Home Blog Page 1895

Iran puts reformist back in jail: party

0

ImageAFP: Iranian authorities returned leading reformist Behzad Nabavi to jail on Saturday after he was freed on bail following his arrest in the wake of disputed June elections, his party said.

Iran sets limit to what it tells atomic agency

0

ImageNew York Times: Iran said Friday that it would keep plans for 10 new enrichment plants secret until six months before they were ready to concentrate uranium into nuclear fuel, a policy sure to heighten tensions with the West over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.

US envoy to discuss Iran, climate on visit to Asia

0

ImageAFP: A top US diplomat will travel to China and Indonesia next week to discuss Iran's feared nuclear ambitions, climate change and democratic reform in Asia, officials said Friday.

Russia, China closer to approving Iran sanctions

0

ImageAFP: Iran's defiant pursuit of its nuclear programme has tested the patience of Moscow and Beijing and increased the chances that they might support sanctions against Tehran, analysts said on Friday.

AP sources: US eyes January for new Iran sanctions

0

ImageAP: The Obama administration is looking to press in early January for a new round of United Nations sanctions against Iran for its continued defiance of demands to come clean about its nuclear program, U.S. officials said Friday.

Iranian group: health care blocked at Iraq camp

0

ImageAP: Members of an Iranian opposition group claimed Friday that Iraqi authorities are limiting their access to outside health care at a camp in northern Iraq where they have been under watch since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Iran cracks down on dissent in universities

0

ImageAP: As they gear up for a major anti-government protest Monday, Iranian students are besieged by a clampdown in the universities, with a wave of arrests and expulsions.

Iran won’t work with UN nuke agency beyond minimum

0

ImageAP: An Iranian nuclear official says Tehran will not answer to the U.N. nuclear watchdog beyond the barest minimum required under the international nonproliferation treaty.

Iran will inform IAEA on new nuclear sites when ready

0

ImageReuters: Iran will inform the U.N. nuclear watchdog on progress in its 10 new uranium enrichment plants only six months ahead of starting production at the sites, the state news agency said on Friday.

British sailors return to London following detention in Iran

0

ImageBloomberg: Four British sailors arrived at London’s Heathrow airport today following their release from detention in Iran after straying into Iranian waters.