Iran Focus: Paris, Sep. 1 – Iran has announced that it will convert tons of raw uranium, yellow cake into Uranium hexafluoride, used to produce enriched uranium, according to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Uranium hexafluoride is spun in centrifuges to produce enriched uranium. Highly enriched uranium is used for making nuclear weapons.
Iran planning production of highly enriched uranium
Man hanged in public in Arak
Iran Focus: Tehran – A man was hanged in public in the city of Arak, (central Iran) on Sunday, August 29.
As the unnamed man was being taken to the gallows, the crowd on the scene called for his life to be spared. Officials, however, went ahead with the hanging.
Bam tremor toll revised upward to 31,000
Iran Focus: Paris – Iran on Wednesday revised upwards to 31,000 from an earlier estimate of 26,000 the number of people killed in a devastating tremor in the southern Iranian city of Bam last December.
“Based on the latest statistics, 30,948 were killed in the catastrophic disaster in Bam,” Kerman Governor General Mohammad Ali Karimi was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying.
EU anxious about Irans nuclear non-compliance
Iran Focus: Brussels, Sep. 3 – As he arrived in the Netherlands to attend a meeting of the EU three today, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the EU was concerned over Iran ignoring its nuclear obligations. We have all been perplexed and saddened that the Iranian government has not completed all the tasks it said it would, Straw noted.
Four forced to watch their fathers hanging
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 3 – A man by the name of Mohammad N. was hanged in public in the city of Arak, (central Iran) on Sunday, August 29.
Mohammads four young children were brought to the scene to watch the execution of their father.
Friday Prayers Leader: Iran will obtain nuclear capabilities
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 4 In his Friday prayer sermon in Tehran yesterday, Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said Iran would vigorously continue its pursuit for nuclear capabilities. He insisted that Tehran would never abandon its quest regardless of what the international community might think.
Iran: National Security Official to visit EU to discuss latest breaches
Iran Focus: Iran will be sending its chief national security official, Hassan Rowhani to The Hague on Monday. The Netherlands is the current holder of the rotating EU Presidency.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters in Tehran today: At present we are conducting very sensitive discussions with the Europeans. He added that Rowhani will conduct a series of talks with Dutch officials.
Friday Prayers Leader: Iran will obtain nuclear capabilities
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 4 In his Friday prayer sermon in Tehran yesterday, Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said Iran would vigorously continue its pursuit for nuclear capabilities. He insisted that Tehran would never abandon its quest regardless of what the international community might think.
Mashhad Court Sentences Two Sisters to Lashes and Fines for Improper Dress
Radio Farda: Sep. 3 – A court in Mashhad on Thursday sentenced two young sisters to lashes, suspended jail terms and fine for not adhering to proper Islamic dress code. Vice squads had arrested the two as a part of a nationwide enforcement campaign.
Iran: National Security Official to visit EU to discuss latest breaches
Iran Focus: Iran will be sending its chief national security official, Hassan Rowhani to The Hague on Monday. The Netherlands is the current holder of the rotating EU Presidency.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters in Tehran today: At present we are conducting very sensitive discussions with the Europeans. He added that Rowhani will conduct a series of talks with Dutch officials.
