AP: Iran said Tuesday its missiles now have a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), a substantial extension of their previously declared range.
“Today we have the power to fire missiles to a range of 2,000 kilometers,” former President Hashemi Rafsanjani said, according to a report by the official Islamic Republic News Agency.
Iran says its missiles have a range of 2,000 kilometers
Young man hanged as wife and child looked on
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 5 A young man was publicly hanged yesterday afternoon in the Robat square of Isfahan (central Iran) as his wife and child were forced to watch.
Mehrzad Vajebal-Hoghough, a 33 year old resident in Isfahan was accused of armed robbery and possession of 7
Kilograms of marijuana.
Young man hanged as wife and child looked on
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 5 A young man was publicly hanged yesterday afternoon in the Robat square of Isfahan (central Iran) as his wife and child were forced to watch.
Mehrzad Vajebal-Hoghough, a 33 year old resident in Isfahan was accused of armed robbery and possession of 7
Kilograms of marijuana.
One killed in plane crash in north Iran-official
Reuters :A one-man private plane has crashed in the
northeast of Iran killing the pilot, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
An interior ministry spokesman said the plane had crashed near the the town of Kalaleh …
Iran stops concerts in crackdown
BBC: A number of jazz and classical music concerts in Iran have been cancelled by the authorities because of their “corrupting” influence, diplomats say. The concerts had been arranged by foreign embassies in Tehran.
Two jazz performances organised by the Italian mission were called off last week only hours before they were due to start.
IRAN AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Voice of America: In the latest U.S. State Department report on religious freedom, Iran is again listed as one of the most serious violators. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says the report singles out eight countries of particular concern: “We are re-designating five countries that, in our judgment, continue to violate their citizens’ religious liberty: Burma, China, Iran, North Korea, and Sudan. We are also adding three additional countries to this list: Eritrea, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam.”
IRAN COULD OPEN NEW FRONT IN YEMEN
MENL: Iran might have opened an insurgency front in Yemen
in an effort to weaken U.S. influence in the region.
A new report by the Washington-based Jamestown
Foundation said Yemen regarded the recent insurgency by former parliamentarian and Shi’ite cleric Al Houthi as backed and financed by Iran.
PM: Iran is running Arab agents in Israel
AP: Iran is using Islamic religious organizations in Israel as a cover to run Israeli Arab agents in the country, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday. He did not elaborate.
Sharon’s accusation came amid Israel’s increasingly vocal concern over Iran’s nuclear development program, which, Jerusalem says, is aimed at producing nuclear weapons. Iran denies the charge, saying it is intended for electricity generation.
Iran Hard-Liners Drafting Uranium Bill
AP: Iran Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament is drafting a bill that would force the reformist government to resume uranium enrichment – a necessary step toward producing nuclear fuel or nuclear weapons – over the objections of the international community.
Iran cancels music concerts under hard-line pressure
Reuters: Iranian authorities have cancelled several musical concerts organised by European embassies after religious hardliners warned the Islamic state against the “corrupting” influence of Western culture.
Analysts said the concert cancellations reflected a new political climate in Iran where religious hardliners now firmly have the upper hand over the pro-reform allies of moderate President Mohammad Khatami.
