Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 30 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday appointed a close ultra-conservative ally as the new head of the Centre for Dialogue among Civilisations, in a move that some analysts say jettisons the last remaining symbol of ex-President Mohammad Khatamis program for rapprochement with the West.
Ahmadinejad ally to head Iran’s centre for dialogue with West
Ahmadinejad ally to head Iran’s centre for dialogue with West
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 30 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday appointed a close ultra-conservative ally as the new head of the Centre for Dialogue among Civilisations, in a move that some analysts say jettisons the last remaining symbol of ex-President Mohammad Khatamis program for rapprochement with the West.
Turkmenistan cuts gas supply to Iran by half-report
Reuters: Turkmenistan has reduced its gas deliveries to neighbouring Iran by 50 percent since Saturday, blaming it on technical and operational factors, an official at Iran’s national gas company was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Iran nuclear plant to start summer 2008: FM
AFP: Iran on Sunday insisted its first nuclear power station would be launched in the summer of 2008, despite statements by the plant’s Russian constructors it will not go online until the end of the year.
Iraq attacks fall 60 percent, Petraeus says
New York Times: The top American military commander in Iraq said Saturday that violent attacks in the country had fallen by 60 percent since June, but cautioned that security gains were tenuous and fragile, requiring political and economic progress to cement them.
Iraq to discuss border agreement with Iran
Reuters: Iraq will send a delegation to neighboring Iran in the coming days to seek slight changes to the agreement that defines the two countries’ borders, Iraq’s deputy foreign minister Labeed Abbawi said on Saturday.
Iran woes hurt Dubai
AP: As the sun sets, the sky slowly turns a deep orange rose over Dubai. Crates of merchandise food, clothes, General Electric appliances, Hewlett-Packard computers are loaded onto dhows, the traditional wooden vessels that still ply the ancient routes to Iran about 60 miles to the north.
Khamenei warns of ‘enemy plots’ ahead of Iran vote
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday urged Iranians to be alert against enemy plots ahead of legislative elections next March, in statements broadcast on state television.
Iran Supreme Court upholds death sentence for teenage boy
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 29 Irans Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence for a 17-year-old schoolboy over the murder of his younger friend.
Iran Supreme Court upholds death sentence for teenage boy
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 29 Irans Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence for a 17-year-old schoolboy over the murder of his younger friend.
