Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 03 The new governor for Irans restive province of Kurdistan will be sworn in on Wednesday, several Persian-language websites reported on Tuesday.
New governor for restive Iran province to be sworn in on Wed
Iran President says anti-Israel comments awakened Muslims
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 03 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a parliamentary committee that
his remarks calling for Israel to be wiped off the map and describing the Holocaust as a myth had a profound impact
on Muslims around the world, providing a shock that was needed to awaken the Muslims who are in a state of lethargy, a government-owned news agency reported on Tuesday.
Iran President says anti-Israel comments awakened Muslims
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 03 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a parliamentary committee that
his remarks calling for Israel to be wiped off the map and describing the Holocaust as a myth had a profound impact
on Muslims around the world, providing a shock that was needed to awaken the Muslims who are in a state of lethargy, a government-owned news agency reported on Tuesday.
US warns Iran against resuming nuclear research
Reuters: The United States on Tuesday warned Iran against resuming atomic fuel research and development which it said would further Tehran’s efforts to build nuclear bombs.
France calls on Iran to maintain nuclear research suspension
AFP: France on Tuesday called on Iran to reverse its decision to restart nuclear research after a two-year suspension, and said Tehran should respond to the concerns of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
German fisher to go on trial in Iran
AFP: A German arrested along with a Frenchman during a fishing trip off the coast of southern Iran will go on trial in the city of Bandar Abbas on Thursday, the German foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Iran daily ban politically motivated: director
AFP: The managing director of Iranian economic newspaper Asia on Tuesday slammed a government ban on his paper as “politically motivated”.
Iran tells IAEA atom research to resume
Reuters: Iran told the International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday that it would resume suspended nuclear-fuel research on January 9, a move likely to alarm the West which believes Tehran is seeking to make atom bombs.
Iran’s president criticises detente foreign policy
Reuters: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday told lawmakers the foreign policy of detente adopted by his two predecessors had achieved little and reduced Iran’s standing
in the Islamic world, a lawmaker said.
Iran rejects Russian proposal on nuclear program
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 03 Iran rejected on Tuesday any proposal aimed at defusing the international standoff over its suspected nuclear weapons program which involved Tehran enriching uranium exclusively in Russia.
