The Washington Times: Iran, it seems, is playing with fire — and on two fronts. The first is the Islamic republic’s recent decision to pursue its nuclear ambitions despite being urged by the European Union and threatened by the United States not to restart its uranium conversion program.
Playing with fire
Bush calls IAEA Iran demand ‘positive first step”
Reuters: President George W. Bush said on Thursday the decision of the U.N. nuclear watchdog to call on Iran to halt sensitive atomic work was “a positive first step.” “The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) today issued a report that expressed serious concerns about Iranian decisions and that’s a positive first step,” Bush told reporters at his Texas ranch.
IAEA board demands Iran resume nuclear freeze
Reuters: The governing board of the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Thursday unanimously called on Iran to halt sensitive atomic work it resumed this week, a demand Tehran has rejected as unacceptable and illegal.
The resolution adopted by the International Atomic Energy
Agency’s (IAEA) board of governors says Iran must resume a full suspension of all nuclear fuel related activities and asks the agency to verify Tehran’s compliance.
Iran to flog dissidents for anti-government protest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 11 More than a dozen protestors arrested in the oil-rich city of Ahwaz, southern Iran, during a demonstration in July were sentenced to serve prison time and to be flogged in public, Irans state-run news agency reported on Thursday. A court in Ahwaz sentenced the 15 individuals to flogging and jail time for creating mayhem and disrupting public order.
Iran to flog dissidents for anti-government protest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 11 More than a dozen protestors arrested in the oil-rich city of Ahwaz, southern Iran, during a demonstration in July were sentenced to serve prison time and to be flogged in public, Irans state-run news agency reported on Thursday. A court in Ahwaz sentenced the 15 individuals to flogging and jail time for creating mayhem and disrupting public order.
Clashes in Shiite shrine unnerves Irans holy city
Iran Focus: Qom, Iran, Aug. 11 At noon, the streets are quiet in this dusty, hot, sprawling city of two million that is home to one of Shiite Islams holiest shrines. But near the home of the late Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Shirazi, a highly revered religious leader who was at odds with Irans ruling clerics, the eerie silence belies the simmering anger and grief that dominate the feelings among his followers, as a stream of visitors come to offer their sympathies and support to the ayatollahs family and friends over what everyone here refers to as the despicable incident.
Clashes in Shiite shrine unnerves Irans holy city
Iran Focus: Qom, Iran, Aug. 11 At noon, the streets are quiet in this dusty, hot, sprawling city of two million that is home to one of Shiite Islams holiest shrines. But near the home of the late Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Shirazi, a highly revered religious leader who was at odds with Irans ruling clerics, the eerie silence belies the simmering anger and grief that dominate the feelings among his followers, as a stream of visitors come to offer their sympathies and support to the ayatollahs family and friends over what everyone here refers to as the despicable incident.
Iran to hang young woman for teenage crime
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 11 Irans clergy-dominated Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence for a young woman accused of killing a man as a teenager, a state-owned daily reported on Thursday. The young woman, only identified by her first name Fakhteh, will be hanged in the coming days, according to a judiciary spokesman.
Iran to hang young woman for teenage crime
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 11 Irans clergy-dominated Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence for a young woman accused of killing a man as a teenager, a state-owned daily reported on Thursday. The young woman, only identified by her first name Fakhteh, will be hanged in the coming days, according to a judiciary spokesman.
Iran says nuclear accord void if IAEA backs resolution
AFP: Iran warned Thursday than an accord with the European Union over its nuclear programme would become void if the UN watchdog adopted an EU resolution calling on Tehran to halt sensitive fuel cycle work. “The Paris accord will become void if the resolution proposed by the Europeans is adopted,” said Mohammad Saidi, deputy head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation.
