AP: German police say a renowned exiled Iranian artist and filmmaker has been missing for 11 days and authorities are trying to determine his whereabouts.
Police say Iranian artist missing for 11 days
NGOs seek UN protection for Iranian group in Iraq
Iran Focus: Geneva, Jun. 04 – Several leading NGOs urged the United Nations on Thursday to protect 3,400 Iranian dissidents living in a camp 60km north-east of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Kurds say small unit of Iranian troops enters Iraq
Reuters: A small unit of Iranian soldiers has entered Iraqi territory in pursuit of Kurdish rebels in the north, officials in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said on Friday.
Iranian leaders issue warning to opposition at rally
BBC News: The Iranian authorities have issued a warning to the opposition at a mass rally in the capital Tehran.
Ahmadinejad blasts opponents at Khomeini death memorial
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at his opponents on Friday, saying they will be “thrown away” by the people, as he spoke at the 21st death anniversary of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Iran regime being ruined: opposition leader Karroubi
AFP: Opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi said that Iran’s Islamic regime was being ruined, after he faced the fury of hardliners when he appeared at the shrine of late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, reports said.
General killed in ambush in north-west Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 04 – A Brigadier General, a warrant officer, and two members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in clashes in the border region of Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan Province, according to the police spokesman in the province.
“Death to Khamenei” chanted in central Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 04 – In apparent defiance of repressive measures put in place in the capital, some residents in Moniriyeh and Abu Saeed districts in central Tehran late on Friday chanted “Allah o-Akbar (God is the greatest)”, “Death to Dictator”, and “Death to Khamenei”, referring to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, from rooftops.
PREVIEW: Merkel, Medvedev to discuss Iran at talks in Germany
DPA: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to discuss Iran’s nuclear ambitions with Chancellor Angela Merkel during his two-day visit to Germany this weekend, the Kremlin announced Thursday.
Contraband trade in Iran worth $19 billion: report
AFP: Iranian contraband trade is worth 19 billion dollars a year, according to estimates by the head of Iran’s anti-smuggling department, cited by a local newspaper on Thursday.
