Daily Telegraph: Senior British ministers held a series of meetings with the Iranian government before the collapse of MG Rover, hoping to clear the way for a deal that could have doubled Rover’s worldwide production and perhaps saved the company.
Government pushed for MG Rover deal with Iran
Iran Losing Patience With Europe Talks on Nuclear Program
The New York Times: Iran said Wednesday that negotiations with three European nations over its nuclear program must be completed quickly and warned that it would walk away if they continued to drag.
Iranian hanged for murder: report
AFP: An Iranian convicted of murdering a soldier during an armed robbery has been hanged in Saravan, in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Jam-e-Jam daily reported Thursday.
The man, identified only as Khodabakhsh M., had a record of carrying out armed robberies in the region, the report said without specifying if Wednesday’s execution was carried out in public or in prison.
One dead, several injured in fire on plane at Tehran airport
AFP: One child was killed and several other passengers were injured late Wednesday when a plane caught fire upon landing at Tehran airport, state television and the official IRNA news agency reported. The Boeing 707 plane operated by Saha Airlines, which belongs to the Iranian military, had 157 passengers and crew members on board, state television reported.
Iran threatens to interrupt nuclear talks
UPI: Iran warned Wednesday it would pull out of European talks on its nuclear program if they appear to be a “waste” of time. Hassan Rohani, head of Iran’s Higher National Security Council, was quoted by the Iranian News Agency, IRNA,
saying: “We will stop all discussions” with Germany, France and Britain “in case they did not show credibility.”
Remove Irans opposition group from terror list, Italian lawmakers urge
Iran Focus: Rome, Apr. 20 Italian lawmakers from both Houses of the Italian Parliament and legal experts today
called for the removal of the Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) from the European Unions list of terrorist organisations and support for the Third Option, during a seminar in parliament.
Remove Irans opposition group from terror list, Italian lawmakers urge
Iran Focus: Rome, Apr. 20 Italian lawmakers from both Houses of the Italian Parliament and legal experts today
called for the removal of the Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) from the European Unions list of terrorist organisations and support for the Third Option, during a seminar in parliament.
Hundreds of would-be ‘martyrs’ gather in Iran
AFP: Around 400 Iranian men and women met in Tehran on Wednesday to declare their readiness to carry out suicide operations against Israel.
Some 250 men and 150 women, all members of Islamist militias, responded to an appeal by two non-governmental organisations urging them to support Palestinian suicide bombers and declare their own readiness to become “martyrs”.
Iran oil city uprising leaves “hundreds” dead or wounded
Iran Focus: Tehran, Apr. 20 Irans southern Khuzestan province was the scene of further chaos today as another round of fierce fighting erupted between people and government forces, following severe clashes several days ago which left dozens dead and hundreds wounded or arrested. The latest clashes broke out this morning between Irans State Security Forces (SSF) and local residents in several districts of the city of Ahwaz, including Kut Abdullah, Kian and Khashayar.
Iran oil city uprising leaves “hundreds” dead or wounded
Iran Focus: Tehran, Apr. 20 Irans southern Khuzestan province was the scene of further chaos today as another round of fierce fighting erupted between people and government forces, following severe clashes several days ago which left dozens dead and hundreds wounded or arrested. The latest clashes broke out this morning between Irans State Security Forces (SSF) and local residents in several districts of the city of Ahwaz, including Kut Abdullah, Kian and Khashayar.
