Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 17 Three men were hanged in public on Wednesday in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, state media reported.
Iran hangs three men in public
Bush says a nuclear-armed Iran risks ‘World War III’
Bloomberg: President George W. Bush said the U.S. and Russia remain in agreement on preventing Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon, a development that he said would risk “World War III.”
Iran: Top U.S. official says financial clampdown is working
RFE/RL: If the United States is waging a financial war against Iran, as some Western media say, then Stuart Levey might be seen as the commanding general in the battle to force Tehran to halt its atomic program, which Washington says masks a secret drive for nuclear weapons.
3 Iranian student leaders sentenced
AP: Three Iranian student leaders have been sentenced to jail terms of up to three years on vague charges of insulting Islam and its clerics, their lawyer said Wednesday.
Shell, Total must finalize gas deals by June -Iran
Reuters: France’s Total and Royal Dutch Shell must finalize their gas deals with Iran by June or the giant South Pars project will go ahead without them, an Iranian official was quoted as saying.
Iran says Putin has made ‘nuclear proposal’
AFP: Russian President Vladimir Putin put forward a proposal to break the deadlock over Iran’s nuclear programme during his landmark visit to the Islamic republic, Iranian officials said on Wednesday.
Larijani, Solana to hold talks on Iran’s nuclear programme
AFP: Iran’s lead nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet next Tuesday for new talks on Iran’s nuclear standoff with the West, the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
Watchdog: Iran worst violator of press freedoms in region
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 17 The international press freedoms watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in its annual report ranked Iran as the worst violator of press freedoms in the Middle East.
Watchdog: Iran worst violator of press freedoms in region
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 17 The international press freedoms watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in its annual report ranked Iran as the worst violator of press freedoms in the Middle East.
In Iran, Putin warns against military action
New York Times: President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said at a summit meeting of five Caspian Sea nations in Iran on Tuesday that any use of military force in the region was unacceptable. In a declaration, the countries agreed that none would allow their territories to be used as a base for military strikes against any of the others.
