Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 19 – Students of Irans Azad University in the town of Meybod demonstrated against new measures to force female students to wear the Chador (an Islamic veil that covers women from head to toe). The students also released a statement condemning the new suppressive regulations.
Students protest forced veiling
Crackdown on student weekly
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 19 – The student newspaper Az Shanbeh ta Shanbeh (From Saturday to Saturday) published
in the town of Shahre-Kord (central Iran) has been suspended for a period of 6 months.
Iran insists it wants to enrich uranium for nuclear fuel
AFP: A top Iranian nuclear official reiterated Tuesday his government’s assertion that it wants to enrich uranium to provide fuel for its future nuclear power plants.
“We are not saying we are refusing Westerners offers to provide us with nuclear fuel, but we want also to produce our own nuclear fuel… as well as buying what we lack from the West,” Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) chief …
Kerry or Bush, makes no difference to us: Iran
AFP: It makes no real difference to Iran whether US President George W. Bush or Democrat contender John Kerry wins the presidential elections, a senior Iranian official said Tuesday.
“It makes no difference for us which of the two parties wins the elections,” Iran’s top national security official Hassan Rowhani said in an interview on state television.
Iran Warned over Suspected Nuclear Weapons
PA News: Britain and Germany today warned Iran to comply with international demands over its suspected nuclear weapons programme. Tehran has yet to honour a deal it agreed a year ago with the UK, France and Germany acting on behalf of the EU to suspend its uranium enrichment programme and comply with International Atomic Energy Agency inspections.
Britain warns Iran over nuclear ambitions
AFP: Iran must “act decisively” to cease its nuclear programme or else face referral to the United Nations Security Council, Britain warned on Tuesday. Tehran had to act swiftly to allay concerns raised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about its alleged to acquire nuclear weapons, International Security Minister Denis MacShane said. “Confidence cannot be restored unless Iran agrees to suspend its fuel cycle activity, including all centrifuge work and uranium conversion,” MacShane told a meeting in London.
Iranian reformist editor arrested in websites crackdown
AFP: The editor of a reformist Iranian newspaper has been arrested as part of the authorities’ crackdown on “illegal” Internet sites, the local media reported on Tuesday.
Javad Qolam Tamimi, editor of the pro-reform daily Mardomsalari, was arrested Monday evening for his involvement in the dissident sites, the daily Iran quoted a
local judiciary official as saying.
Iran says will never give up nuclear programme
Reuters: Iran said it would reject any EU proposal if it limited
its right to carry out a complete nuclear fuel cycle, state television reported on Tuesday. Gholamreza Aghazadeh,
head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, said Iran was determined to press ahead with its atomic programme. “We will review the European’s proposal only if it respects Iran’s right (of mastering the fuel cycle),” Aghazadeh told state television.
EU Makes Final Nuke Offer to Iran Thursday-Diplomats
Reuters: Officials from France, Britain and Germany will meet Iran’s top nuclear negotiator in Vienna on Thursday to offer Tehran a final chance to halt uranium enrichment plans or face possible U.N. sanctions, diplomats say.”The political directors from the EU three are meeting (Hassan) Rohani on Thursday here to formally hand over the offer,” said a Western diplomat familiar with the talks between the Europeans and Iran. “I think Iran may be disappointed.”
Following Zarqawi’s footsteps in Iran
Newsweek: The Bush administration has repeatedly fingered Abu Mussab al-Zarqawiself-confessed beheader of U.S. hostage Nicholas Berg and other Western captivesas a critical link between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. In the
vice presidential debate, Dick Cheney said that after U.S.
forces attacked Afghanistan seeking to roust Osama bin Laden, al-Zarqawi “migrated to Baghdad.” But other U.S.
officials say the Jordanian terrorist’s contacts in neighboring
Iran are probably more extensive than any dealings he had with Saddam.
