The Times: The recent Iranian presidential elections were a triumph for the principle of one man, one vote. And the man with the vote this time, as always, was the countrys Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Irans new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, may well be the choice of the urban poor, the anti-sleaze candidate and the favourite of the military. But ultimately, hes the winner because hes also the guy who did best with one key demographic bearded sixtysomething clerics called Ali who enjoy wielding supreme power within theocratic republics. Iran’s human face is gone. Hardline vote-riggers have spirited it away
The Times: The recent Iranian presidential elections were a triumph for the principle of one man, one vote. And the man with the vote this time, as always, was the countrys Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Irans new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, may well be the choice of the urban poor, the anti-sleaze candidate and the favourite of the military. But ultimately, hes the winner because hes also the guy who did best with one key demographic bearded sixtysomething clerics called Ali who enjoy wielding supreme power within theocratic republics. Record number of street children in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 28 – Some 1,949 street children were rounded up from the streets of Tehran during the spring period, according to the head of Social Service in the Iranian capitals town hall. Mohammad-Reza Fardin told a state-run news agency that some 15,593 children, of which 1,487 were girls and 14,106 were boys, were rounded up in the streets of Tehran during the period starting July 10, 2004 and ending June 21 of this year.Record number of street children in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 28 – Some 1,949 street children were rounded up from the streets of Tehran during the spring period, according to the head of Social Service in the Iranian capitals town hall. Mohammad-Reza Fardin told a state-run news agency that some 15,593 children, of which 1,487 were girls and 14,106 were boys, were rounded up in the streets of Tehran during the period starting July 10, 2004 and ending June 21 of this year.Iran road workers protest outside Transport Ministry
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 28 Workers from the state-run Road Development Organisation of Iran gathered outside newly developed headquarters of the Ministry of Transport in Tehran yesterday, protesting their work conditions. The protesters condemned their employers mismanagement and criticised the Ministry of Transport of failing to see to their concerns. Iran road workers protest outside Transport Ministry
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 28 Workers from the state-run Road Development Organisation of Iran gathered outside newly developed headquarters of the Ministry of Transport in Tehran yesterday, protesting their work conditions. The protesters condemned their employers mismanagement and criticised the Ministry of Transport of failing to see to their concerns. Iran postpones trial of nuclear spies
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 28 The trial of an individual charged with spying on Irans covert nuclear program hasbeen postponed until early August, according to judiciary spokesperson of the Islamic republic.
Iran postpones trial of nuclear spies
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 28 The trial of an individual charged with spying on Irans covert nuclear program hasbeen postponed until early August, according to judiciary spokesperson of the Islamic republic.
Iran Unveiled
The Wall Street Journal – Review & Outlook: To gauge the radicalism of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s next president, consider that prior to Friday’s run-off election Western media widely described him as a “hardliner,” whereas rival candidate Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was a “moderate.” Bush, Schroeder agree on Iran nukes
Washington Times: President Bush yesterday criticized a vow by Iran’s president-elect to restart Tehran’s nuclear-energy program, warning it could lead to the development of a nuclear weapon. “The development of a nuclear weapon is unacceptable,” Mr. Bush said during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. “And a process which would enable Iran to develop a nuclear weapon is unacceptable.” Iranian Revolution Is Thriving in Iraq
Los Angeles Times: Did those wily ayatollahs give us the purple finger again? It sure looks like it after the smashing defeat Iran’s religious fanatics dealt reformers in the presidential election Friday. It was a replay of the election in Iraq, in which candidates groomed by Tehran’s theocracy herded loyal Shiite followers to the polls to dip their fingers in purple election ink. Only this time the sight of lines of shuffling, chador-clad women voting away their human rights was not applauded by the White House.