Washington Post: Iran has increased the range of its missiles to
1,250 miles, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Tuesday, putting parts of Europe within reach for the first time.
Military analysts had estimated Iran’s missile range at 810 miles, which would allow it to strike anywhere in Israel. But Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Ali Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani, the country’s influential former president and the
head of a government oversight body, as saying: …
Iran’s Missiles Can Now Hit Europe, Rafsanjani Says
Iran missiles pose grave threat: US
AFP: The US said today that Iran’s missile program is a serious threat to the Middle East and US interests which is compounded significantly by its alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Iran parliament begins push for resumption of uranium enrichment
AFP: A committee of Iran’s hardline-dominated parliament gave preliminary approval to a bill that would force the reformist government to resume uranium enrichment in defiance of the UN nuclear watchdog.
State news agency IRNA said the bill was was approved by the foreign affairs and national security committee.
Iran says its missiles have a range of 2,000 kilometers
AP: Iran said Tuesday its missiles now have a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), a substantial extension of their previously declared range.
“Today we have the power to fire missiles to a range of 2,000 kilometers,” former President Hashemi Rafsanjani said, according to a report by the official Islamic Republic News Agency.
Young man hanged as wife and child looked on
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 5 A young man was publicly hanged yesterday afternoon in the Robat square of Isfahan (central Iran) as his wife and child were forced to watch.
Mehrzad Vajebal-Hoghough, a 33 year old resident in Isfahan was accused of armed robbery and possession of 7
Kilograms of marijuana.
Young man hanged as wife and child looked on
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 5 A young man was publicly hanged yesterday afternoon in the Robat square of Isfahan (central Iran) as his wife and child were forced to watch.
Mehrzad Vajebal-Hoghough, a 33 year old resident in Isfahan was accused of armed robbery and possession of 7
Kilograms of marijuana.
One killed in plane crash in north Iran-official
Reuters :A one-man private plane has crashed in the
northeast of Iran killing the pilot, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
An interior ministry spokesman said the plane had crashed near the the town of Kalaleh …
Iran stops concerts in crackdown
BBC: A number of jazz and classical music concerts in Iran have been cancelled by the authorities because of their “corrupting” influence, diplomats say. The concerts had been arranged by foreign embassies in Tehran.
Two jazz performances organised by the Italian mission were called off last week only hours before they were due to start.
IRAN AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Voice of America: In the latest U.S. State Department report on religious freedom, Iran is again listed as one of the most serious violators. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says the report singles out eight countries of particular concern: “We are re-designating five countries that, in our judgment, continue to violate their citizens’ religious liberty: Burma, China, Iran, North Korea, and Sudan. We are also adding three additional countries to this list: Eritrea, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam.”
IRAN COULD OPEN NEW FRONT IN YEMEN
MENL: Iran might have opened an insurgency front in Yemen
in an effort to weaken U.S. influence in the region.
A new report by the Washington-based Jamestown
Foundation said Yemen regarded the recent insurgency by former parliamentarian and Shi’ite cleric Al Houthi as backed and financed by Iran.
