Reuters: Iran said it would resume nuclear fuel activities on Monday after the European Union failed to respond in time to its offer of new talks. Two years of hard bargaining over a nuclear programme that Tehran had kept secret for 18 years appeared to be heading towards a crisis that could see Iran’s case sent to the United Nations Security Council for possible sanctions.
Iran to resume nuclear work in defiance of EU
Irans Nobel laureate highlights plight of political prisoners
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 31 Irans Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi wrote in an article that the international community should not ignore the plight of other political prisoners in Iran as well as focusing on the case of jailed journalist Akbar Ganji, a Persian-language website reported on Sunday. Ebadi said that while the case of Akbar Ganji was a regretful example of the harsh situation of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Iran that has gained attention in recent weeks, other political prisoners must not be forgotten.
Irans Nobel laureate highlights plight of political prisoners
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 31 Irans Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi wrote in an article that the international community should not ignore the plight of other political prisoners in Iran as well as focusing on the case of jailed journalist Akbar Ganji, a Persian-language website reported on Sunday. Ebadi said that while the case of Akbar Ganji was a regretful example of the harsh situation of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Iran that has gained attention in recent weeks, other political prisoners must not be forgotten.
Lebanese Hezbollah chief to meet Iran’s Ahmadinejad
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – The head of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrollah, is scheduled to meet Iran’s ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran on Monday.
Lebanese Hezbollah chief to meet Iran’s Ahmadinejad
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – The head of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrollah, is scheduled to meet Iran’s ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran on Monday.
Sophisticated strikes threaten British withdrawal from Iraq
The Independent on Sunday: Two British security guards were killed on the outskirts of Basra yesterday when a British consulate convoy was hit by a roadside bomb. The attack was the latest in a series of sophisticated strikes threatening to disrupt Britain’s plans to reduce its troop presence in southern Iraq.
UN atomic agency would need three days to call Iran emergency session
AFP: At least three days would be needed to convene an emergency meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog agency if the crisis over Iran’s nuclear program were to escalate, an agency spokesman said Sunday. It would take “at least 72 hours” to convene a session in Vienna of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) 35-nation board of governors, which could then send the Iranian dossier to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions against Tehran, said the spokesman, who asked not to be named.
Floods kill 27 in northeast Iran
Reuters: Floods caused by heavy rain killed 27 people in northeastern Iran on Sunday, state radio reported. It quoted a local governor as saying the people were killed in the village of Galidagh in Golestan province, which borders Turkmenistan
on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
Britain warns Iran nuclear plans threaten EU talks
AFP: Britain warned Sunday that a threatened resumption of sensitive nuclear activities by Iran would be an “unnecessary and damaging step” which could jeopardise key European Union nuclear talks with Tehran.
Iran threatens to resume nuclear work without EU offer
AFP: Iran warned Sunday it would resume sensitive nuclear work within 24 hours if the European Union failed to submit proposals aimed at ending a long-running crisis over its nuclear programme. The move has raised the stakes in the nuclear standoff and risks seeing Iran hauled before the UN Security Council for possible sanctions, a persistent demand
of the United States which accuses Iran of seeking atomic weapons.
