Reuters: Russia and Iran said Thursday they had finished construction of an atomic power plant in the Islamic Republic — a project the United States fears Tehran could use to make nuclear arms. Diplomats in Moscow said the announcement, made after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Iran, reflected Russia’s readiness to press ahead with the project in return for Tehran’s increased cooperation with the U.N. …
Russia Finishes Building Iran Nuclear Plant
Iraq’s spy chief accuses Iranian embassy of killing agents
AFP: Iraq’s national intelligence chief Mohammed al-Shahwani has accused Iran’s Baghdad embassy of masterminding an assassination campaign that has seen 18 intelligence agents killed since mid-September.
Shahwani told AFP a series of raids on three Iranian “safe houses” in Baghdad on September 29 had uncovered a treasure trove of documents linking Iran to plots to kill
members of the intelligence service …
Iran threatens to bar IAEA inspectors
AFP: A top Iranian lawmaker said here Thursday that Iran would bar international nuclear inspections in its country if debate on its nuclear program is taken up in the UN Security Council.
If the issue goes to the Security Council “there will be no place for any kind of inspections, no continuation of our openness” with IAEA inspectors, Aladdin Broujerdi …
Rights Group: Human Rights Violations on the Rise in Iran
Voice of America: An Iranian-American human rights group says the Iranian government has stepped up its campaign against pro-democracy dissidents, women and minorities with the staging of some 120 public hangings, and the arrest and imprisonment of more than 40 journalists.
Official accuses Iran of exporting narcotics to Iraq
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Oct. 14 – In a press conference in Jordan the head of the Iraqi Judiciary Council accused Iran of channelling in a variety of illegal drugs into Iraq cities.
Iran is presently bringing in large amounts of different drugs using its surrogates under the cover of social and political research, Dr. Madhat Mahmoud told journalists in Amman.
Official accuses Iran of exporting narcotics to Iraq
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Oct. 14 – In a press conference in Jordan the head of the Iraqi Judiciary Council accused Iran of channelling in a variety of illegal drugs into Iraq cities.
Iran is presently bringing in large amounts of different drugs using its surrogates under the cover of social and political research, Dr. Madhat Mahmoud told journalists in Amman.
Two quakes jolt southeastern Iran
AFP: Two quakes measuring 5.2 and 4.2 on the Richter scale hit Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman early Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or serious material damage.
The official news agency IRNA said the first quake, measuring 4.2, hit the town of Zarand at 4:51 am (01:21 GMT).
Iraq accuses Iran of sabotaging its intelligence
Xinhuanet: A senior Iraqi intelligence official has accused Iran and some political parties of cooperating in an attempt to work against Iraqi new intelligence forces, local newspaper Azzaman reported Wednesday. Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Abdullah al Shahwani, head of the Iraqi intelligence, said in an interview with the newspaper published on Wednesday …
G8 nations to consider sanctions against Iran
AP: The U.S. administration will take up strategy for United Nations sanctions against Iran at a meeting tomorrow of
senior officials from eight nations. All the G8 countries – the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada and Russia – will have senior officials at the …
Crackdown on Internet Journalists
Reuters: Iranian authorities have arrested at least six Internet journalists and webloggers in recent days, colleagues and relatives said on Wednesday, in a further blow to limited press freedoms in the Islamic state. News-based Internet sites and online journals known as Weblogs have flourished in Iran where the disproportionately youthful population often turns to the Internet for information and entertainment.
