Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 26 Thousands of young people began a spontaneous anti-government demonstration after a football match on Saturday, clashing with agents of the
security forces, eye-witnesses reported. Clashes began at the end of match between Esteghlal and Persepolis teams in Tehrans Azadi Stadium.
Youths clash with security forces after football match
Iran develops key metal used in nuclear fuel
AP: Iranian scientists have developed technology to produce zirconium, a key metal used in the heart of a nuclear reactor to produce nuclear fuel, a top nuclear official said Monday.
“Iranian scientists have achieved the technology to design and produce zirconium, the world’s most sophisticated nuclear metal,” Mansour Habashizadeh told state-run radio.
1,152 murders and 1,600 suicides recorded in first half of Iranian year
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 25 The head of the coordination center of Irans security forces yesterday revealed that 1,152 murders have been recorded in the past six months.
Over 150 people arrested in the past 48 hours in the Iranian city of Shiraz
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 25 – At least 150 people have been arrested over the past two days in the southern city of Shiraz in the latest crackdown by agents of the State Security Forces (SSF), local residents reported. Eyewitnesses said that dozens of people, mostly youth, were arrested on the streets for their
un-Islamic attire.
EU nuke offer could help Iran get arms – think-tank
Reuters: The nuclear technology the European Union has offered Iran could help it make an atomic bomb, not prevent it,
a Washington-based think-tank warned.
The EU’s “Big Three” — France, Britain and Germany — have offered Iran reactor fuel and help developing light-water reactor (LWR) technology if Tehran stops uranium enrichment, a process which can be used to make nuclear arms.
Iran Must Not Develop Nuclear Weapons, Says Blair
PA News: The international community will not accept Iran developing nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Tony Blair
warned today. At his monthly Downing Street press conference, Mr Blair stressed that dialogue with Tehran over its suspected weapons development efforts was not over.
Mr Blair insisted that he was not aware of any American plans to take military action against Iran.
Iran warns EU not to cross red lines in nuke talks
Reuters: Iran’s top security official on Monday warned the European Union not to cross Tehran’s red lines in
negotiations over its nuclear programme.The EU’s “big three” powers, Britain, France and Germany, have offered Iran a deal whereby it would scrap activities related to producing nuclear fuel in return for help with civilian nuclear technology and a resumption of trade talks.
Iran Rejects Nuclear Plan as Imbalanced, Europe Is Told
New York Times: Iran on Sunday rejected a proposal by Britain, Germany and France to suspend its uranium enrichment program and urged those countries to offer a “more balanced” proposal. During a meeting on Thursday in Vienna, the three European countries asked Iran to give up its uranium enrichment program in return for a guarantee to help Iran build a light-water power reactor and to provide a supply of reactor fuel.
Iran will not halt uranium project
The Guardian: Iran refused yesterday to agree to suspend indefinitely its uranium enrichment activities although it would continue talks with Britain, France and Germany on a package of incentives. The foreign ministry said in a statement: “Indefinite suspension of nuclear enrichment activities is not acceptable … and it is not a subject of the talks.”
Iran’s Guard may be gaining clout
AP: They are the shock troops of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, the men who helped seize the U.S. embassy a generation ago
and bore the brunt of their country’s eight-year war with Iraq.
The vast and well-funded Revolutionary Guards are still the most potent force available to the regime.
