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- Libya to halt fuel supply over Gaddafi (AAP)
1:44 am Ahmadinejad vows no Iran concessions in nuclear crisis July 24, 2008, 12:46 am Libya protesters target Swiss banks over arrest July 24, 2008, 4:24 am No concessions in Iran nuclear crisis July 24, 2008, 6:52 am OPEC member Libya has said it will
- China remains 'world's top executioner' (AAP)
Executions jumped by a third in Iran and quadrupled in Saudi Arabia last year, causing the total number of executions around the world to rise yet again in 2007, but China remains the world's top executioner, a human rights group has reported. The
- Egypt shuts down office of Iranian TV station
CAIRO, Egypt -- Egyptian authorities have shut down the Cairo office of an Iranian TV network, a security official said Thursday, as the two nations spar over a film that justifies the killing of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat by Islamic
- Iran, Poland to establish joint commercial committee
TEHRAN, July 23 (MNA) -- The chairmen of the Iranian and Polish chambers of commerce signed an MOU for the establishment of a joint commercial and economic committee in Warsaw on Tuesday. The deal was inked at the Economic Conference of Iranian and
- Egypt shuts down office of Iranian TV station
(AP)
AP - Egyptian authorities have shut down the Cairo office of an Iranian TV network, a security official said Thursday, as the two nations spar over a film that justifies the killing of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat by Islamic militants.
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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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Iran signaled Thursday that it will no longer cooperate with U.N. experts probing for signs of clandestine nuclear weapons work, confirming the investigation is at a dead end.
AP - Iran signaled Thursday that it will no longer cooperate with U.N. experts probing for signs of clandestine nuclear weapons work, confirming the investigation is at a dead end a year after it began.
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