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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 26 – At least 25 people were killed on Tuesday when a bus veered off a bridge in central Iran. |
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 30 – At least people have died as a seven-storey building in north-west Tehran collapsed on Monday. |
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
Iran Focus: Villepinte, France, Jun. 28 – Tens of thousands of Iranians converged on a Paris exhibition centre on Saturday in support of the main Iranian opposition group, the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), demanding that the European Union lift its ban on the group. |
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: London, Jun. 28 - The European Union on Friday urged Iran to halt executions of juvenile offenders. |
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: London, Jun. 18 - Coalition forces captured three "suspected outlaws" during operations in the Iraqi city of Kut, the United States military announced on Wednesday. |
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 17 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has appointed a new envoy to Brazil, official media reported on Tuesday. |
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 16 – The new members of the Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Foreign Policy and National Security Committee were appointed on Monday. The following are members of the committee: |
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: London, Jun. 11 - Coalition forces captured a "suspected Iranian-trained Special Groups explosives expert" on Wednesday in Numaniyah, about 180 km southeast of Baghdad near al-Kut, the United States military announced. |
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 11 – Iranian authorities hanged eight men in the capital Tehran on Wednesday, state media reported. |
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Monday, 09 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 9 – Iranian authorities hanged a man in North Khorrasan Province, north-eastern Iran, state media reported on Monday. |
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Friday, 06 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: London, Jun. 06 - An Iranian-trained “Special Groups” leader surrendered to Coalition forces Friday during operations in al-Hayy, near the city of al-Kut about 190 miles southeast of Baghdad, the United States military announced. |
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 05 - Iran’s new Majlis Speaker has reiterated that the Tehran government continues to support Hamas in Palestine, state media reported on Thursday. |
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 05 - Iran plans to build a cross-country pipeline capable of transporting oil from the Caspian region to the Persian Gulf and world oil markets, state media reported. |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: London, Jun. 04 - The European Union on Wednesday expressed its "deep concern" at the impending execution of an alleged juvenile offender in Iran. |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 04 - Japan’s Prime Minister demanded on Tuesday that Iran heed United Nations Security Council calls for an end to uranium enrichment, state media reported. |
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Monday, 02 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 02 - The former commandant of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), wanted for his involvement in a spate of international terrorist attacks, is currently in Saudi Arabia, Iran Focus has learnt. |
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Sunday, 01 June 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 01 - Iran’s top envoy to the United Nations emphasised that Tehran’s desire to fulfil its nuclear ambitions has become even greater, state media reported on Saturday. |
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Friday, 30 May 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 30 - The new speaker of Iran’s Majlis, Ali Larijani, said on Friday that Europe has no right to demand Iran respect human rights, state media reported. |
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Friday, 30 May 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 30 - The flow of natural gas from Iran to Turkey was due to re-commence on Friday, state media reported. |
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Monday, 26 May 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 26 – At least 23 people were killed when a bus slammed into a truck on a stretch of road in western Iran, state media reported on Monday. |
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Monday, 26 May 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 26 – At least 30 people were killed after a fire struck a chemical plant in central Iran on Sunday, state media reported. |
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Monday, 26 May 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, May 26 - Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki travelled to Beirut on Sunday to attend the parliamentary session for the election of Lebanon's new president, state television reported. |
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Sunday, 25 May 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 25 - Iran has launched a new gas refinery in Khuzestan Province, south-west Iran. |
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Saturday, 24 May 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 24 – At least 21 people were killed when a bus slammed into a truck on a stretch of road in western Iran, state media reported on Saturday. |
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Friday, 23 May 2008 |
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Iran Focus: London, May 23 – Coalition troops in Rashadiyah, 15 km north of Baghdad, captured four suspected weapons smugglers on Friday, the United States military announced. |
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 20 - More than 400 tons of hoarded rice has been discovered in north-western Iran. |
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 20 - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered the state-owned Bank Refah to change its name. |
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Sunday, 18 May 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 18 - Iran’s ambassador to Moscow said Tehran has no reason to require a “security guarantee” which Russia had urged the world's major powers to consider offering to it as part of a package to lure Iran from pressing ahead with its controversial nuclear work, state media reported on Saturday. |
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Sunday, 18 May 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 18 - Iran’s ambassador to Muscat met with Oman’s Tourism Minister on Saturday to discuss future cooperation between the nations, state media reported. |
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 16 - An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted parts of northern Iran on Thursday. |
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