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- Iran frees three more British embassy staff
Tehran, July 3 (IANS) Iran has freed three more staff members of the British embassy who were detained on charges of stoking the post-election unrest, a media report said Friday. All the eight staff members of the British embassy in Tehran who were
- British embassy staff to be released, says Iranian ambassador
Tehran - Iran's ambassador to Germany has voiced hope that the two detained Iranian staffers of the British embassy in Tehran would soon be released, official news agency IRNA reported Saturday. IRNA quoted Ali-Reza Sheikh-Attar as saying that, after the
- Iranian hardliner calls opposition leader US agent
TEHRAN, Iran -- A top aide of Iran's supreme leader has called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation. Prominent hardliner Hossein Shariatmadari cited 'undeniable documents' linking
- Egypt Maintains CW Infrastructure
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Egypt, amid the nuclear threat from Iran, has maintained its chemical weapons infrastructure, a report said. The Washington Institute said Egypt has maintained its CW capabilities amid Iran's nuclear weapons campaign. In a report
- U.S. Professor Jailed For Relaying Info To Iran
Middle East Newsline WASHINGTON [MENL] -- An American professor has been sent to four years in prison for relaying data on an unmanned aerial vehicle project to Iran. J. Reece Roth, a retired professor at the University of Tennessee, was convicted of
- EU summons Iran envoys over move to try UK mission staff
BRUSSELS ? European Union countries summoned Iranian ambassadors on Friday to protest against the detention of Iranian staff of the British embassy in Tehran, but held off for now on tougher steps including visa bans. EU foreign ministers last week
- British aides face trial, says Iranian cleric
BEIRUT - A senior Iranian cleric said yesterday that employees of the British Embassy in Tehran who have been arrested in recent days would be put on trial for unspecified charges of acting against Irans national security, a move denounced by members of
- Africa refuses to act on Sudan war crimes warrant (AFP)
9:37 pm Junta stalls on Ban request to see Suu Kyi July 3, 2009, 10:04 pm EU summons Iranian envoys over detentions July 3, 2009, 10:32 pm Sudan rebels, opposition form alliance July 3, 2009, 10:40 pm Iranian cleric says UK embassy staff may face trial
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Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling shah was forced into exile. Conservative clerical forces subsequently crushed westernizing liberal elements. Militant Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979 and held it until 20 January 1981. During 1980-88, Iran fought a bloody, indecisive war with Iraq over disputed territory. The key current issue is how rapidly the country should open up to the modernizing influences of the outside world.
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AP - A top aide of Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation in an editorial Saturday.
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