Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 30 – The head of the Iranian Nurses Union accused the Iranian regime of failing to see to the demands and needs of Irans nurses and threatened nationwide strikes and protests. Mohammad Sharafi Moghadam said that the administration directorate for the countrys nurses is run by a corrupt mafia, and cannot manage and coordinate in an acceptable manner.
Union leader: Mass protests and strikes only solution forward
Iran Focus: UN offers to guarantee nuke fuel for Iran-diplomats
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog has offered to guarantee Iran a supply of fuel for its nuclear power plants so that Tehran would not need to enrich its own uranium, Western diplomats said on Friday.
Iran Sees Small Chance of UN Economic Sanctions
Reuters: Iran believes there is only a 10 percent chance the U.N. Security Council will impose economic sanctions on it if Washington succeeds in sending its nuclear case there, a senior security official said on Friday.
US says ‘time running out’ for Iran to comply with nuclear demands
AFP: The United States said Friday that “time is running out”
for Iran to avoid being hauled before the UN Security Council
for possible sanctions by complying with international demands to halt uranium enrichment activities and come
clean on its suspect nuclear program.
EU considering concession to Iran ahead of nuclear meeting next week
AFP: The European Union is considering making concessions to Iran ahead of a nuclear meeting next week in order to get it to abandon uranium enrichment but the hardline United States is unhappy with such a compromise, a Western diplomat told AFP Friday.
Iran, China sign 100 billion dollar gas deal
AFP: Iran and China have signed a preliminary accord under which China would buy 10 million tonnes a year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for 25 years in a deal worth 100 billion dollars, the student news agency ISNA said Friday. ISNA quoted Deputy Oil Minister Hadi Nejad-Hosseinian as saying the deal could eventually reach 15 to 20 million tonnes a year, taking the total value to as much as 200 billion dollars.
Pope urges Iran to accept nuclear controls
Reuters: Pope John Paul on Friday told Iran it had a duty to comply with international controls on nuclear proliferation.
The 84-year-old Pope made his views known as Tehran faces an ultimatum to freeze its uranium enrichment programme — which Washington says is a front for making nuclear weapons — or face United Nations sanctions.
Iran Focus:Porous border helps Iranian smugglers
The Associated Press: Kurdish Iranians in poor border towns are taking advantage of the porous boundary with Iraq to sneak into the country for coveted items – like alcohol – to sell back home. For the past three years, Farshid Karimi has earned his living smuggling goods – and dodging border guards.
