AP: Iran on Saturday rejected allegations by a dissident group that the country had manufactured thousand of centrifuges capable of enriching uranium to make nuclear weapons. Earlier this week the National Council of Resistance of Iran said Tehran was working round the clock to build centrifuges and was storing thousands of the devices that already were manufactured.
Iran denies exile group’s claims it has made thousands of centrifuges
Iran’s new Interior Minister “ordered massacre”
Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 19 In a letter to the United Nations human rights office in Geneva, a copy of which was sent to Iran Focus, residents in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbass accused the countrys new Minister of the Interior-designate of ordering the summary execution of dozens of young people in the city to put down an anti-government riot in 1981 and demanded an international inquiry into the incident. The letter named 48 of the victims of executions.
Iran: Issue of Isfahan UCF no longer on negotiation table
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 20 Iran announced on Saturday that it was no longer willing to consider European calls for suspension of its nuclear activities at its Uranium Conversion Facility in Isfahan, central Iran. Hamid-Reza Asefi, Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman, told reporters during his press conference that the Islamic Republic also wanted to negotiate about its suspended activities at its uranium enrichment site in Natanz, central, Iran.
Iran: Issue of Isfahan UCF no longer on negotiation table
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 20 Iran announced on Saturday that it was no longer willing to consider European calls for suspension of its nuclear activities at its Uranium Conversion Facility in Isfahan, central Iran. Hamid-Reza Asefi, Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman, told reporters during his press conference that the Islamic Republic also wanted to negotiate about its suspended activities at its uranium enrichment site in Natanz, central Iran.
Annan asks Iran to release journalist
AP: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sent a letter to Iran’s president Friday seeking the release of a jailed investigative reporter who has been on a hunger strike for more than a month, a U.N. official said. Akbar Ganji, jailed in 2000 for reporting that intelligence officials had killed five Iranian dissidents, is believed to be in critical condition.
Irans new Justice Minister vows harsher crackdown on women
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 20 The man designated by Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as his Minister of Justice vowed on Saturday that improperly-veiled women will be treated as if they had no Islamic veil at all.
Jamal Karimi-Rad told the local press, Being improperly veiled and not wearing a veil are no different. When it is clear from the appearance of a woman that she has violated the law, then the crime is obvious and law enforcement agents can take legal measures against her.
Irans new Justice Minister vows harsher crackdown on women
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 20 The man designated by Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as his Minister of Justice vowed on Saturday that improperly-veiled women will be treated as if they had no Islamic veil at all.
Jamal Karimi-Rad told the local press, Being improperly veiled
and not wearing a veil are no different. When it is clear from the appearance of a woman that she has violated the law, then the crime is obvious and law enforcement agents can take legal measures against her.
Rumsfeld says Iran is arming Iraqi insurgents
The Washington Times: Iran is continuing to supply weapons to insurgents in Iraq with the goal of creating an Islamist government, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said. “I see intelligence reports and we know that we’re finding Iranian weapons inside the country,” Mr. Rumsfeld told reporters on his way to visit Paraguay earlier this week. “They don’t just get there by accident. They don’t fly there.
Residents of Iran city claim new Interior Minister ordered massacre
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 19 In a letter to the United Nations human rights office in Geneva, a copy of which was sent to Iran Focus, residents in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbass accused the countrys new Minister of the Interior-designate of ordering the summary execution of dozens of young people in the city to put down an anti-government riot in 1981 and demanded an international inquiry into the incident. The letter named 48 of the victims of executions.
Residents of Iran city claim new Interior Minister ordered massacre
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 19 In a letter to the United Nations human rights office in Geneva, a copy of which was sent to Iran Focus, residents in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbass accused the countrys new Minister of the Interior-designate of ordering the summary execution of dozens of young people in the city to put down an anti-government riot in 1981 and demanded an international inquiry into the incident. The letter named 48 of the victims of executions.
