Iran News – Iran: Student Activist on Trial (Payvand Iran News)
Iran: Student Activist on Trial (Payvand Iran News)
Mohammad Pour Abdollah, a male student arrested in February in Iran’s capital, Tehran, is now on trial, apparently on charges related to national security for his activities in an Iranian student organization. He is still detained in Qezel Hesar Prison near Tehran and is likely to be a prisoner of conscience. Two other members of the same organization arrested in March have been released.
Turkish PM: Iran is Our Friend (Israel National News)
Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed his country’s increasingly close ties with Iran on Monday in an interview with British newspaper The Guardian . Of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Erdogan said, “There is no doubt he is our friend.”
Iranian officials divided on transfer of uranium (Washington Post)
TEHRAN — High-ranking Iranian officials appear divided over a draft proposal with the United States and other countries that would transfer the bulk of the Islamic republic’s enriched uranium stockpile out of the country.
Iran signals willingness to partly sign on to UN uranium-shipping plan – Arizona Daily Star
TEHRAN — Iran’s foreign minister said Monday that Tehran may agree to ship part of its stockpile of low enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment, the first official indication that Iran could at least partly sign onto a U.N.-drafted plan …
Pakistan Arrests 11 Iran Guards at Border – CBS News
Pakistani police arrested 11 Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers Monday for illegally entering the country, amid tensions over a recent suicide attack that Tehran alleges was carried out by militants backed by Pakistani intelligence officials. The …
UN inspectors finish inspecting Iran’s 2nd nuclear plant: official – Balita News
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 — A top Iranian lawmaker said Monday that the team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have finished their inspection of Iran’s newly- disclosed uranium enrichment plant, local ISNA news agency reported …
Iran’s Khamenei charges foreign agents of plotting attacks in Iran, Iraq, Pakistan (People’s Daily)
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday that terrorist attacks in Muslim countries like Iran, Iraq and Pakistan were carried out by foreign agents, the Press TV reported. “Perpetrators of terrorist and bloody moves are directly or indirectly linked to foreign agents,” Khamenei was quoted as saying. “Bloody acts in some Muslim countries such as Iraq and Pakistan and certain parts …
Pakistan releases 11 Iranian officers (USA Today)
Pakistan on Tuesday released 11 Iranians detained near the countries’ border amid tensions over a deadly suicide attack in Iran that Tehran alleges has links to Pakistani intelligence officials, police said.
Both Iran and West Fear a Trap on Deal (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
WASHINGTON — Just before international inspectors on Sunday were guided for the first time into an Iranian nuclear enrichment plant whose existence was a state secret until recently, the speaker of Iran’s Parliament warned his countrymen to beware of American efforts to “cheat” Iran out of the nuclear fuel that has become the country’s currency in reasserting its power.
Iran expects Russia to honor Bushehr commitments on time (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Tehran expects Moscow to launch Iran’s first nuclear power plant as scheduled, the Iranian foreign minister said on Monday.
Attacks at media expo underscore political tensions in Iran (Washington Post)
TEHRAN — An annual news media exhibition was disrupted by confrontations between government opponents and supporters over the weekend, illustrating the persistent political unrest that has roiled Iran since a disputed presidential election in June.
Iran says two nuclear fuel options still on table (AFP via Yahoo!7 News)
TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran said on Monday it could ship out some of its low-enriched uranium to be upgraded abroad or buy the fuel directly, as a UN team ended its inspection of a newly revealed atomic plant.
Pakistan arrests 11 Iranian guards close to border (AP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistani police arrested 11 Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers Monday for illegally entering the country, amid tensions over a recent suicide attack that Tehran alleges was carried out by militants backed by Pakistani intelligence officials.
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