AP: A government investigation into lucrative illicit weapons sales by officials loyal to former President Leonid Kuchma has led to secret indictments or arrests of at least six arms dealers accused of selling nuclear-capable missiles to Iran and China, a high-ranking intelligence official said Friday. The deals,
which violate international non-proliferation treaties, put pressure on Ukraine’s new president to halt the country’s …
Arrests reported in Ukraine for arms sales to Iran, China
Opposition calls rally-ban by France goodwill gesture to Iran
Iran Focus: Paris, Feb. 05 – Iran’s main opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, issued a statement today condemning the French government’s decision to ban a peaceful protest by Iranian exiles in Paris against the dictatorship ruling Iran, despite prior approval. The NCRI
called France’s decision to cancel the rally “kowtowing to the demands of the medieval regime seeking to expand its repression from Tehran to Paris”, adding “French officials …
Opposition calls rally-ban by France goodwill gesture to Iran
Iran Focus: Paris, Feb. 05 – Iran’s main opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, issued a statement today condemning the French government’s decision to ban a peaceful protest by Iranian exiles in Paris against the dictatorship ruling Iran, despite prior approval. The NCRI
called France’s decision to cancel the rally “kowtowing to the demands of the medieval regime seeking to expand its repression from Tehran to Paris”, adding “French officials …
Kick Americans out, top Iranian cleric tells Iraqis
AFP: Every ballot in Iraq’s elections was a vote against the United States, but the United States did not understand the message and should be be kicked out, a top hardline Iranian cleric told Iraqis Friday. “Every vote counted as a big ‘no’ to the US, meaning that they should get out of Iraq,” Ayatollah Ahmad Janati, head of the Guardians Council political watchdog, said in a Friday prayer sermon at Tehran University.
Rice blasts Iran’s nuclear weapons program and rights violations
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 04 In a conference in Whitehall with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, the newly-appointed United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticised Iran’s human rights violations and accused the clerical state of running a nuclear weapons program under the guise of civilian nuclear activities.
Rice blasts Iran’s nuclear weapons program and rights violations
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 04 In a conference in Whitehall with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, the newly-appointed United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticised Iran’s human rights violations and accused the clerical state of running a nuclear weapons program under the guise of civilian nuclear activities.
16 trucks carrying weapons en route from Iran discovered in Iraq
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Feb. 04 16 trucks carrying weapons and large sums of money from Iran were discovered over the past few days en route to Iraq, according to an Iraqi Defence Ministry source. Speaking to the Iraqi daily Al-Mashreq, the source said that the weapons included rifles, mortar rounds, and explosives.
16 trucks carrying weapons en route from Iran discovered in Iraq
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Feb. 04 16 trucks carrying weapons and large sums of money from Iran were discovered over the past few days en route to Iraq, according to an Iraqi Defence Ministry source. Speaking to the Iraqi daily Al-Mashreq, the source said that the weapons included rifles, mortar rounds, and explosives.
Iran: woman sentenced to stoning, man to execution
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 04 A Tehran court has sentenced a couple to death by stoning and hanging, according to the state-run daily Etemad. Iran’s Supreme Court has reportedly upheld the verdicts and has confirmed that the woman only identified by her first name Massoumeh will be stoned to death and her husband identified by his first name Ismaeil will be hanged to death.
Iran: woman sentenced to stoning, man to execution
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 04 A Tehran court has sentenced a couple to death by stoning and hanging, according to the state-run daily Etemad. Iran’s Supreme Court has reportedly upheld the verdicts and has confirmed that the woman only identified by her first name Massoumeh will be stoned to death and her husband identified by his first name Ismaeil will be hanged to death.
