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Iranian police start summer crackdown on women’s dress

Reuters: Iranian police have launched a crackdown on women’s dress before the summer season when soaring temperatures typically tempt many to flout the strict Islamic dress code, witnesses and Iranian state media said on Sunday.

Iran is not holding missing ex-FBI agent: minister

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Reuters: Iran is not holding a former FBI agent, who went missing on a visit to the Gulf island of Kish in Iran, but is investigating the case, the country’s intelligence minister was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Russia, Iran sign nuclear plant protocol

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AP: Tehran agreed Sunday to a financing plan for the remaining construction of a nuclear power plant near Iran’s southern port of Bushehr, the state-run Russian company leading the project said.

Italy’s Prodi calls for dialogue with Iran

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Reuters: Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Sunday military action against Iran would be unacceptable and called on Saudi Arabia to continue a diplomatic drive to ease tension between Tehran and the West.

Iran, EU to hold atomic talks in Turkey-agency

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Reuters: Iran and the European Union will resume talks in Turkey on Tehran’s nuclear programme, which the West fears is aimed at building an atomic bomb, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Monday.

Iran hangs three men – report

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 22 – Three men were hanged in public at dawn on Saturday in southern Iran, the state-run news agency ISNA reported.

Iran hangs three men – report

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 22 – Three men were hanged in public at dawn on Saturday in southern Iran, the state-run news agency ISNA reported.

Iran hangs man in volatile province

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 22 – Authorities hanged a man in the volatile province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan, south-eastern Iran, a semi-official daily reported.

Iran hangs man in volatile province

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 22 – Authorities hanged a man in the volatile province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan, south-eastern Iran, a semi-official daily reported.

Olmert: Iran’s nukes can be stopped

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AP: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that there was still time for international diplomatic efforts to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions, without the need for military action.