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Iran president says enrichment work to resume “without further delay”

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 24 – Iran’s incumbent President Mohammad Khatami announced today that the Islamic Republic would no longer suspend nuclear-related activity at the Isfahan site (central Iran) and would recommence suspended works without delay.

Iran president says enrichment work to resume “without further delay”

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 24 – Iran’s incumbent President Mohammad Khatami announced today that the Islamic Republic would no longer suspend nuclear-related activity at the Isfahan site (central Iran) and would recommence suspended works without delay.

UK issues damning report on human rights abuses in Iran

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Iran Focus: London, Jul. 24 – Britain issued a damning report on the human rights situation in Iran, stating that there had been “no significant progress” over the year, while human rights had “deteriorated further in many areas”.

UK issues damning report on human rights abuses in Iran

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Iran Focus: London, Jul. 24 – Britain issued a damning report on the human rights situation in Iran, stating that there had been “no significant progress” over the year, while human rights had “deteriorated further in many areas”.

Iran’s Nobel winner warns of jailed writer’s health

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Reuters: Iran’s 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi urged human rights groups on Sunday to pay attention to the “failing” health of the jailed hunger-striking journalist Akbar Ganji, she said in a statement. Ganji, 46, an outspoken critic of the Islamic state’s clerical leadership, was rushed to a Tehran hospital last Sunday amid growing fears about his health following his a month-long hunger strike, Ganji’s wife told Reuters.

Laureate condemns hanging of Iranian boys

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AP: Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Saturday
condemned the hanging of two teenagers accused of raping younger boys in northeastern Iran, a punishment that also prompted protests by the international community and rights groups.

Iran berates German official over new president’s “terrorist” ties

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 – Iran fired another salvo at Germany on Saturday over comments by Germany’s Interior Ministry who on Monday expressed concern over the newly-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ties with terrorism, saying that Ahmadinejad was “an Islamic fundamentalist who does not have an absolute distance with terrorism”.

Iran berates German official over new president’s “terrorist” ties

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 – Iran fired another salvo at Germany on Saturday over comments by Germany’s Interior Ministry who on Monday expressed concern over the newly-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ties with terrorism, saying that Ahmadinejad was “an Islamic fundamentalist who does not have an absolute distance with terrorism”.

Iran points finger at Israel for London, Sharm el-Sheikh bombings

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Iran Focus: Iran, Tehran, Jul. 23 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry today hinted at Israeli involvement in Saturday’s early-hours bombings in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, as well as Thursday’s attacks in London. Iran also accused Israel of being behind 90 percent of the insurgencies in Iraq.

Iran points finger at Israel for London, Sharm el-Sheikh bombings

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Iran Focus: Iran, Tehran, Jul. 23 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry today hinted at Israeli involvement in Saturday’s early-hours bombings in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, as well as Thursday’s attacks in London. Iran also accused Israel of being behind 90 percent of the insurgencies in Iraq.