- Terrorist bombing in Shiraz.
- Revolutionary Guards step up activities to muzzle critics.
- Invitation for George Bush to speak at University of Tehran.
- Iran accuses U.S. forces in Afghanistan of detaining, torturing its TV reporter.
- Students in Khorasan kill dormitory supervisor over right to smoke a waterpipe.
- Economy:
- French oil company Total criticizes French government’s new attitude toward sanctions, Iran.
- No private sector representatives in Ahmadinejad’s new five year plan council.
- Iran ranks 132nd in attracting private capital.
- Adel Azar, member of the Planning and Budget Committee of the Iranian Parliament, says: “Government’s claim that unemployment has been reduced to single digit can not be true, since the government in earlier reports has never recognized existence of double digit unemployment!”
- Iran to invest in 25 new projects in Bolivia.
- Former Intelligence Minister ‘Ali Fallahian: former president Khatami was a “man of words,” his predecessor Rafsanjani was a “man of hopes”, and current president Ahmadinejad is a man of “both [words and hope].”
- Labor Crackdown News:
- International Transport Workers’ Federation representative seeks meeting with imprisoned labor union activist Mansour Osanlou.
- Bush, Rice, even U.S. Secretary of Labor remain absolutely silent on labor crackdown in Iran.
- Iran builds new 2,000 pound smart bombs.
- Border with Iraqi Kurdistan re-opens.
- Photo of the Day: Children’s Day.
(Special thanks to Ali Alfoneh for his assistance in compiling)
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