AFP: The international community must preserve the “possibility for dialogue” with Iran over its contested nuclear program, the foreign ministers of France and Germany agreed in a meeting here Monday.
Levey: Iran ‘central banker of terror’
AP: Iran, a primary source of funding for militant group Hezbollah, is a “central banker of terror,” a top Treasury Department official said Monday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Iran: Bolton not competent to be in UN
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 Iran said on Monday that the United States ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton was not competent to be in the world body.
Iran: Bolton not competent to be in UN
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 Iran said on Monday that the United States ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton was not competent to be in the world body.
France urges Iran, Syria to work with the world
Reuters: Iran and Syria should not isolate themselves from the international community but instead work towards building a lasting peace in the Middle East, French President Jacques Chirac said on Monday. In a speech to French ambassadors, Chirac called Iran “a great country” and urged it to negotiate with world powers over its nuclear ambitions.
Iran to issue licences for websites
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 Iran will soon issue licences for websites operating from within its borders in an effort to place further controls on the contents being published online.
Iran to issue licences for websites
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 Iran will soon issue licences for websites operating from within its borders in an effort to place further controls on the contents being published online.
U.S. plans for sanctions on Iran
Washington Times: The Bush administration plans to move rapidly to organize and impose international economic sanctions on Iran, but not until after a Thursday U.N. deadline passes, according to Bush administration officials.
Iran’s hard line begins at home
TIME: When Behnaz Mohsenian, 29, started English lessons at Tehran’s Najdad Institute this spring, the 15 men and women in her class studied grammar sitting in mixed circles. Last month the language school split the group by gender, with men and women meeting on different days. Now plans are under way to move the women’s classes to a separate building, to eliminate altogether the possibility of illicit mingling.
Iranians top list of those arrested in key Iraqi governorate
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Aug. 27 Iranians top the list of those arrested in one of the most commuted towns in the eastern Iraqi governorate of al-Wassit, the Iraqi television channel al-Iraqia reported.
