Iran Focus: London, Aug. 18 Iran is secretly producing thousands of centrifuges capable of enriching uranium for an atomic bomb in violation of an agreement it had signed with Europes Britain, France, and Germany last November which required it to freeze all activities of the nuclear fuel cycle, the main Iranian opposition coalition charged on Thursday. In a press conference in London, Hossein Abedini of the National Council of Resistance of Iran told reporters that Irans Ministry of Defence and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) had secretly produced the centrifuges on the orders of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran secretly produced thousands of nuclear centrifuges – group
Irans ambassador to Ireland banned from leaving Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 18 Irans ambassador to Ireland was recently recalled to Tehran and ordered to remain in the country while he was being investigated for money laundering in favour of a presidential hopeful during the June elections, according to a government-sponsored Persian-language website.
Irans ambassador to Ireland banned from leaving Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 18 Irans ambassador to Ireland was recently recalled to Tehran and ordered to remain in the country while he was being investigated for money laundering in favour of a presidential hopeful during the June elections, according to a government-sponsored Persian-language website.
Iranian President Coming to America
Global Politician – Hamid Namvar: According to media reports indicate that the United States is considering an entry visa to Iran’s new president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to attend a UN meeting in New York City in mid-September. This would send a very wrong signal at a very crucial juncture to the increasingly belligerent Iran. Administration must firmly deny Ahmadinejad entry to the United States. And by all indications, the American public opinion would certainly welcome such a move.
EU calls on Iran to halt nuclear activities at conversion plant
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 17 – The European Union said on Wednesday that it was “deeply concerned” by Iran’s unilateral resumption of nuclear activities at its Uranium Conversion Facility in Isfahan, central Iran. In a joint statement issued by the Council of the European Union, the 25-state block …
EU calls on Iran to halt nuclear activities at conversion plant
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 17 – The European Union said on Wednesday that it was “deeply concerned” by Iran’s unilateral resumption of nuclear activities at its Uranium Conversion Facility in Isfahan, central Iran. In a joint statement issued by the Council of the European Union, the 25-state block …
All change but no change
The Guardian: Dawn has barely broken on the fledgling presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but Iran’s new leader is already showing ominous signs of realising the worst fears of his liberal-minded opponents. The ultra-Islamist former mayor of Tehran, who was elected president in an unforeseen electoral landslide in June, offered his first serious indication of intent when he announced the make-up of his cabinet on Sunday.
Iran judiciary official claims slain youth beat himself
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 17 The head of the coroner’s office in the province of Western Azerbaijan, northwest Iran, told the state-owned ISNA news agency that a young Kurd who was shot and killed by police in the Kurdish town of Mahabad on July 10 had not been tortured as has been claimed by his family and eye-witnesses but instead had beaten himself.
Iran judiciary official claims slain youth beat himself
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 17 The head of the coroner’s office in the province of Western Azerbaijan, northwest Iran, told the state-owned ISNA news agency that a young Kurd who was shot and killed by police in the Kurdish town of Mahabad on July 10 had not been tortured as has been claimed by his family and eye-witnesses but instead had beaten himself.
Iran butchers demonstrate after being sacked
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran. Aug. 17 Workers protested outside Tehran’s largest meat factory on Wednesday after being laid off when the factory announced bankruptcy. The butchers complained that they were given no prior warning and were all sacked together by the now bankrupt Tehran’s Industrial Livestock Termination Unit.
