Iran Focus: London, Jul. 05 In an interview yesterday with the Jerusalem Post, Polands Parliament Speaker said Iran posed the greatest threat to international peace and stability. “There is no doubt that if the real intention of Iranian authorities is to reach capability to attain nuclear weapons [then”> it would be greatest threat to peace not only in this part of the world… but theoretically it can be the greatest threat to world peace”, …
Polish Parliamentary Speaker: Iran greatest threat to world peace
EU will not accept Iranian resumption of nuclear weapons activity: French FM
AFP: The European Union will not accept a resumption of any nuclear arms activitiy by Iran, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douse-Blazy said Tuesday after talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. “The Europeans will never accept a resumption of the Iranian military nuclear activity,” he told reporters with Rice by his side after their meeting at the State Department.
Iran not very optimistic ahead of ‘difficult’ nuclear talks
AFP: The head of Iran’s atomic programme said Tuesday he was “not very optimistic” ahead of key nuclear talks with the European Union later this month and predicted they would be “difficult” in the months ahead. Gholamreza Aghazadeh told the student news agency ISNA that Britain, France and Germany had yet to come to terms with the election of hardliner Mahmood Ahmadinejad as president and may have calculated on having easier negotiations.
Husband and wife hanged in central Iran prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 05 An Iranian couple accused
of murder were hanged today at dawn in the main prison in Isfahan (central Iran), according to a state-run daily.
The husband and wife had been found guilty of the murder of an engineer after a scuffle at his house in 1999, the Iran daily wrote.
Husband and wife hanged in central Iran prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 05 An Iranian couple accused
of murder were hanged today at dawn in the main prison in Isfahan (central Iran), according to a state-run daily.
The husband and wife had been found guilty of the murder of an engineer after a scuffle at his house in 1999, the Iran daily wrote.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad linked to Vienna murder probe
Reuters: Austrian prosecutors have launched an investigation into whether Iran’s president-elect was involved in the 1989 assassination of a Kurdish leader in Vienna, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. A ministry spokesman confirmed that prosecutors had started a probe by asking the ministry’s anti-terrorism task force to investigate the case, but declined to provide any details.
Austrian firms against government probe into Iran presidents role in killings
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 05 A number of Austrian corporations have called on their government not to pursue the case against Irans new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, following revelations that he took part in the assassination of prominent Kurdish exiles, on the grounds that it would undermine their multi-million dollar business deals with the Islamic Republic, according to a state-run Persian website.
Austrian firms against government probe into Iran presidents role in killings
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 05 A number of Austrian corporations have called on their government not to pursue the case against Irans new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, following revelations that he took part in the assassination of prominent Kurdish exiles, on the grounds that it would undermine their multi-million dollar business deals with the Islamic Republic, according to a state-run Persian website.
Iranian hardliners get tough on booze
AFP: Iran’s hardline parliament voted Sunday to toughen up punishments for alcohol makers and traffickers, just days after their speaker had a run-in with Belgium over booze. Official media said the new law, passed on its first reading, would leave producers and dealers of alcoholic beverages subject to between three months and one year behind bars, 74 lashes and fines.
Iran: Ahmadinejads past in Revolutionary Guards invites scrutiny
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 5 Iran Focus has obtained the photograph of Irans President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with Ayatollah Khomeinis Chief Representative in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the 1980s. The photograph was taken from footage on Irans state-run news television channel, Shabakeh Khabar. Ayatollah Fazlollah Mahallati was the Islamic Chief Commissar of the Revolutionary Guards.
