By Marlene Smith
 
Voice of America - Talks between European negotiators and Iran over its controversial nuclear program broke down Friday without any agreement. European officials say the talks were constructive, but Iran was not prepared to suspend parts of its program that could be used to make nuclear weapons. The talks took place in the residence of the German ambassador.

Germany: No more talks before IAEA meeting

CNN, VIENNA, Austria -- Talks between Iran's top nuclear negotiator and key European foreign ministers ended Friday without a breakthrough on Tehran's nuclear ambitions, the German Foreign Ministry office said.

Andrea Berdesinski, a spokeswoman for the ministry, said there would be no more talks before Monday's meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors, which is expected to refer the matter to the U.N. Security Council.

By George Jahn

The Associated Press, VIENNA, Austria - Iran's top nuclear negotiator and key European foreign ministers sat down Friday for a new discussion of Tehran's nuclear ambitions, with Europe determined to stick to its demand that Iran give up all uranium enrichment on its own soil.

Referral of Iran's human rights dossier to the Security Council is urgent

The Iranian regime publicly hanged two opponents, Ali Afravi and Mehdi Navaseri, yesterday, for alleged bombing in the southern city of Ahwaz.

NCRI - The following is an article contributed by RAMESH SEPEHRRAD in the memory of Hojjat Zamani, a member of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, who was secretly hanged by the Iranian Regime on February 7. He was considered to be the first victim of clerical regime's referral to the UN Security Council for its nuclear weapons program. The mullahs have warned that if its nuclear file were to be referred to the Security Council all political prisoners will be executed, an act of brutal revenge as the PMOI exposed the regime's secret nuclear program for the first time back in 2002:

Office of Iran Affairs to 'facilitate change in Iranian policies'

From Elise Labott

CNN Washington Bureau -- The U.S. State Department is creating a special office to deal with foreign policy changes related to Iran and to promote a democratic transition in the Islamic republic, State Department officials said Thursday.

NCRI - The clerical regime's judiciary sentenced five men to death in Tehran.

According to state-run daily Javan and Fars news agency, the five men were identified by their first names as Kheirollah, Gholam, Ebrahim, Mohammad Reza and Vali.

Human rights situation in Iran has deteriorated since Ahmadinejad's appointment as mullahs' president last summer. The number of executions has reach 200 during his presidency.

NCRI - The state-run media announced today that two men were hanged in public in Ahwaz, provincial capital of oil rich Khuzistan.

The two were alleged to have been involved in a bombing in Ahwaz back in October. Khuzistan province was the scene of widespread unrests last summer which lasted several weeks and the regime had to call in reinforcements to impose a curfew to bring the situation under control. 62 people were reported to have been killed in the riots and dozens wounded. Many of those detained in summer have not been yet released and some have already been hanged in public for their involvement in the unrest.

NCRI - Women protested on Wednesday against a ban which prohibits them from going to football matches.

A group of Iranian girls held a banner in front of Tehran's Azadi football stadium which read, "We do not want to stand 'off side,' we want to be along with our brothers in the national soccer team" pressing the authorities to allow them into the stadium.