Washington Post: A former Iranian deputy defense minister who once commanded the Revolutionary Guard has left his country and is cooperating with Western intelligence agencies, providing information on Hezbollah and Iran’s ties to the organization, according to a senior U.S. official.
Former Iranian defense official talks to Western intelligence
IAEA governors ratify cut in nuclear aid to Iran
Reuters: U.N. nuclear agency governors on Thursday ratified cuts in technical aid to Iran over concern that Tehran might be trying to build nuclear bombs under cover of a civilian atomic energy programme, diplomats said.
Iranian women struggle for equality
BBC News: In the days before International Women’s Day, 33 women were arrested in Tehran for peacefully protesting outside a court building. Thirty of them were subsequently released, but warned not to mark the day with protests.
Alarm over Iran helps Bush
Los Angeles Times: Is this trigger-happy gunslinger in the White House about to take aim at Iran?
Iran hangs five men
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 07 – Authorities hanged five men in a prison in the Iranian capital on Wednesday, the government-run news agency Fars reported.
Iran hangs five men
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 07 – Authorities hanged five men in a prison in the Iranian capital on Wednesday, the government-run news agency Fars reported.
EU powers at IAEA urge Iran to take atom “timeout”
Reuters: European powers urged Iran on Wednesday to embrace a U.N. idea of a “timeout” from nuclear activity, saying sanctions they sponsored against Tehran would be simultaneously suspended.
Iranians visit Russia over nuke plant
AP: Nuclear energy officials hosted an Iranian delegation Wednesday for talks on the construction of a Russian-built plant that has fallen behind schedule because of what Moscow said were delays in payments by Tehran.
Treasury urges Middle East firms to avoid Iran
Reuters: The U.S. Treasury’s top anti-terrorism official on Wednesday urged Middle East-based companies not to do business with Iran, saying they could be helping to fund terrorist activities or weapons proliferation.
Oil companies in deals with Iran face sanctions
Reuters: Key members of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday backed a new legislative effort designed to force the Bush administration to sanction oil companies and countries that strike deals with Iran, but the State Department expressed concerns.
