Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 08 Relatives of those arrested in the Kurdish town of Saqqez, northwest Iran, during last weeks anti-government protests have continued their gathering and vigil outside the towns central prison where
they have demanded the immediate and unconditional release of their family members.
Protest outside jail in restive Kurdish town continues
Protest outside jail in restive Kurdish town continues
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 08 Relatives of those arrested in the Kurdish town of Saqqez, northwest Iran, during last weeks anti-government protests have continued their gathering and vigil outside the towns central prison where
they have demanded the immediate and unconditional release of their family members.
US official presses UN action against Iran
AFP: The United States considers reports that Iran has restarted nuclear activities “unfortunate” and would expect Tehran to be taken before the United Nations, a State Department official said Monday. The official, who asked not to be named, made his comments after the vice president of Iran’s Atomic Energy Agency announced the resumption of uranium conversion at its Isfahan plant despite warnings by the international community.
Iran resumes uranium conversion
CNN: Iran has restarted a nuclear facility for uranium conversion, saying the process is for producing nuclear fuel.
Tehran said Monday’s resumption would not include the enrichment of uranium, which the United States and some other countries fear could be part of a covert nuclear weapons program.
Larijani to become Irans chief nuclear negotiator – IRNA
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 08 Ali Larijani, a top confidant of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will take over as Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and Iran’s new chief nuclear negotiator, the country’s state-run news agency, IRNA, reported. IRNA quoted Ali Aghamohammadi, the spokesman for the SNSC, as saying that the hard-line former head of state broadcasting was expected to soon be officially appointed to the post by Iran’s new ultra-conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Larijani to become Irans chief nuclear negotiator – IRNA
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 08 Ali Larijani, a top confidant of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will take over as Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and Iran’s new chief nuclear negotiator, the country’s state-run news agency, IRNA, reported. IRNA quoted Ali Aghamohammadi, the spokesman for the SNSC, as saying that the hard-line former head of state broadcasting was expected to soon be officially appointed to the post by Iran’s new ultra-conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran resumes uranium conversion work
Reuters: Iran resumed uranium conversion on Monday at its facility near Isfahan, a move EU officials have warned will probably see its nuclear case sent to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. “The uranium conversion facility in Isfahan has started its activities under IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) supervision,” Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, told reporters at the plant.
Mass strike brings Irans Kurdish provinces to a standstill
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 08 Several Kurdish towns in northwest Iran have come to a standstill after people launched a mass strike against the crackdown by authorities on anti-government protests that had erupted in the provinces of Kurdistan and Western Azerbaijan over the past month.
Mass strike brings Irans Kurdish provinces to a standstill
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 08 Several Kurdish towns in northwest Iran have come to a standstill after people launched a mass strike against the crackdown by authorities on anti-government protests that had erupted in the provinces of Kurdistan and Western Azerbaijan over the past month.
Inspectors need time to set up safeguards at Iranian nuclear plant: IAEA
AFP: UN nuclear inspectors still need a few days to set up surveillance cameras at a sensitive nuclear facility where Iran was hoping to resume fuel cycle work as of Monday, a UN atomic agency spokeswoman said in Vienna. “Nothing’s changed. The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) team still needs until the middle of this week to get the inspection system set up and in place before the facility could be restarted,” Melissa Fleming told AFP.
