CNN: An Iranian court has delayed the final verdict of a 43-year-old woman sentenced to death by stoning, a human rights group said Sunday, two days after the country announced she will not be executed during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Final verdict postponed for Iranian woman facing stoning
Iran to begin work on new uranium plant in 2011
AFP: Iran will begin building its third uranium enrichment plant in early 2011, a top official said, defying world powers who have imposed new sanctions on Tehran for pursuing the sensitive nuclear work.
Iran offers $3-bln bonds to fund gasfields
AFP: Sanctions-hit Iran will within days offer the first tranche of a three billion dollar domestic bond issue to fund the development of its South Pars gasfields, a top official said on Sunday.
Workers not paid at Iran factory
Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 15 – From the Grapevine… Workers at Sabalan textiles, which has been shut down for several months, have not received their salaries.
Iran beats Papua New Guinea in Youth Games soccer
AP: Iran has beaten Papua New Guinea 1-0 in girls soccer at the Youth Olympics tournament.
Iran footballer sacked for ‘not fasting in Ramadan’
AFP: Popular Iranian footballer Ali Karimi, sometimes described as “the Maradona of Asia,” has been fired by his club for not fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the club said on Sunday.
The future of Iran is waiting for our support
Sunday Telegraph: Why have we in the West persecuted exactly those groups that Tehran wants us to, asks Christopher Booker
U.S. rules bar banks that violate Iran sanctions
New York Times: The Treasury Department released new regulations on Friday that could bar foreign banks or companies from accessing the financial system in the United States if they did business with entities or people subject to United Nations and United States sanctions.
Five killed as policemen’s bodies set ablaze in Baghdad
AFP: Two policemen were shot dead and their bodies set ablaze at a Baghdad checkpoint on Saturday while two of their colleagues and an anti-Qaeda fighter were also killed, an interior ministry official said.
Kurdish rebels kill Iran militiamen: report
AFP: Kurdish rebels have killed a commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards and two Islamist militiamen in clashes near a northwestern city, a newspaper reported Saturday.
