AP: The Berlin film festival is criticizing the arrest of acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi.
Berlin festival protests Panahi arrest
Ahmadinejad: Threats against nuclear program thwarted
Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 03 – Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gloated on Wednesday that all serious threats against his government's nuclear program have been thwarted, state media reported.
Ahmadinejad: Threats against nuclear program thwarted
Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 03 – Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gloated on Wednesday that all serious threats against his government's nuclear program have been thwarted, state media reported.
Germany doesn’t want Iran in UN human rights body
AP: Germany's foreign minister says countries should vote against Iran when it seeks a seat later this year on the United Nations' Human Rights Council.
US, EU say new nuclear sanctions needed against Iran
AFP: The United States and the European Union said Wednesday that there must be more sanctions against Iran's nuclear programme standoff if diplomacy fails to shift Tehran.
Ingersoll says fully disclosed sales to Iran
Reuters: Diversified industrial company Ingersoll-Rand Plc said it has fully disclosed its limited sales in Iran, and that all of them took place through non-U.S. subsidiaries.
Iran mocks IAEA report
Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 03 – Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh on Wednesday criticised the IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano's report on Iran’s nuclear file for opening doors which had already been closed by Iran, state media reported.
Iran mocks IAEA report
Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 03 – Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh on Wednesday criticised the IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano's report on Iran’s nuclear file for opening doors which had already been closed by Iran, state media reported.
Italy arrests 9 people on weapons trafficking to Iran
Bloomberg: Italy’s Finance Police said it arrested five Italians and four suspected Iranian agents on suspicion of weapons trafficking to Iran.
Iran court upholds death for opposition activist
AP: An Iranian opposition-run Web site says an appeals court has upheld the death sentence for a student who took part in an anti-government rally in December that left eight people dead.
