Reuters: America’s civilian and military leaders in Iraq linked Iran and Syria with al Qaeda on Tuesday as forces trying to tear the country apart and prevent the United States from establishing a stable democracy.
U.S. blames Iran, Syria for Iraq violence
Ahmadinejad does Europe
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Whatever Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s other faults, lack of candor isn’t one of them. This week the U.N. Security Council is set to begin discussing the imposition of (very) limited sanctions against Iran for refusing to halt uranium enrichment to build a nuclear weapon.
West wants Iran technology sales banned
AP: The United States, France and Britain will urge the U.N. Security Council to ban the sale of missile and nuclear technology to Iran for its defiance of demands to stop uranium enrichment, diplomats said Tuesday.
Ahmadinejad opposes finger-print bill
AP: Iran’s fiercely anti-U.S. president has come out against a bill that would require Americans to be fingerprinted on arrival in Iran.
Iran shuts down new daily for resembling banned paper
AFP: Iran’s press watchdog has shut down the new moderate daily Rozegar (“Times”) for resembling a newspaper with a similar stance that was banned last month, the student news agency ISNA reported.
“Tortuous road” to settlement of Iran nuclear issue, says Ban
AFP: The incoming United Nations secretary-general Tuesday played down hopes of an early end to the crisis over Iran’s nuclear programme.
Stay united amid US plots, Khamenei warns Arabs
AFP: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday warned Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinians to remain united in the face of “cunning” US plots to destabilise the region.
Iran prison overcrowded several fold
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 24 The head of a prison in the north-western town of Ahar announced that the small penal complex had been overcrowded to several times its full capacity.
Iran prison overcrowded several fold
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 24 The head of a prison in the north-western town of Ahar announced that the small penal complex had been overcrowded to several times its full capacity.
Three prisoners mysteriously die in custody in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 24 Three Iranian men have mysteriously died in custody in Iran.
