Iran banknote move due to political slogans, says website (The Malaysian Insider)
TEHRAN, Dec 24 — Iran will from next month ban banknotes which have been scribbled upon, Iranian media reported today, a move one conservative website said was in response to the appearance of political slogans on some of them. Expressions in support of moderate opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, such as “Oh Hossein, Mirhossein”, have occasionally been cropping up on the Islamic Republic’s …
Power Struggle in Iran Clouds View of Nuclear Intentions – New York Times
CAIRO — Until Iran ’s current political crisis, Iranian experts largely agreed that the Islamic republic wanted to develop the capacity to build nuclear weapons , without actually producing them. A satellite image in September showed construction …
Protests in Iran spread beyond original base (Pioneer Press)
TEHRAN, Iran — Large-scale protests spread across central Iranian cities Wednesday, offering the starkest evidence yet that the opposition movement that emerged from the disputed June presidential election has expanded beyond its base of mostly young, educated Tehran residents to at least some segments of the country’s pious heartland.
Police, protesters clash in Iran (New Haven Register)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Security forces and hard-line militiamen assaulted opposition protesters, beating men and women and firing tear gas, as thousands gathered in a central Iranian city for a memorial commemorating the country’s most senior dissident cleric, who died this week.
Iran protests spread in heartland (Los Angeles Times)
Demonstrations in Esfahan and Najafabad are evidence that the opposition movement has spread beyond Tehran to include a broad cross-section of people in central Iran. Large-scale protests spread in central Iranian cities Wednesday, offering the starkest evidence yet that the opposition movement that emerged from the disputed June presidential election has expanded beyond its base of mostly young …
Iranian security suppresses new opposition protests in Isfahan (New Kerala)
Tehran (Iran), Dec. 24 : Iranian security forces violently suppressed opposition supporters in the city of Isfahan yesterday as tensions increased before nationwide demonstrations planned for this weekend.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad mocks Obama – Reuters UK
Ahmadinejad said Iran had made the proposal, and according to the regulations the offer of fuel was unconditional. “But they are insisting that to have conditions for giving us the fuel — political conditions I mean — while the exchange of fuel is …
Iran jails leading reformer for six years -report (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – A reformist former government spokesman who was detained after Iran’s disputed election in June has been sentenced to six years in jail, an Iranian news agency reported on Thursday.
Iran foreign assets fell $10 bln in year to Aug-report (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
TEHRAN, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign assets stood at nearly $78 billion by the end of August, down by about $10 billion from a year earlier, according to central bank figures published by an Iranian newspaper on Thursday.
Iran’s recent radicalism altering West’s approach (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
CAIRO — Until Iran’s current political crisis, Iranian experts largely agreed that the Islamic republic wanted to develop the capacity to build nuclear weapons, without actually producing them.
Iran protests get stronger – Thu, 24 Dec 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
TEHRAN, Iran – Large-scale protests spread across central Iranian cities Wednesday, offering the starkest evidence yet that the opposition movement that emerged from the disputed June presidential election has expanded beyond its base of mostly young, educated Tehran residents to at least some segments of the country’s pious heartland. Demonstrations on Wednesday took place in cities including …
Iran’s Ahmadinejad mocks Obama, TV series nuke talks (Bernama)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad answers questions during a meeting in Copenhagen December 18, 2009. Ahmadinejad on Wednesday mocked U.S. President Barack Obama’s “extended hand” offer made earlier this year and said his country’s cooperation on its nuclear programme had been spurned.
Iran To Unveil New Generation Of National Satellite (Bernama)
TEHRAN, Dec 24 (Bernama) — Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced recently that Iran will unveil a new generation of the “national satellite” called Tolou (dawn) in early February, Iranian news agency Mehr News (MNA) reported.
