Reuters: Schoolgirls, factory workers and wizened clerics flowed into Iran’s Interior Ministry on Tuesday to register to stand for president in an election next month, annoying
officials who said they were time-wasters.
The Interior Ministry has flung open its doors for five days of registration for the June 17 poll.
Iran no-hopers rile officials with presidency bids
Convicted murderer hanged in Iran
AFP: An Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged in prison in the Caspian Sea town of Noshahr, the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Quoted by the paper, a judiciary official in the port city said 23-year-old Majid Alghosi was executed for killing Siavosh Abassian in a family feud some four years ago. No further details were given.
Iran just days away from deciding next nuclear step
AFP: Iran will decide within the next few days on whether to resume some sensitive nuclear activities that were suspended as part of a deal with the European Union, a senior official told AFP on Tuesday. “It (the decision) will come at the end of the week (Friday), at the latest,” said Ali Agha Mohammadi, a spokesman for the Islamic republic’s Supreme National Security Council.
Iran nuclear talks near collapse, UK warns
Financial Times: Senior British officials warned last night that talks with Iran over its nuclear ambitions were on the point of collapse and that it risked referral to the United Nations Security Council.
US warns Iran against resuming uranium enrichment
AFP: The United States warned Iran on Monday that a resumption of its suspended nuclear fuel activities would have “consequences” for the Islamic Republic, suspected of working toward an atomic bomb. But acting State Department spokesman Tom Casey did not specify what steps the United States and its European allies might take if Iran broke an agreement struck last year during negotiations on its nuclear program.
Berlin convention demands new Iran policy
Iran Focus: Berlin, May 09 Thousands of Iranians from
across Germany held their first-ever major convention in Berlin this afternoon, in which they rejected the policy of appeasement and a foreign war in dealing with the Tehran regime. The participants, who represented various Iranian communities throughout the country, declared their support for the Third Option, introduced by Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of
the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
Berlin convention demands new Iran policy
Iran Focus: Berlin, May 09 Thousands of Iranians from
across Germany held their first-ever major convention in Berlin this afternoon, in which they rejected the policy of appeasement and a foreign war in dealing with the Tehran regime. The participants, who represented various Iranian communities throughout the country, declared their support for the Third Option, introduced by Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of
the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
Iran to resume enrichment-related work in days
Reuters: Iran said on Monday it would resume uranium enrichment-related activities within days, a move the United States and the European Union have warned would see its nuclear case escalated to the U.N. Security Council. “We will
lift the first stage of our suspension, which is that of our UCF (Uranium Conversion Facility) project in Isfahan, in the next few days,” Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, told a university conference, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Iranian hardliners reject bill to ease abortion ban
AFP: Iran’s Guardians Council, a hardline body that screens all legislation, has rejected a highly contentious law that allowed abortions in limited cases, the student news agency ISNA reported on Monday. “It is against sharia (Islamic law) to abort children who would inflict a financial burden on the parents after birth due to mental or physical handicap,” ISNA said, quoting parliamentary sources.
Hyundai, Daewoo to Share $1 Billion Iran Tanker Order
Bloomberg: Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the world’s largest shipbuilders, won Iranian contracts worth almost $1 billion to build 10 oil tankers, an Iranian official said. National Iranian Oil Tanker Co. will award the contracts to South Korea-based shipbuilders Daewoo and Hyundai, and Hyundai unit Samho Heavy Industries Co., “within the next three weeks,” NITC …
