Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 Irans ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has submitted his choice for a cabinet to the Majlis (Parliament) for approval, according to Irans state-owned press.
Irans Majlis is to discuss the new list on Tuesday is a closed-door session, Ghodratollah Amini, an ultra-conservative Majlis deputy from Khoramabad, told reporters on Sunday.
Iran president-elect submits new cabinet list to Majlis
Iran president-elect submits new cabinet list to Majlis
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 Irans ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has submitted his choice for a cabinet to the Majlis (Parliament) for approval, according to Irans state-owned press.
Irans Majlis is to discuss the new list on Tuesday is a closed-door session, Ghodratollah Amini, an ultra-conservative Majlis deputy from Khoramabad, told reporters on Sunday.
Iran police arrest women for un-Islamic dress
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 Iran has deployed squads of women-only vice police in a new crackdown on un-Islamic dress. Eight women were arrested in the northern province of Gilan as part of a new clamp-down on social corruption, the semi-official Jomhouri Islami reported on Sunday.
Iran police arrest women for un-Islamic dress
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 Iran has deployed squads of women-only vice police in a new crackdown on un-Islamic dress. Eight women were arrested in the northern province of Gilan as part of a new clamp-down on social corruption, the semi-official Jomhouri Islami reported on Sunday.
Iran says Europe supports its nuclear project
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 In a letter to outgoing Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, the secretary general of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Irans chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani said that Europe completely supported Iran in its production of nuclear energy.
Iran says Europe supports its nuclear project
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 In a letter to outgoing Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, the secretary general of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Irans chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani said that Europe completely supported Iran in its production of nuclear energy.
Denmark summons Iranian charge d’affaires over nuclear work
AFP: The Danish foreign ministry summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires last week to express its concern over Tehran’s impending resumption of sensitive nuclear work, the ministry said in a statement on Monday. Charge d’affaires Hossein Taleshi Salehani was summoned on July 28 for talks with senior ministry official Anne Dorte Reggelsen.
EU urges Iran against resuming nuclear work
Reuters: The European Commission urged Iran on Monday against resuming frozen sensitive nuclear work which the West believes could help it develop a bomb. A spokesman for the European Union executive told a press briefing: “The Commission very much hopes for a negotiated solution. We would also hope that no steps would be taken over the coming days to endanger such a negotiated solution.”
Iran tells UN it will resume some uranium processes
AP: A top Iranian official says the country has told the U-N’s nuclear watchdog it will resume some nuclear activities. He tells state-run radio, Iran has asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to instruct its inspectors to break the seals at a nuclear conversion facility so technicians can restart uranium reprocessing.
Iran warned over plan to continue nuclear research
The Times: Britain warned Iran yesterday to back off from its unnecessary and damaging threat to resume part of its nuclear programme. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said that if Iran were to resume its uranium conversion programme, talks between Tehran and the European Union that have been going on for two years would probably be halted.
