Zitat:Nach Verurteilung wegen Anschlägen

Fünf Kurden im Iran hingerichtet

Die iranische Justiz hat fünf Mitglieder einer kurdischen Organisation hingerichtet. Die vier Männer und eine Frau seien am frühen Morgen im Gefängnis Evin nördlich von Teheran gehängt worden, meldete die amtliche Nachrichtenagentur IRNA. [...]

Farsad Kamangar, Ali Heidarian, Farhad Wakili, Mahdi Islamian und Schirin Elmholi wurden 2008 zum Tode verurteilt. Ein Berufungsgericht habe die Urteile im März bestätigt, berichtete IRNA unter Berufung auf die Staatsanwaltschaft. Das ihnen zur Last gelegte Delikt lautete "Moharebeh", ein Begriff, der Verbrechen gegen den Staat und gegen den Islam bezeichnet.

Zitat:12.05.2010, 18:35
Rohstoffe
Iran wird sein Öl nicht los
Sanktionen der Vereinten Nationen, schlechte Qualität und hohe Preise: Iran findet für sein Öl keine Käufer. Den Überschuss bunkert das Land auf Schiffen. Die schwimmenden Depots setzen ein Fragezeichen hinter dem hohen Ölpreis.
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Zitat:Iran hangs Sunni militant leader Abdolmalek Rigi

The leader of a Sunni militant group has been executed in Iran for his involvement in "terrorist" attacks in the Islamic state, state media report.

Abdolmalek Rigi, head of Jundullah, was hanged at dawn at Tehran's Evin prison in the presence of the families of its victims, the Irna news agency said. Mr Rigi was accused of being behind a series of deadly bombings and raids in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan. He was arrested in February while on a flight from Dubai to Kyrgyzstan.

Zitat:Iran findet größere Erdgas-Reserven

Teheran (Reuters) - Im Iran sind neue Erdgasvorkommen entdeckt worden.

In dem im Nordwesten des Landes gelegenen Toos-Feld seien Reserven im Volumen von 62 Milliarden Kubikmeter gefunden worden, zitierte die Zeitung "Kaihan" am Sonntag den Generaldirektor der Nationalen Iranischen Ölgesellschaft, Ahmed Kalebani. Zur Erschließung seien sechs neue Bohrlöcher nötig.

Zitat:Iran plans 2 bln euros bonds to develop petrochemicals
Mon Jun 21, 2010 12:09pm GMT

TEHRAN June 21 (Reuters) - Iran will issue bonds worth 2 billion euros ($2.48 billion) to help finance development of its petrochemical industry, the Oil Ministry website SHANA reported on Monday.

"In order to finance the development of Iran's petrochemical units ... Iran will issue 2 billion euro bonds in cooperation with the Melli Bank,"
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Zitat:'Iran to become gasoline exporter'
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:32:20 GMT
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"Despite sanctions, Iran will be self-sufficient in gasoline production within two years and after that we can begin exporting gasoline," Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Ali-Reza Zeighami said on Thursday.

He said that Iran imports 18 to 20 million liters of gasoline per day, while it produces 43 million liters.

Zeighami noted that Iran is implementing five projects at its refineries to increase gasoline production.

"After completion of these projects, Iran's gasoline production will hit 130 million liters per day," Fars news agency quoted the deputy minister as saying.
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Zitat:Kahrizak offenders receive death sentences

TEHRAN, June 30 (MNA) — The Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces has sentenced two of the accused in the case of the notorious Kahrizak detention center to death.
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The Kahrizak detention center came into the spotlight after it was revealed that three inmates were beaten to death there. Mohsen Rouholamini, Mohammad Kamrani, and Amir Javadifar were the three men who died at Kahrizak.
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Zitat:Oil deposit holding 100m barrels discovered in Qom

TEHRAN, June 30 (MNA) – The managing director of Iran Central Regions Oil Company said that a 100-million barrel oil reserve has been discovered in Alborz oilfield in Qom.
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Zitat:13.07.2010, 17:00
IEA-Monatsbericht
Sanktionen verschärfen Benzinengpass in Iran
USA und Europa gehen mit Strafen gegen Unternehmen vor, die Iran mit Ölprodukten beliefern. Das zeigt Wirkung: Dem Land mit den Atomambitionen drohen hohe Preise und ein Benzinengpass. Teheran steuert gegen.
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Zitat:Blasts leave 20 dead in southeast Iran
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:51:02 GMT

More than 20 people have been killed and over 100 others have been wounded after two explosions hit the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchestan Province.

"Two explosions in the front of Zahedan's Grand Mosque have left more than 20 martyrs and over 100 injured," Fariborz Rashedi, the head of Sistan-Baluchestan's emergency unit told IRNA.

The first explosion occurred at 9:20 p.m. local time (1650 GMT) in front of the city's Grand Mosque, and was followed by a second blast within minutes, IRNA said.
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Zitat:Vor EU-Sanktionen
Teherans Kurs bringt iranische Wirtschaft in Gefahr

Die europäischen Außenminister wollen am Montag die bislang schärfsten EU-Sanktionen gegen den Iran verhängen: Details sind noch geheim. Fest steht nur: Der Iran soll zum Einlenken im Atomstreit gezwungen werden. Doch Teheran verschärft den Ton - und schadet so seiner Wirtschaft.
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Stand: 25.07.2010 02:56 Uhr

Zitat:South Asia
Jul 31, 2010
A Persian message for Obama
By M K Bhadrakumar

The season of diplomacy on the Iran nuclear issue is once again approaching. Another harsh winter has passed. Rhetoric has touched a point of diminishing returns.
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Meanwhile, Tehran has offered a ladder for the US to climb down from the high horse it mounted - in the nature of the announcement that it is willing to talk about a nuclear-fuel swap "without preconditions". Washington has done the right thing to accept the Iranian overture and European powers are visibly relieved.
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It transpires that there had been confabulation regarding a "prospective meeting" involving the US and Iran between Catherine Ashton, the European Union's high representative, and Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran's foreign minister, on July 20, on the sidelines of the international conference regarding Afghanistan.

Six days after that meeting in Kabul, Tehran addressed the International Atomic Energy Agency with a communication suggesting it was ready to negotiate the details of exchanging 2,646 pounds (1,200 kilograms) of its own 3% enriched uranium for 265 pounds of 20% enriched uranium. Again, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued three conciliatory statements between Tuesday and Wednesday robustly backtracking on its abrasive stance in recent months regarding the Iran nuclear issue.

Most important, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has since revealed that Tehran has given Ankara an assurance that it will stop enriching uranium to 20% if the swap is agreed.
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Needless to say, after a promising start, the Obama administration systematically abandoned its own new thinking on Iran. Under current circumstances, therefore, the US needs to go the extra mile to persuade Iran to cooperate once again with the United States in Afghanistan. There is no alternative to addressing Tehran's longstanding concerns about the Taliban, the regional balance of power, and US intentions towards Iran.
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The US's credibility has been seriously eroded and it becomes particularly difficult to restore it in the Hindu Kush. Objectively speaking, a US-Iranian grand bargain is the need of the hour to avoid what is perilously close to strategic failure in Afghanistan.

Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar was a career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service. His assignments included the Soviet Union, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Germany, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kuwait and Turkey.

Zitat:Ahmadinedschad überlebt Anschlag unverletzt

Der iranische Präsident Mahmud Ahmadinedschad hat nach Medienberichten einen Attentatsversuch überlebt.

Anschlag auf den iranischen Präsidenten: Mehrere Medien berichten, dass Mahmud Ahmadinedschad einen Attentatsversuch überlebt habe. Der Attentäter soll angeblich eine Handgranate gegen den Konvoi des Präsidenten geworfen haben, berichteten libanesische Radiosender. Er sei verhaftet worden. Ahmadinedschad habe den Anschlag am Flughafen von Hamedan im Nordwesten des Iran überlebt, hieß es.