August 29, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- An umbrella group for the Baha'i religious community says it has evidence that Iranian officials are secretly trying to expel Baha'i followers from universities, Radio Farda reported.
Iranian women at an Internet cafe in Tehran (file photo) (AFP) August 29, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- A campaign by Iranian women's rights advocates to gather 1 million signatures to protest discriminatory laws marked its first anniversary this week.
August 29, 2007 (RFE /RL) -- U.S. President George W. Bush said in a speech yesterday that what he called Iran's "murderous activities" in Iraq must stop.
August 29, 2007 -- Iranian officials say U.S. forces freed a group of Iranians today after holding them overnight in Baghdad.
Nicolas Sarkozy took a tough line toward Iran and Russia in his first major foreign-policy speech as president. Is France forging a new foreign policy?
The trial has begun in Iran of what is believed to be the first novelist to face prosecution for allegedly insulting an ethnic group in a work of fiction.
Afghan farmers harvest opium poppies in Kandahar Province (AFP) August 28, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates that the latest opium poppy crop in Afghanistan will yield an amazing 8,200 tons of opium -- an increase of some 2,000 tons on the previous crop.
The lawyer for Radio Farda's Parnaz Azima, who has been prevented from leaving Iran since January, says she is now charged with acting against national security.
August 28, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Iran says it has resolved questions from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog about its tests with plutonium, which can be used to fuel nuclear bombs.
Parnaz Azima (file photo) (RFE/RL) August 27, 2007 -- For more than eight months, Iranian authorities have prevented Radio Farda correspondent Parnaz Azima from leaving the country. In an interview with Radio Farda's Mosaddegh Katouzian on August 26, Azima said she lives in a state of limbo, never knowing precisely what are the charges against her or where they may lead. A citizen of both the United States and Iran, Azima has not been allowed to leave Iran since January 25, when she returned to visit her ailing mother.
Iran's government seems determined to charge ahead with major infrastructure projects despite pleas from environmentalists.
Turkey hopes its role in linking Europe with energy supplies to the East will speed up its EU membership bid and help reassert its dominance in the region.
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