AFP: The head of Iran’s atomic programme said Tuesday he was “not very optimistic” ahead of key nuclear talks with the European Union later this month and predicted they would be “difficult” in the months ahead. Gholamreza Aghazadeh told the student news agency ISNA that Britain, France and Germany had yet to come to terms with the election of hardliner Mahmood Ahmadinejad as president and may have calculated on having easier negotiations.
Iran not very optimistic ahead of ‘difficult’ nuclear talks
Husband and wife hanged in central Iran prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 05 An Iranian couple accused
of murder were hanged today at dawn in the main prison in Isfahan (central Iran), according to a state-run daily.
The husband and wife had been found guilty of the murder of an engineer after a scuffle at his house in 1999, the Iran daily wrote.
Husband and wife hanged in central Iran prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 05 An Iranian couple accused
of murder were hanged today at dawn in the main prison in Isfahan (central Iran), according to a state-run daily.
The husband and wife had been found guilty of the murder of an engineer after a scuffle at his house in 1999, the Iran daily wrote.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad linked to Vienna murder probe
Reuters: Austrian prosecutors have launched an investigation into whether Iran’s president-elect was involved in the 1989 assassination of a Kurdish leader in Vienna, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. A ministry spokesman confirmed that prosecutors had started a probe by asking the ministry’s anti-terrorism task force to investigate the case, but declined to provide any details.
Austrian firms against government probe into Iran presidents role in killings
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 05 A number of Austrian corporations have called on their government not to pursue the case against Irans new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, following revelations that he took part in the assassination of prominent Kurdish exiles, on the grounds that it would undermine their multi-million dollar business deals with the Islamic Republic, according to a state-run Persian website.
Austrian firms against government probe into Iran presidents role in killings
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 05 A number of Austrian corporations have called on their government not to pursue the case against Irans new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, following revelations that he took part in the assassination of prominent Kurdish exiles, on the grounds that it would undermine their multi-million dollar business deals with the Islamic Republic, according to a state-run Persian website.
Iranian hardliners get tough on booze
AFP: Iran’s hardline parliament voted Sunday to toughen up punishments for alcohol makers and traffickers, just days after their speaker had a run-in with Belgium over booze. Official media said the new law, passed on its first reading, would leave producers and dealers of alcoholic beverages subject to between three months and one year behind bars, 74 lashes and fines.
Iran: Ahmadinejads past in Revolutionary Guards invites scrutiny
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 5 Iran Focus has obtained the photograph of Irans President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with Ayatollah Khomeinis Chief Representative in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the 1980s. The photograph was taken from footage on Irans state-run news television channel, Shabakeh Khabar. Ayatollah Fazlollah Mahallati was the Islamic Chief Commissar of the Revolutionary Guards.
Iran: Ahmadinejads past in Revolutionary Guards invites scrutiny
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 5 Iran Focus has obtained the photograph of Irans President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with Ayatollah Khomeinis Chief Representative in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the 1980s. The photograph was taken from footage on Irans state-run news television channel, Shabakeh Khabar. Ayatollah Fazlollah Mahallati was the Islamic Chief Commissar of the Revolutionary Guards.
300 men holding power in Iran since Islamic Revolution
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 04 A clique of 300 men with family ties have been running the Islamic Republic from the time of the 1979 Iranian revolution until present, according to
a prominent university professor.
