Financial Times: The US is threatening severe financial penalties against any foreign companies or individuals that do business with the government agency that operates Iran’s civilian nuclear programme. The move could open new rifts among the US, Russia and Europe over how to deal with the nuclear threat posed by Iran.
US sanctions threat to foreign companies doing business with Iran nuclear agency
Iran leader linked to ’79 embassy crisis
Washington Times: Americans held in the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Iran said yesterday they clearly recall Iranian President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad playing a central role in the takeover, interrogating captives and demanding harsher treatment for the hostages. “As soon as I saw his picture in the paper, I knew that was the bastard,” said retired Army Col. Charles Scott, 73, a former hostage who lives in Jonesboro, Ga.
Some former U.S. hostages believe Iran’s president-elect one of their captors
AP: A quarter-century after they were taken captive in Iran, five former American hostages say they got an unexpected reminder of their 444-day ordeal in the bearded face of Iran’s new president-elect. Watching coverage of Iran’s presidential election on television dredged up 25-year-old memories that prompted four of the former hostages to exchange e-mails.
Photo claimed to show Iran President with hostage
The Times: A photo has emerged which it is claimed links the President-elect of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with the taking of 60 American hostages during the US embassy siege in Tehran in 1979. A London-based Iranian news agency which opposes Mr Ahmadinejad is circulating the photograph, which it says was taken by the Associated Press news agency on the first day of the hostage crisis.
Irans Guardian Council key pillar of Islamic Republic new president
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 29 Irans newly-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today met with and praised the hard-line Guardian Council, the highest vetting organ within the clerical establishment, as a defender of freedom. The Guardian Council is a strong barrier against those who try to take away the rights of the people, Ahmadinejad said.
Irans Guardian Council key pillar of Islamic Republic new president
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 29 Irans newly-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today met with and praised the hard-line Guardian Council, the highest vetting organ within the clerical establishment, as a defender of freedom. The Guardian Council is a strong barrier against those who try to take away the rights of the people, Ahmadinejad said.
Lebanese Hezbollah: Iran’s Ahmadinejad to revive Islamic Revolution’s goals
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 29 Iranian-sponsored Lebanese Hezbollah today said that the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran would revive and
rejuvenate the goals of the Islamic Revolution. With the victory of Ahmadinejad in Irans presidential race, this country
returned to the foundations and revolutionary objectives which Ayatollah [Ruhollah”> Khomeini founded, a member of …
Lebanese Hezbollah: Ahmadinejad to revive Islamic Revolution’s goals
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 29 Iranian-sponsored Lebanese Hezbollah today said that the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran would revive and
rejuvenate the goals of the Islamic Revolution. With the victory of Ahmadinejad in Irans presidential race, this country
returned to the foundations and revolutionary objectives which Ayatollah [Ruhollah”> Khomeini founded, a member of …
French daily: Irans Ahmadinejad was key US embassy hostage-taker
Iran Focus: Paris, Jun. 29 A principal French daily reported that newly-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in charge of security at the United States embassy in Tehran after he and fellow radical students loyal to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took over the compound by force
in November 1979.
French daily: Irans Ahmadinejad was key US embassy hostage-taker
Iran Focus: Paris, Jun. 29 A principal French daily reported that newly-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in charge of security at the United States embassy in Tehran after he and fellow radical students loyal to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took over the compound by force in November 1979.
