Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 24 The United States and the
Europeans will gain nothing from adopting a tough line
against Iran and taking it to the United Nations Security
Council, Irans new hard-line chief nuclear negotiator
warned in an interview that appeared on Wednesday on a
Persian-language website.
Top negotiator says Iran firm on nuclear enrichment
Top negotiator says Iran firm on nuclear enrichment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 24 The United States and the
Europeans will gain nothing from adopting a tough line
against Iran and taking it to the United Nations Security
Council, Irans new hard-line chief nuclear negotiator
warned in an interview that appeared on Wednesday on a
Persian-language website.
Halliburton-linked company stripped of Iran contract
AFP: A private Iranian oil company linked to the US oil giant Halliburton has lost a multi-million dollar contract to drill for natural gas amid accusations it won the deal through bribery, officials said Tuesday.
Iran hangs four men aged between 17 and 23
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 Four young men between the ages of 17 and 23 were hanged in public in the port city of Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, on Tuesday, according to the state-owned daily Kayhan. News of the hanging was posted on the ultra-Islamist dailys website late on Tuesday. The four were identified only by their initials. Two of them received 74 lashes in public before their execution, the daily reported.
Iran hangs four men aged between 17 and 23
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 Four young men between the ages of 17 and 23 were hanged in public in the port city of Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, on Tuesday, according to the state-owned daily Kayhan. News of the hanging was posted on the ultra-Islamist dailys website late on Tuesday. The four were identified only by their initials. Two of them received 74 lashes in public before their execution, the daily reported.
Irans ultra-Islamists burn French flags outside embassy
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 Several hundred radical Islamists from the para-military Bassij force of Irans Revolutionary Guards set fire to French flags outside the embassy of France in Tehran on Tuesday, amid chants of Death to France. The militants, who described themselves as members of student organisation of Bassij, later demonstrated outside the embassies of Britain and Germany, Frances two other European partners in the two-year talks with the Islamic Republic on Irans nuclear activities.
Irans ultra-Islamists burn French flags outside embassy
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 Several hundred radical Islamists from the para-military Bassij force of Irans Revolutionary Guards set fire to French flags outside the embassy of France in Tehran on Tuesday, amid chants of Death to France. The militants, who described themselves as members of student organisation of Bassij, later demonstrated outside the embassies of Britain and Germany, Frances two other European partners in the two-year talks with the Islamic Republic on Irans nuclear activities.
Iran’s suicide operations chief vows to hit U.S. interests
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 The commander of Irans 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 Irans nuclear installations.
Europeans call off key nuclear talks with Iran
Reuters: European powers have called off August 31 talks with Iran over its nuclear programme, France said on Tuesday, marking a breakdown in two years of negotiations with Tehran to halt its sensitive atomic work. French Foreign Ministry spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei said talks on a formal European proposal made earlier this month would not now go ahead because Iran had resumed certain nuclear work in breach of a promise to freeze it while talks lasted.
Iran’s para-military students rally outside European embassies
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 – Several hundred members of Iran’s para-military Bassij forces in universities demonstrated outside the embassies of the three main European powers in Tehran on Tuesday afternoon as the Islamic Republic continues its campaign to force the Europeans to retreat from their position on Irans nuclear activities.
