Iran Focus: London, Feb. 13 The international press freedoms watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Wednesday that Iran continues to be the Middle Easts biggest prison for journalists.
RSF: Iran is Middle Easts biggest prison for journalists
RSF: Iran is Middle Easts biggest prison for journalists
Iran Focus: London, Feb. 13 The international press freedoms watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Wednesday that Iran continues to be the Middle Easts biggest prison for journalists.
17 people injured in Iran bus crash
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 13 At least 17 people were killed or injured on Tuesday when a bus slipped off a stretch of road in central Iran, state media reported.
17 people injured in Iran bus crash
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 13 At least 17 people were killed or injured on Tuesday when a bus slipped off a stretch of road in central Iran, state media reported.
France’s Total to stay in Venezuela, Iran
Reuters: French oil company Total pledged on Wednesday to stay in Venezuela and Iran, two OPEC nations locked in disputes with the United States, but said it was still too dangerous to invest in Iraq.
Iran warns Spain’s Clemente amid coaching chaos
AFP: Iran on Wednesday warned its choice as new national football coach, Javier Clemente, it would look for other candidates if the Spaniard insisted on only spending a minimal amount of time in the country.
Hezbollah says top militant is killed
AP: Imad Mughniyeh, the militant accused of attacks that left hundreds of Americans and Israelis dead, including a U.S. Navy diver during the infamous 1985 hijacking of a TWA jetliner, has been killed, Hezbollah said Wednesday.
Venezuela-Iran oil deal raises concern
Washington Times: A proposed oil deal between Iran and Venezuela has raised congressional concerns, with two prominent House Republicans pushing for a Bush administration probe of whether the deal violates U.S. sanctions laws.
French minister to IAEA chief: Listen to the West
New York Sun: The French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, yesterday called on the director of the U.N. watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, to “listen” to Western powers before presenting a much-awaited latest report on Iran. The diplomatic message from one of the toughest Security Council critics of Iran increased pressure on the chief nuclear inspector to toughen up his policies, which are now reportedly being criticized even inside his own agency.
Iranians scheme to elude sanctions
Wall Street Journal: Tough sanctions haven’t brought Iran to its knees, but they’re rewriting how business is done in the Middle East’s second-largest economy. After several rounds of United Nations and U.S. economic and banking restrictions, Iranian businesses are starting to feel the pain.
