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Iran kicks off production of locally built sub
Monday, 25 August 2008
ImageAP: Iranian state TV says the country has launched production of a domestically built submarine capable of firing missiles and torpedoes.
 
Iran plans new nuclear facility
Monday, 25 August 2008
ImageNew York Sun: On the heels of a breakdown in talks intended by the West to defuse the Iranian nuclear crisis, Iran is planning to build a new nuclear power facility.
 
Passenger jet bound for Iran crashes in Kyrgyzstan
Monday, 25 August 2008
ImageAP: A passenger jet carrying 90 people, including a Kyrgyz high school sports team, crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday near the Kyrgyz capital, killing 65, government officials said.
 
Chief cleric of Iran defends president
Monday, 25 August 2008
ImageNew York Times: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme religious leader, responded to mounting domestic criticism of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with a strong statement of support, praising his internal policies and his dogged defense of the country’s nuclear program, Iranian news media reported Sunday.
 
Iran: 2nd nuclear power plant in design stage
Monday, 25 August 2008

ImageAP: Iran's official news agency says the country has begun designing its second light-water nuclear power plant, a 360-megawatt facility in the southwest.

 
Iran's supreme leader defends Ahmadinejad
Sunday, 24 August 2008
ImageAP: Iran's supreme leader was quoted Sunday as praising President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for "standing up to" the West in a dispute over the country's nuclear program, amid growing domestic criticism of the president's management.
 
Iran will hit back if Israel attacks: Hezbollah
Sunday, 24 August 2008
ImageReuters: Israel will be targeted by thousands of rockets if it attacks Iran, a senior official in the Tehran-backed group Hezbollah said on Sunday.
 
Iran leader warns Ahmadinejad on inflation
Sunday, 24 August 2008
ImageAFP: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against economic policies which would further fuel inflation, a press report said on Sunday.
 
Georgia crisis may ease pressure on Iran
Sunday, 24 August 2008
ImageReuters: The conflict between Russia and Georgia may indirectly benefit Iran by making it more difficult for the West to reach consensus with Moscow on new U.N. sanctions, Iranian newspapers said on Sunday.
 
Khamenei praises Iran's resistance in nuclear row
Sunday, 24 August 2008
ImageAFP: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday praised the country's government for resisting international pressure on the Islamic republic to halt its controversial nuclear programme.
 
Iran plans to launch telecoms satellite: president
Sunday, 24 August 2008
ImageReuters: Iran plans to launch a telecommunications satellite, the president said on Saturday, using missile technology the West fears is being developed to fire nuclear warheads.
 
Iran's Ahmadinejad in new verbal attack on Israel
Sunday, 24 August 2008
ImageAFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad renewed his verbal attacks on arch-foe Israel on Saturday, accusing it of dragging the world into turmoil and predicting its demise.
 
Bush consults with Iraqi on troop withdrawal
Saturday, 23 August 2008
ImageAP: President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki spoke Friday by secure video as work on a plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by 2011 continued.
 
In reversal, Bush to accept Iraq withdrawal timetable
Saturday, 23 August 2008
ImageAFP: From "surrender date" to "aspirational time horizon," US President George W. Bush seemed poised Friday to seal a reversal in Iraq policy by accepting a target withdrawal date.
 
Aide: Iraq's al-Sadr may stay in Iran for years
Friday, 22 August 2008
ImageAP: Militant Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr plans to make a series of short visits to Iraq starting within weeks but has decided to make Iran his home base for years to come, a key aide says.
 
US sanctions not hampering business: Iran bank chief
Friday, 22 August 2008
ImageAFP: American sanctions on Iran's financial sector have not hampered business for Bank Mellat, one of Iran's major state-owned banks, its managing director said in an interview published Friday.
 
Iran oil official to head to energy-hungry China
Thursday, 21 August 2008
ImageReuters: The head of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) travels to energy-hungry China next week to broaden cooperation, the Oil Ministry said on Thursday, a move that reflects Iran's increasing efforts to draw Asian investors.
 
Iran central bank issues own high denomination notes
Thursday, 21 August 2008
ImageAFP: Iran's central bank has begun issuing its own high-denomination paper notes to replace the promissory notes issued by private banks which will now be banned, state media said on Thursday.
 
Gulf Arab official compares Iran to Israel -paper
Thursday, 21 August 2008
ImageReuters: Gulf Arab countries have denounced Iran's installation of offices on a disputed island in the strategic Gulf waterway and compared its presence there to Israel's occupation of Arab land.
 
Iranian execution revives debate over minors
Thursday, 21 August 2008
ImageNew York Times: Iran has executed a 20-year-old man who was sentenced to death for a murder he committed when he was 15, reviving an international debate over its punishment of minors.
 
London's terror bank
Thursday, 21 August 2008
ImageWall Street Journal - REVIEW & OUTLOOK: In the war on terror, the U.S. has had no greater friend than the United Kingdom. And as the U.S. economy continues to suffer under the burdens of Sarbanes-Oxley, our British friends have demonstrated a more sensible approach to financial regulation.
 
Iran truck with Afghan migrants crashes killing 30
Thursday, 21 August 2008
ImageReuters: A truck packed full of illegal Afghan migrants crashed in Iran on Thursday, killing 30 people, Iran's Fars News Agency reported.
 
Iran plans manned space mission in 10 years
Thursday, 21 August 2008
ImageReuters: Iran plans to send a manned rocket into space in the next 10 years, state television reported on Thursday, just days after the Islamic Republic announced it had put a dummy satellite into orbit.
 
Iran condemned for youth hanging
Wednesday, 20 August 2008

ImageBBC: Amnesty International has condemned the hanging in Iran of Reza Hejazi, who was executed for a crime he committed when he was under 18 years old.

 
Iran bans movie star from leaving for Hollywood
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
ImageAFP: Iran has banned an award-winning young actress from leaving the country over her appearance in a star-studded Hollywood production, the state news agency IRNA said on Wednesday.
 
Iran reluctant U.S. wheat buyer amid nuclear tension
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
ImageReuters: Iran has emerged as one of the top buyers of wheat from the United States this marketing year, but political tensions between the two countries make it unlikely that Tehran will be a regular buyer from the world's top wheat exporter.
 
Sources: Iran tried but failed to launch satellite
Wednesday, 20 August 2008

ImageMSNBC: Last weekend's launch of an Iranian rocket sparked days of debate over what its intended mission was — and although officials in Tehran are characterizing it as merely a test of the launch vehicle, U.S. military intelligence officials now see it as a failed attempt to put a satellite in orbit.

 
Iranian missile with dummy satellite failed: US defense official
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
ImageAFP: An Iranian missile test aimed at putting a dummy satellite into orbit failed, a US defense official said Tuesday.
 
Iran satellite launch a failure, U.S. officials say
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
ImageReuters: Iran's attempted satellite launch was a failure that fell far short of claimed successes, U.S. security officials said on Tuesday, but an analyst said the test still marked progress toward a potential weapon.
 
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In Focus
Iran's nuclear standoff
  • Reuters: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Monday the world must increase pressure on Iran to rein in its nuclear program and avoid a situation where Israel feels cornered.

  • AP: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged Monday that he would step up diplomatic pressure to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons before Israel feels that "its back is against the wall" and might take military action.

  • New York Sun: On the heels of a breakdown in talks intended by the West to defuse the Iranian nuclear crisis, Iran is planning to build a new nuclear power facility.

  • AP: Iran's official news agency says the country has begun designing its second light-water nuclear power plant, a 360-megawatt facility in the southwest.

  • AFP: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday praised the country's government for resisting international pressure on the Islamic republic to halt its controversial nuclear programme.

  • Reuters: Iran described talks with a top U.N. inspector over its nuclear program -- which the West fears is a cover to build atomic bombs -- as "positive", the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.

  • AFP: Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation on Tuesday tasked six local companies to hunt for potential sites for new nuclear power plants, the official news agency IRNA reported.

  • Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 19 – A senior official from the United Nations nuclear watchdog is holding talks with Iranian officials in Tehran.

  • AP: Iran should not give Western nations the justification to "drag the region down a dangerous slope" by its lack of transparency and flexibility in the conflict over its nuclear program, Egypt's presidential spokesman said Saturday.

  • Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 14 - Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki held telephone conversations on Wednesday with his Chinese, German, and Russian counterparts.

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