Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 10 In a poignant letter to Irans outgoing President Mohammad Khatami, Hojjatol-Islam Mehdi Karroubi accused an autocratic political clique of making use of part of the armed forces and government employees and taking advantage of this countrys resources and manpower to conduct illegal activities. He said fake ballots were used in two provinces to bolster the vote for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the first round of the election to allow him to go on to the second round. Senior Iran cleric says fake ballots were used to elect Ahmadinejad
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 10 In a poignant letter to Irans outgoing President Mohammad Khatami, Hojjatol-Islam Mehdi Karroubi accused an autocratic political clique of making use of part of the armed forces and government employees and taking advantage of this countrys resources and manpower to conduct illegal activities. He said fake ballots were used in two provinces to bolster the vote for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the first round of the election to allow him to go on to the second round. Iran exiles hold protest rallies in 40 cities worldwide
Iran Focus: London/Berlin/Washington, DC, Jul. 10 Iranian exiles in 40 different cities in Europe and North America held rallies, gatherings, and seminars on Saturday to mark the sixth anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy students in Iran. Participants in the rallies also strongly condemned the July 7 bombings in London which claimed more than 50 lives. Protesters carried signs reading Punish the REAL terrorists and urged the international community to support the Iranian oppositions efforts to bring about democratic change in Iran. Iran exiles hold protest rallies in 40 cities worldwide
Iran Focus: London/Berlin/Washington, DC, Jul. 10 Iranian exiles in 40 different cities in Europe and North America held rallies, gatherings, and seminars on Saturday to mark the sixth anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy students in Iran. Participants in the rallies also strongly condemned the July 7 bombings in London which claimed more than 50 lives. Protesters carried signs reading Punish the REAL terrorists and urged the international community to support the Iranian oppositions efforts to bring about democratic change in Iran. Iran puts police under Revolutionary Guards control
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 10 Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed a top commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards as the countrys new police chief, the state-run news agency reported. In a decree that was read out on the state radio, Ayatollah Khamenei said the police forces’ top priority was “to create security all over the country at a level worthy of the Islamic Republic”. Brigadier General Ismail Ahmadi Moghaddam, the number two in the paramilitary Bassij and commander of the force in Greater Tehran, is a long-time ally of President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iran puts police under Revolutionary Guards control
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 10 Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed a top commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards as the countrys new police chief, the state-run news agency reported. In a decree that was read out on the state radio, Ayatollah Khamenei said the police forces’ top priority was “to create security all over the country at a level worthy of the Islamic Republic”. Brigadier General Ismail Ahmadi Moghaddam, the number two in the paramilitary Bassij and commander of the force in Greater Tehran, is a long-time ally of President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Female students clash with Iran security forces on campus
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 10 Female students clashed with security agents in a Tehran university after a heated dispute over Irans austere dress regulations for women. The students from Tehrans Industrial Aeronautic University defied agents of the State Security Forces when the latter harassed them on campus and tried to arrest them for violating the dress regulations.
Female students clash with Iran security forces on campus
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 10 Female students clashed with security agents in a Tehran university after a heated dispute over Irans austere dress regulations for women. The students from Tehrans Industrial Aeronautic University defied agents of the State Security Forces when the latter harassed them on campus and tried to arrest them for violating the dress regulations.
Student dies mysteriously in Irans nuclear research facility
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 10 A university students death was described as suicide by the authorities in Malek Ashtar University in Shahin-Shahr, near the central Iranian city of Isfahan, but the mysterious circumstances of the death in a highly secretive research establishment jointly run by the Ministry of Defence and Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Coprs are raising serious questions. Student dies mysteriously in Irans nuclear research facility
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 10 A university students death was described as suicide by the authorities in Malek Ashtar University in Shahin-Shahr, near the central Iranian city of Isfahan, but the mysterious circumstances of the death in a highly secretive research establishment jointly run by the Ministry of Defence and Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Coprs are raising serious questions. Iran VEVAK cell en route to France in new operation
Iran Terror Database: Iran Terror has learnt Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security (VEVAK) is sending to Paris a cell that has been trained in Tehran to carry out a misinformation attack against the opposition National Council of Resistance. The new operation is aimed at diverting the current world focus on the past activities of Irans new ultra-conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is suspected of being among the interrogators of U.S. hostages in Tehran in 1979 and a key player in the assassination in Vienna of a prominent Kurdish dissident. 