Financial Times: Iran could bring negotiations with the European Union to a sudden end by resuming parts of its nuclear programme as soon as next week, European diplomats have warned. EU officials are working on the final details of an offer to assist Tehran in the nuclear, economic and diplomatic fields, as long as it turns its back on technologies that could be used for nuclear weapons.
EU diplomats fear collapse of nuclear talks with Iran
Irans top nuclear negotiator faces charges over Halliburton ties
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 29 Irans judiciary has arrested several executives of a privately-owned oil drilling company over their dealings with the U.S.-based oil giant Halliburton
and one of the countrys top nuclear negotiators is facing charges of involvement in an oil scam, a semi-official news agency reported.
Irans top nuclear negotiator faces charges over Halliburton ties
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 29 Irans judiciary has arrested several executives of a privately-owned oil drilling company over their dealings with the U.S.-based oil giant Halliburton
and one of the countrys top nuclear negotiators is facing charges of involvement in an oil scam, a semi-official news agency reported.
Clashes, arrests in northeast Iran village
Iran Focus: Mashad, Iran, Jul. 29 A riot broke out in a village on the outskirts of the city of Mashad, northeast Iran, on Thursday leading to clashes between residents and security forces. Dozens of villagers were reportedly detained. Residents had requested that the village of Kharou Olya be upgraded to a town due to the increasing population level.
Clashes, arrests in northeast Iran village
Iran Focus: Mashad, Iran, Jul. 29 A riot broke out in a village on the outskirts of the city of Mashad, northeast Iran, on Thursday leading to clashes between residents and security forces. Dozens of villagers were reportedly detained. Residents had requested that the village of Kharou Olya be upgraded to a town due to the increasing population level.
Protesters attack police station in Iran city after death of young man
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 29 A police station in the Iranian city of Shiraz in southern Iran was ransacked on Thursday by youths who carried out the attack in retaliation for the murder of a young man at the hands of the local State Security Forces. The station, situated in the Saadi district of Shiraz, was left virtually destroyed along with several police vehicles that had been parked outside.
Protesters attack police station in Iran city after death of young man
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 29 A police station in the Iranian city of Shiraz in southern Iran was ransacked on Thursday by youths who carried out the attack in retaliation for the murder of a young man at the hands of the local State Security Forces. The station, situated in the Saadi district of Shiraz, was left virtually destroyed along with several police vehicles that had been parked outside.
Iran dissident ‘cannot see wife’
BBC News: The wife of Iran’s best-known political prisoner, journalist Akbar Ganji, says officials will not let her visit her husband, 49 days into a hunger strike. Massoumeh Shafeih says she will not be allowed access until she stops giving interviews to the foreign media. Mrs Ganji said she received
the message when she called the hospital where he is held
to arrange her next visit.
U.S. wants response to Iran allegations
AP: The State Department on Friday called on Iran to respond clearly to allegations that its incoming president was a leader of the student movement that orchestrated the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979.
“It is the responsibility of the Iranian government to respond to these charges frankly and clearly,” said spokesman Sean McCormack.
Irans new president plans New York trip despite U.S. inquiry
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 29 Irans ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be heading to New York in mid-September to take part in the opening ceremonies of the General Assembly of the United Nations, a semi-official Iranian news agency reported on Friday. Fars News Agency said that Irans hard-line Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel would be going to New York about a week in advance of Ahmadinejads planned trip.
