Rantburg (Free subscription) | 02/08/2010
[Al Arabiya Latest] Iran will tell the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Monday of its plans to enrich uranium to 20 percent, atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi told state television on Sunday, adding that the process will begin on Tuesday. "We will inform the IAEA in a letter tomorrow (Monday) of our intention to enrich uranium to 20 percent," Salehi told the Arabic-language Al-Alam television, referring...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/27/2010
Tehran - A convicted murdered was hanged in public on Wednesday in central Iran, official news agency IRNA reported. The man had killed the deputy prosecutor of Isfahan city last year, and was hanged at the site of the murder, it said. ...
Rantburg (Free subscription) | 01/27/2010
ISLAMABAD – US covert organisation Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) notorious reputation to eliminate its ‘enemies' is known well to the world and its intensive efforts, which have been underway since long, to form a vicious alliance with Israel and India have finally begun to show. For the last couple of years, the United States has been immensely pressurising Iran to curtail its nuclear...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/09/2010
Tehran - Six convicted drug traffickers and rapists were hanged in central Iran on Saturday. State media reported that the six, from whom a large quantity of drugs and weapons were confiscated, were executed in a prison in the city of Isfahan, after ...
Misblog (Free subscription) | 12/30/2009
Recent reports have suggested Iran is seeking to import 1,350 tons of yellowcake 1 , the raw uranium ore which is turned into uranium hexafluoride (UF 6 ) at Iran's Isfahan facility . The radioactive and caustic UF 6 gas is then sent to Iran's Natanz facility for processing through a series of numerous centrifuge cascades. A "cascade" is composed of numerous individual centrifuges connected...
IOL (Free subscription) | 12/30/2009
Three convicted drug traffickers have been executed at a prison in the central city of Isfahan.
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 12/29/2009
Iran's regime has struck back at the resurgent opposition, arresting more than 1500 people and confiscating the corpse of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's nephew after violent protests rocked cities across the Islamic republic. The government moved to shore up its position a day after its security forces killed at least 15 protesters and wounded scores more in the worst clashes since the disputed...
Rantburg (Free subscription) | 12/29/2009
Iranian state television reported that more than 15 people were killed in protests, 10 of whom were members of "anti-revolutionary terrorist" groups. The other five who died during Sunday's fierce clashes in the Iranian capital were killed by "terrorist groups," the report said, without elaborating. "In a suspicious act, five people were killed by terrorist groups and the ministry...
Shadow of the Hegemon (Free subscription) | 12/28/2009
There has been more violence in Iran. Protesters and opposition members have been gathering on the streets for Ashura. Some of them were killed for it . (c/o Sully.) One of the people killed was Ali Mousavi, nephew of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, (quite probably) elected president of Iran. And it looks like killing them was a big mistake : Mr. Moussavi’s 43-year-old nephew Ali Moussavi was among 10 people...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 12/24/2009
U.S. Senate Approves Broad Healthcare Overhaul -- Yahoo News/Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate approved President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul on Thursday, backing sweeping changes in the medical insurance market and new coverage for tens of millions of uninsured Americans. On a party-line 60-39 vote, Senate Democrats supported the most dramatic shifts in health policy in four...
France24 (Free subscription) | 12/24/2009
Iran has banned most memorial services for dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri after his funeral turned into an opposition rally, a reformist website reported on Thursday. Parlemannews.ir, the website of the reformist minority faction in parliament, said it had learned of a ban after security officials prevented a mosque ceremony for Montazeri in the town of Kashan in Isfahan province...
Sify (Free subscription) | 12/24/2009
Iranian security forces violently suppressed opposition supporters in the city of Isfahan yesterday as tensions increased before nationwide demonstrations planned for this weekend.
Riehl World View (Free subscription) | 12/24/2009
Animals: DUBAI -- Iranian security forces clashed with mourners in the city of Isfahan on Wednesday, according to opposition Web sites, signaling a possible hardening by Tehran in its response to protests following the death of a dissident cleric. Security...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 12/23/2009
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 12/23/2009
The police fired tear gas to disperse mourners at a memorial service in Isfahan.
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