Iran Focus: Paris, Oct 20. – According to the latest report released by Transparency International shows that corruption among Iranian government officials has increased.
Iran now ranks 88 in the Corruption Perceptions Index compared to 78 last year. The figures reflect the increasing economical haul that is plaguing Iran.
Report indicates increased social corruption
Student union leader sentenced to flogging, prison time
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 20 – The secretary of the student
union of Azad University in Irans Central province was sentenced to 40 lashes, one year in prison and fined one million rials in the town of Arak.
Soroush Farhadian was charged with spreading false propaganda against the regime.
Five more people executed in northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 20 Four men were hanged in the town of Sari in the northern province of Mazandaran on
charges of armed violence. The men, identified only by their first names, Mohammad-Reza, Hamid-Reza, Hassan and Reza, were executed after the Supreme Islamic Court upheld the original judges verdict.
Iran Says It’s Ready to Prove Not Pursuing Nuke Weapons
Reuters: Iran is ready to prove to the world it is not producing atomic weapons provided the West recognizes the Islamic Republic’s right to peaceful nuclear technology, President Mohammad Khatami said Wednesday. Iranian officials are
due to meet senior diplomats from Britain, Germany and France in Vienna Thursday to receive a proposal giving …
Iran endorses Bush for president
Associated Press: The head of Iran’s security council said Tuesday that the re-election of President Bush was in
Tehran’s best interests, despite the administration’s “axis of evil” label, accusations that Iran harbors al-Qaida terrorists
and threats of sanctions for the country’s nuclear ambitions.
Iran vows to reject EU plan if it fails to respect nuclear rights
AFP: Iran warned Wednesday it would reject a European proposal aimed at defusing a nuclear standoff if it does not respect Tehran’s rights to master nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. “Any proposal must recognise our legitimate rights,” Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh said.
Europe to offer Iran reactor if Tehran shows nuclear program is peaceful
AFP: Europe’s three main nations are ready to promise Iran nuclear technology, including supplying a light-water nuclear reactor, if Tehran takes steps to show it is not secretly trying to make atomic weapons, according to a confidential document obtained by AFP Tuesday. “We would support the acquisition
by Iran of a light water research reactor,” said the seven-page document presented by Britain, France and Germany …
Last chance for Iran over nuclear deadline
The Times: BRITAIN and Germany gave Iran a final chance yesterday to co-operate over its nuclear programme or face the prospect of sanctions.
Iran Says Test Fires More Accurate Shahab-3
Reuters: Iran said it test fired on Wednesday a more accurate version of its Shahab-3 missile, already believed capable of hitting Israel and U.S. bases in the Gulf.
Iran has previously announced that it has increased the missile’s range to 1,250 miles, an upgrade from a range pencilled in at 800 miles by military experts.
Clashes between motorcyclists and security forces in central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 19 – Clashes erupted between motorcyclists and Iranian security forces in Yazd (central Iran) following reports of harassment of cyclists by local police.
Police set up patrols in Karkard Square in Yazd yesterday morning and arrested a number of motorcyclists. Ensuing clashes between some 300 cyclists and security forces left a number of people wounded.
