By Maryam Rajavi (President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran)
Le Figaro
October 10, 2008

The latest IAEA report on Tehran's nuclear program is alarming. Mohammad El Baradei and Javier Solana wanted to avoid this outcome by exercising flexibility and flattery with Tehran. Are they now convinced that the more the mullahs are cajoled the more their appetite increases for a nuclear bomb?

NCRI – More than 150 people were arrested last night following the widespread bazaar shutdown which affected most of shops in Isfahan's business area.

Despite earlier announcement by the government that VAT will not be applied to the gold and precious gems market, most of the businesses remained closed on Thursday.

Source: I' Humanite 

Human rights, an appeal was launched to support the People's Mojahedin

An appeal has been launched in defense of Iranian dissidents who are in Iraq.

By: Lord Corbett  
Source:Newsmax.com

The ratings of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last month at the United Nations General Assembly in New York should have persuaded Americans not to cave in to the Iranian regime's demands in Iraq.

By Reza Shafa

On October 2, 2008, a statement by the American-Iranian Council was reported in news websites, which stipulated that the council has obtained official permission from the US to set up an office in Tehran.

The American-Iranian Council was established in the US in 1997 by Houshang Amirahmadi, a lobbyist for the Iranian regime.

NCRI – Following the strike by the jewelers over three percent tax hikes in the central city of Isfahan, valuable gems market was virtually shutdown in the central city of Isfahan. Since September 22, the new law went into effect forcing the merchants to pay extra taxes on all of their profits.

The jewelers set the precedence for other merchants to follow suit. Shoe sellers, textile, home appliances and other shopkeepers are closing down in support of the jewelers.