NCRI - A young man was hanged in public in the western city of Qazvin on Wednesday, the state-run daily Iran reported.

The man identified by his first name, Habib, was 28. The execution took place in a town square on Tuesday morning in the presence of the judge who had issued the execution sentence. Habib was accused of armed robbery but no detail of his trial procedure was available.

NCRI - A senior Revolutionary Guards commander dismissed on Tuesday threats by the United States over Iran's nuclear program as "political bluff", the state-owned news agency Fars reported.

Brigadier General Ali-Reza Afshar, a veteran Revolutionary Guards commander and director of propaganda and cultural affairs in the high command of the Armed Forces, made the remarks on the final day of a conference in Tehran entitled "the West's Psychological War Against Iran."

NCRI - On the occasion of the International Women's Day, March 8, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, underlined the importance of women's role in political leadership to fight fundamentalism and why they guarantee democracy for Iran's future. The following is the second and final part of her message:

NCRI - The International Women's Day was marked by protest gatherings in two major parks in central Tehran today.

Women chanted "freedom, freedom" in Daneshjou and Laleh park gatherings despite harsh measures imposed by the regime's security forces. To prevent women to assemble, the suppressive forces surrounded the area forcing people to disperse.

Reuters - The U.N. Security Council is expected to meet on Iran next week, a senior EU diplomat said on Wednesday as nuclear watchdog governors met to debate a report on the Iranian nuclear drive that Tehran called "politicized."

Council intervention over suspicions Iran secretly seeks atomic bombs appeared inevitable after Tehran brushed aside a reported Russian offer to allow limited nuclear research if it swore off industrial fuel production for 7-9 years.

NCRI - On the occasion of the International Women's Day, March 8, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi underlined the importance of women's role in political leadership to fight fundamentalism and why they guarantee democracy for Iran's future. The following is the first part of her message to mark the Women's Day, where she addresses the danger of religious fascism posed by Tehran, and the three options for the Iranian problem: 

It is indeed a pleasure to be with you. Your gathering radiates with hope for realizing the ideals of the equality movement. Hope for building a new humane world and for removing the obstacles that have shackled humanity today in one form or another.

Reuters - Iran will not be allowed to have nuclear weapons and faces "meaningful consequences" if it persists in defying the international community, Vice President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday.

Cheney, speaking to the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC, also reaffirmed that the United States was keeping all options on the table -- including military force -- in its determination to prevent Iran from developing nuclear arms.

By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer

The Associated Press - The Bush administration told Iran on Tuesday that any enrichment of nuclear fuel on Iranian territory was unacceptable, as Russia appeared to close ranks with the United States over Tehran's nuclear program.

NCRI - A man identified as Iraj D. was hanged in public yesterday in the city of Shooshtar in the oil rich province of Khuzistan, southern Iran.

The man was charged with murder but no detail of his trial was released.

Khuzistan province was the scene of violent unrests last summer which was brutally suppressed by the clerical regime's security forces leaving over 60 dead and hundreds more wounded or arrested.