Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 16 – A 13-year-old schoolgirl has been sentenced to stoning in the town of Marivan (northwestern Iran). Zhila Izadi was condemned to death by stoning after giving birth to a child in prison 2 weeks ago.
13 year old schoolgirl sentenced to death by stoning
13 year old schoolgirl sentenced to death by stoning
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 16 – A 13-year-old schoolgirl has been sentenced to stoning in the town of Marivan (northwestern Iran). Zhila Izadi was condemned to death by stoning after giving birth to a child in prison 2 weeks ago.
Iran and Syria threaten Iraqi democracy
RPS News: In an interview of the Iraqi journalist Mohammed Khalaf on Radio Free Syria, Mr. Khalaf confirmed that democracy in Iraq is contingent upon the taming of Iran and Syria, both destructive forces against a rising Iraqi democracy. In Iraq, Mr. Khalaf was able to obtain intelligence on the ground that confirmed that Iran and Syria are assisting the insurgents for the sole aim to destroy the country.
Iran to sign contract with France’s Total on phase 11 of South Pars gas field
IRNA: Iran will sign a contract with France’s Total Company on development of phase 11 of South Pars gas field and the LNG production unit. The Persian-language daily ‘Abrar-e Eqtesadi’ on Saturday quoted Managing Director of Iran’s National Oil Company (NIOC) Mehdi Mirmoezzi as saying Total Company won the tender for development of phase 11, adding talks are currently underway to finalize the contract.
Iran Refuses to Stop Uranium Enrichment
Voice of America: Iran says it will reject any proposal to end its work on uranium enrichment, a process that could be used to make nuclear weapons.
Hossein Mousavian, a senior Iranian official involved in the nuclear negotiations, has told state television his country will not accept any plan that requires it to drop what he calls “its legitimate right” to enrich uranium to make fuel.
Iran rejects any deal to end uranium enrichment
Reuters: Iran says it will reject any proposal to halt uranium enrichment, a step European Union diplomats are proposing to end a row over whether Iran is seeking atomic weapons.
EU diplomats have said they are seeking U.S. and Russian support for a deal that would ask Iran to give up uranium enrichment in return for technical and economic assistance.
US-Iraqi sweep south of Baghdad nets Syrian, Iranian rebels: national guard
AFP: An operation by US and Iraqi forces south of Baghdad
has netted two Syrian “terrorists” and an unknown number of Iranians, an official from Iraq’s national guard said on Friday. US-led forces, Iraqi police and national guardsmen conducted the two-day sweep in a belt of farming towns — Mahmudiyah, Latifiyah and Iskandariyah — known as the triangle of death …
Iran will not agree to cease nuclear work: official
AFP: Iran will reject any European proposal for a complete cessation of its work on the nuclear fuel cycle, but is willing to consider further “confidence-building” measures and extending a suspension of uranium enrichment, a top Iranian official told AFP Saturday.
US stands firm on Iran nuclear demands as G8 envoys discuss possible incentives
AFP: Envoys from the Group of Eight industrialized nations met here Friday to discuss ways of making Iran give up its alleged nuclear weapons program but reached no decisions on a European proposal to offer Tehran incentives to do so, a
senior US official said.
Europe to offer Iran nuke deal
Reuters: European powers will offer Iran a deal next week in a final bid to persuade the Islamic republic to end its suspected arms-related nuclear programmes or face possible sanctions, the United States says. The announcement on Friday came after a meeting of the Group of Eight industrial powers in Washington where Britain, France and Germany presented a package of “carrots and sticks” …
