Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 31 Irans State Security Forces have dispatched motorbike units in several districts of the Iranian capital in an effort to crack down on social dissent there.
Photo report Police clamp down on dissent in Iran capital
New judicial police launched in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 31 Hundreds of new judicial police have begun to roam the streets of Tehran starting from earlier this week, even before Irans Majlis (Parliament) approved the dubious judicial-security body that they represent.
Major powers to discuss Iran sanctions next week
Reuters: Major powers are expected to begin discussing an Iran sanctions resolution at a meeting in Europe next week if Tehran continues to defy a U.N. Security Council demand to halt uranium enrichment, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
IAEA set to report Iran defies U.N. atom halt demand
Reuters: Iran faces the risk of sanctions after a U.N. nuclear watchdog report on Thursday likely to find that Tehran has ignored a deadline to halt an atomic fuel programme Western leaders say could lead to bombs.
Officials: Iran still enriching uranium
AP: Iran has kept enriching uranium despite the threat of U.N. sanctions and a looming deadline to freeze such operations, U.N. and European officials said Wednesday.
Iran releases dissident after 4 months
AP: Iran on Wednesday released liberal intellectual Ramin Jahanbegloo, who was accused of working with the U.S. to overthrow the government, a human rights activist said.
Carter agrees to hold talks with Khatami
Washington Post: For an event that would turn a page in American history, former president Jimmy Carter has agreed in principle to host former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami for talks during his visit to the United States starting this week.
China, Iran pursue “diplomacy” to end nuclear crisis
Reuters: Iran and oil-famished China agreed on favouring a diplomatic solution to international confrontation over Tehran’s nuclear plans at a meeting on Wednesday, the Chinese foreign ministry said.
MTN H1 profit up but cuts Iran target
Reuters: MTN, sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest cell phone operator, unveiled a first-half profit in line with its own forecast as it pushed into new markets but cut a key target for a risky new venture in Iran.
Iran enriching more uranium
Washington Post: Iranian nuclear specialists have begun enriching a new batch of uranium in an apparent act of defiance just days ahead of a U.N. Security Council deadline for Tehran to stop such work or face the prospect of economic sanctions, officials in Washington and European capitals who have been monitoring Iran’s efforts said yesterday.
