rowhani’s services during his tenure as SNSC secretary general.

Iran’s censors ban famous director’s script

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has banned the script of a leading film and theatre director less than a month after he was forced to pull one of the most successful plays in Iran in recent times off the stage because of its “seditious” message.
Confirming the ban on his screenplay entitled “Fish” in an interview with a local news agency, director Bahram Beizaii said, “As things stand, I just don’t know what to do”.

Iran’s censors ban famous director’s script

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has banned the script of a leading film and theatre director less than a month after he was forced to pull one of the most successful plays in Iran in recent times off the stage because of its “seditious” message.
Confirming the ban on his screenplay entitled “Fish” in an interview with a local news agency, director Bahram Beizaii said, “As things stand, I just don’t know what to do”.

Row in Iran’s parliament was stage-managed – source

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – The row in Iran’s Majlis (parliament) on Sunday was stage-managed by the dominant ultra-Islamist faction, according to an official close to former president Mohammad Khatami.

Row in Iran’s parliament was stage-managed – source

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – The row in Iran’s Majlis (parliament) on Sunday was stage-managed by the dominant ultra-Islamist faction, according to an official close to former president Mohammad Khatami.

Fischer: Iran’s nuclear work makes no sense for civilian use

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DPA: German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer voiced alarm Sunday at the risk of military conflict over Iran’s nuclear research and called on Tehran to be reasonable. In remarks aired Sunday on a current-affairs programme on Germany’s ARD public television network, Fischer said he wished that the Iranian leadership would grasp that they could fulfil their “legitimate interests” in development and security by “employing reason”.