AFP: British Prime Minister Tony Blair called Iran a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday, and urged the Islamic republic to meet EU demands to renounce its suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons. “It certainly does sponsor terrorism. There’s no doubt about that at all,” Blair told a parliamentary committee, agreeing with US President George W. Bush’s view of Iran as a leading backer of terrorists.
Blair brands Iran a sponsor of terrorism
Blair: Iran sponsors terrorism
CNN: British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called Iran a state sponsor of terrorism, and urged the Islamic republic to bow to EU demands to renounce its suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons. He also called on Tehran not to hamper peace efforts in the Middle East. Giving evidence to a UK parliamentary committee, Blair was asked if he shared U.S. President George W. Bush’s assessment of Tehran as the “world’s primary state sponsor of terror.”
Iran and EU in flat disagreement on nuclear issue ahead of Geneva talks
AFP: Iran and the EU go into talks on Iran’s nuclear program in Geneva Tuesday in flat disagreement over the most crucial point — Tehran’s abandoning uranium enrichment in order to guarantee it is not trying to make atomic weapons. And time is pressing. A European diplomat told AFP that both sides are “complaining about a lack of speed” in reaching an accord. Iran is waiting for incentive rewards, such as entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Iranian mole in Baghdad souq exposed
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Feb. 7 Iran’s notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security has been using a spy ring in Baghdad’s main souq (bazaar) to carry out a range of covert activities, informed sources in the Iraqi capital told Iran Focus. The ring was led by a senior agent code-named Hamdi, an Iraqi of Iranian extraction who owned a shop in Baghdad’s Shurja souq, said the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Iranian mole in Baghdad souq exposed
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Feb. 7 Iran’s notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security has been using a spy ring in Baghdad’s main souq (bazaar) to carry out a range of covert activities, informed sources in the Iraqi capital told Iran Focus. The ring was led by a senior agent code-named Hamdi, an Iraqi of Iranian extraction who owned a shop in Baghdad’s Shurja souq, said the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Iran rally in Berlin to call for democratic change, highlight abuses
Iran Focus: Berlin, Germany, Feb. 07 Iranians are planning a massive rally in Berlin on the twenty-sixth anniversary of the 1979 Iranian revolution to call for an end to theocratic rule in their country. The announcement comes after the barring of a similar rally on Iran which was scheduled for the same day in Paris. Organisers are expecting a huge turnout in the event scheduled for February 10 at the Brandenburger-Tor in central Berlin, despite the original
Paris demonstration having been barred by French authorities,
days before the event.
Press Conference to Release a Report; U.S. Policy Options on Iran
U.S. Newswire – News Advisory: Iran Policy Committee (IPC) is holding a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005 at 10 a.m. in the West Room of the National Press Club of Washington, to release its report on U.S. policy options on Iran. IPC is comprised of former officials from the White House, State Department, Pentagon, intelligence agencies, the Congress, and experts from think tanks and universities.
Iran rally in Berlin to highlight abuses, call for democratic change
Iran Focus: Berlin, Feb. 07 Iranians are planning a massive rally in Berlin on the twenty-sixth anniversary of the 1979 Iranian revolution to call for an end to theocratic rule in their country. The announcement comes after the barring of a similar rally on Iran which was scheduled for the same day in Paris. Organisers are expecting a huge turnout in the event scheduled for February 10 at the Brandenburger-Tor in central Berlin, despite the original
Paris demonstration having been barred by French authorities,
days before the event.
Iran rally in Berlin to highlight abuses, call for democratic change
Iran Focus: Berlin, Feb. 07 Iranians are planning a massive rally in Berlin on the twenty-sixth anniversary of the 1979 Iranian revolution to call for an end to theocratic rule in their country. The announcement comes after the barring of a similar rally on Iran which was scheduled for the same day in Paris. Organisers are expecting a huge turnout in the event scheduled for February 10 at the Brandenburger-Tor in central Berlin, despite the original
Paris demonstration having been barred by French authorities,
days before the event.
Iran’s educated sleeping on the streets
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 07 One out of every ten people living in the streets in Iran are university-educated, according to the head of Social Affairs in the Tehran Governor’s Office. Zahra Nejadbahram said, “9.4 percent of street-sleepers attending Tehran’s four day-care centres are university graduates”.
