The Globe and Mail: When it comes to global theatrics, Iran’s leaders certainly know how to grab the spotlight. They chose the first week of a month-long United Nations review of the 35-year-old Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to drop the
bombshell that they intend to resume most of their nuclear activities.
The need to confront Iran’s nuclear will
Iran presidential candidate attacked at gathering
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 06 – One of the presidential candidates for the June 17 elections in Iran was forced to cut his speech short during a gathering in the Iranian holy city of Qom. Mehdi Karroubi, a presidential candidate and former Speaker of the Iranian regimes Majlis (parliament), was speaking to the gathering Wednesday evening when a crowd of some 30 …
Iran presidential candidate attacked at gathering
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 06 – One of the presidential candidates for the June 17 elections in Iran was forced to cut his speech short during a gathering in the Iranian holy city of Qom. Mehdi Karroubi, a presidential candidate and former Speaker of the Iranian regimes Majlis (parliament), was speaking to the gathering Wednesday evening when a crowd of some 30 …
Iran ready to accelerate nuclear activities: official
AFP: Iran is ready to accelerate its nuclear activities if agreement is not reached quickly with the European Union
over the Islamic republic’s controversial nuclear programme, a chief negotiator said Friday. “A long-term suspension or an end (to uranium enrichment) is stupid, bad and irrational,” Syrus Nasseri was quoted as saying by student news agecy ISNA.
Judiciary admits human rights violations in Iran
DPA: Irans conservative judiciary has for the first time admitted human rights violations in the country, local media reported on Friday. Head of the judiciary Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahrudi said late Thursday that rights of political dissidents had in some cases been violated by investigators in Irans detention centres.
Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security: Part One
Iran Focus Special Report Part 1: Berlin, May 06 Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) is ranked by experts as one of the largest and most active intelligence agencies in the Middle East, having masterminded 450 acts of terrorism throughout the world since the 1980s, yet it has been …
Iran loses race for Basell due to US pressure
Daily Telegraph: Shell and BASF yesterday gave in to pressure from the United States and decided not to sell the world’s largest maker of polypropylene to Iran. Instead, Basell, which makes the plastic which is used from everything from DVD cases to yoghurt pots, was sold for 4.4billion (£3billion) to Haldia, an Indian chemicals company. Haldia is backed by Purnendu Chatterjee, an Indian entrepreneur, and Leonard Blavatnik, a Russian oil billionaire.
Nuclear diplomacy with Iran
Washington Times: You may have missed it, but sometime this spring, the Bush administration decided to subcontract its Iran strategy to Europe. In late February, in a dramatic reversal of its long-standing assertion that the United States will not negotiate with Iran over its nuclear ambitions, the White House unexpectedly announced that it was siding with the “EU 3” France, Germany and Great Britain in their efforts to diplomatically stall Tehran’s atomic advances.
Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security
Iran Focus Special Report Part 1: Berlin, May 06 Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) is ranked by experts as one of the largest and most active intelligence agencies in the Middle East, having masterminded 450 acts of terrorism throughout the world since the 1980s, yet it has been …
US wants Russia minister over Iran
Reuters: The United States is seeking the extradition of a former Russian atomic energy minister because he may have sensitive information on Moscow’s nuclear ties with Iran, Russia’s ex-security chief said on Thursday. The former minister, Yevgeny Adamov, was arrested in Switzerland this week at the request of the United States, which suspects him of stealing Washington funds sent to boost Russia’s nuclear security.
