A parliamentary committee will look into the death of an Iranian blogger in police custody, an Iranian lawmaker said on Sunday, following international condemnation of the incident.Sattar Beheshti, 35, was arrested in his home on October 30, rights groups said, after receiving death threats due to his anti-government blog. He died in custody, possibly as a result of torture, Amnesty International said in a statement last week.
Iran brushes aside new US sanctions
Iran on Saturday brushed aside newly-imposed US sanctions over media censorship, which it said was essential to preserve "moral values" in the Islamic republic.Dismissing them as "unimportant", Islamic Culture and Guidance Minister Mohammad Hosseini said the sanctions "against the ministry and the press watchdog are the gift of the new American administration."
Steel sanctions cut deep into Iran's economy
Iranian manufacturers and builders face serious shortages of steel and othermetalsas a new European Union export ban adds to troubles for an economy already reeling from sanctions on its finances and oil exports.
Report: Bushehr nuclear plant enters final testing phase
Iran's Bushehrnuclearpower plant has reportedly entered its final testing phase ahead of its planned 2013 launch date, the Tehran Times reported Saturday.Fereydoun Abbasi, director of Iran'sAtomic EnergyOrganization, announced that Tehran's experts are "making the necessary preparations for the handover of the power plant by theRussiancontractor to Iranian experts.
Report: Israel forced to change Iran strike tactics
Israeli leaders have concluded that conventional air strikes would be insufficient in curbing Irans nuclear program, leaving only a deployment of either tactical nuclear weapons or ground forces,according to a report in the British Sunday Times.
IAEA says Iran clean-up of Parchin site 'ongoing'
Possible clean-up activities at an Iranian military base where the UN atomic agency wants to probe evidence of suspected nuclear weapons research are "ongoing," the watchdog's head said on Sunday.International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano nevertheless expressed guarded optimism on a visit to Baghdad about talks with Iran next month, ahead of the expected release on Friday of the IAEA's latest report on the Islamic republic's controversial nuclear activities.
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