Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 02 Irans State Security Forces (SSF) and special anti-riot police attacked a peaceful demonstration by bus drivers and conductors in the Iranian capital on Monday on the occasion of International Workers Day, eye-witnesses told Iran Focus in an email interview.
Police crack down on bus drivers protest in Iran capital
Iran sees its nuclear power station delayed to 2007
Reuters: Iran said on Monday its Bushehr nuclear power station would probably not go onstream until next year — another delay to a 30-year project that the West fears has become a front for developing nuclear arms.
Iran denounces U.S. nuclear strike stance
AP: Iran denounced the United States on Monday for contemplating possible nuclear strikes against Iranian targets and urged the United Nations to take urgent action against what it called a dangerous violation of international law.
Bush, Putin discuss Iran
UPI: President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke briefly Monday on the nuclear standoff with Iran.
Iran shells Iraqi Kurdistan: Kurd minister
Reuters: Iranian forces battling Kurdish rebels shelled parts of northern Iraq’s region of Kurdistan on Monday, the regional interior minister said, the second attack in 10 days.
Iran and the sober-minded left
Washington Times – Editorial: As the possibility of military action against Iran is being considered, the reactions of politicians and opinion-makers range from mature and thoughtful (increasingly from some on the left) to the surreal and foolish.
Iranian’s plans for economy spur widespread concern
New York Times: As President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad moves to make good on his campaign promise to distribute Iran’s increasing oil wealth among its citizens, warnings are coming from across the political spectrum that his policies may be doing more to irritate political and economic tensions than to soothe them.
Iran: West will be harmed if it wants to harm us
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 30 Irans chief nuclear negotiator issued a stark warning to the West on Sunday that they would be harmed if they stepped up international pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program.
Iran: West will be harmed if it wants to harm us
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 30 Irans chief nuclear negotiator issued a stark warning to the West on Sunday that they would be harmed if they stepped up international pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program.
Iran: No compromise on enrichment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 30 Iran reiterated on Sunday that it was under no circumstances willing to cease its research-orientated uranium enrichment, ignoring demands by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations Security Council to suspend all such activities.
