Iran

Iran has renewed work on developing nuclear weapons, say Western security sources

iran, iaeaLondon, Sept. 12 : Fresh evidence has emerged that suggests Iran has renewed work on developing nuclear weapons.

The Telegraph quoted Western security sources as saying that American spy satellites have identified a number of suspicious sites, which the Iranians have not declared to nuclear inspectors.

Intelligence officials believe these are being used for covert research. They report having discovered enough enriched uranium, which if processed to weapons grade level, could be used to make at least six atom bombs.

Iranian foreign minister in Moscow for talks

Tehran, IranMoscow - Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Friday for talks, news agencies reported.

"We regularly talk and review our relations at the highest level," Lavrov said at a joint press conference in Moscow. "I mean our trade relations, questions concerning the completion of the nuclear power plant at Bushehr, and other issues."

Russia this year sent the first shipments of nuclear fuel to the plant it is building for Iran in Bushehr.

Ahmadinejad: Iran will support Hamas until collapse of Israel

Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Friday to keep supporting the Palestinian militant group Hamas until the collapse of Israel.

The news network Khabar quoted Ahmadinejad as saying in a phone conversation with Hamas leader and deposed Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya that Iran considered supporting the Palestinians its religious and national duty and would stay beside the Palestinian nation "until the big victory feast which is collapse of the Zionist

regime."

The Iranian president said that the continued Hamas resistance against Israel and the group's achievements would always be "a source of pride for all Muslims."

Union Cabinet approves extradition treaty with Iran

Union Cabinet approves extradition treaty with IranNew Delhi, Sept 11 : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the signing and ratification of the Extradition Treaty between India and Iran.

The treaty would provide a legal framework for seeking extradition of terrorists, economic offenders, and other criminals from and to Iran.

Moreover, the Cabinet also gave its approval for signing of the ‘Agreement between India and Iran on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters’.

Iran leads five countries in executing children, rights group says

Human Rights WatchNew York  - Human Rights Watch charged Wednesday that Iran had executed 26 of the 32 children put to death by states since January 2005, followed by smaller numbers executed by Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan and Yemen.

The executions, meted out as punishment for crimes, violated international treaties prohibiting the execution of juvenile offenders, the human rights group said.

The other executions were carried out by Saudi Arabia, which executed two youths under 18, Sudan with two and one execution each in Pakistan and Yemen.

Strong quake shakes southern Iran

IranTehran- A strong earthquake on Wednesday jolted the southern Iranian province

Pages