Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 17 A passenger bus collided with a fuel truck on a highway in south-western Iran leaving 22 people dead and seven others injured, state media reported on Sunday.
Bus, fuel tanker collision leaves 22 dead in south-west Iran
Bus, fuel tanker collision leaves 22 dead in south-west Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 17 A passenger bus collided with a fuel truck on a highway in south-western Iran leaving 22 people dead and seven others injured, state media reported on Sunday.
Cheney wants Arab envoys in Iraq to curb Iran’s role
AFP: US Vice President Dick Cheney during a surprise visit to Baghad on Monday strongly urged Washington’s Arab allies, like Saudi Arabia, to send envoys to Iraq, as a key step toward curbing Iranian influence.
US slams ‘highly restricted’ electoral process in Iran
AFP: The United States on Monday slammed what it called the “higly restricted” electoral process in Iran, and seconded an EU determination that the vote was not free or fair.
Elections in Iran – Meet the winner
The Economist: The parliament returned by Iranians in nationwide voting on Friday March 14th appears at first glance to be a replica of the outgoing one.
Iran conservatives fete victory in contested polls
AFP: Conservatives on Monday celebrated winning an expected three-quarter parliament majority in Iran’s elections, as the Islamic republic angrily denied EU accusations the polls were “neither fair nor free”.
Iran rejects criticism of election
AP: Iran dismissed Western criticism of its parliamentary elections, pointing Monday to 60 percent turnout in an election that saw conservatives win a majority, although reformists were largely barred.
Cheney to meet with Iraqi leaders
AP: Vice President Dick Cheney opened a new U.S. push for political unity in Iraq on an unannounced visit Monday, just ahead of the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion.
Iran may list $90 billion energy company in Dubai, MEED says
Bloomberg: Iran may list a $90 billion energy holding company on the Dubai International Financial Exchange to attract investment to its oil and gas industry, the Middle East Economic Digest reported, without saying where it got the information.
Iran bans magazines for showing ‘corrupt’ foreign stars
AFP: Iran has banned nine lifestyle and cinema magazines for publishing pictures of “corrupt” foreign film stars and details about their “decadent” private lives, the student ISNA news agency said Sunday.
