AFP: Iran published advertisements in newspapers on Tuesday offering new incentives for its hundreds of thousands of registered Afghan refugees to return home.
Iran launches new scheme to entice Afghans home
UAE arrests 12 Iranian divers near disputed isle
AFP: The United Arab Emirates has arrested 12 Iranian divers who were working at a sunken ship off a disputed island in Gulf waters, just ahead of a visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, officials said Tuesday.
Beating by guards fails to stop voting, Iranian students say
New York Times: Students at Amir Kabir University fended off club-wielding university security guards on Monday and went ahead with elections for a pro-democracy association.
Man sets self on fire outside Ahmadinejad’s office in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 A young man set himself on fire outside Irans Presidential Offices, the press office of Tehrans Medical Emergency Centre said on Tuesday.
Man sets self on fire outside Ahmadinejad’s office in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 A young man set himself on fire outside Irans Presidential Offices, the press office of Tehrans Medical Emergency Centre said on Tuesday.
Photos: Iran cracks down on women for un-Islamic dress
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 The following are photos of a government crackdown on violators of Irans strict Islamic dress code. The nationwide clampdown began in April.
Photos: Iran cracks down on women for un-Islamic dress
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 The following are photos of a government crackdown on violators of Irans strict Islamic dress code. The nationwide clampdown began in April.
ONGC makes big oil, gas find in Iran – paper
Reuters: Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) and its partners have found natural gas reserves of up to 10 trillion cubic feet and 1 billion barrels of oil in a block in Iran, the Economic Times said in an unsourced report on Wednesday.
G8 to back further measures against Iran: diplomats
Reuters: The Group of Eight industrialized powers plan to back “further measures” against Iran if it does not comply with U.N. demands to suspend its nuclear enrichment program, G8 diplomats said on Tuesday.
Iraqi minister says US may release Iranians
The Independent: The five Iranian officials whose abduction in an a US helicopter raid in January led to a crisis in relations between the US and Iran could be released in June according to the Iraqi foreign minister.
