Iranian Group Releases Footage of Public Hangings

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Press Association: Shocking footage of three public
executions carried out in Iran was screened in London by
exiled dissidents today.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) showed a 10-minute video which they said depicted the capital punishment of three young men for adultery. The three were hanged by being lifted off the ground by a mechanical crane mounted on a flat-bed lorry.

Iran intelligence gaining foothold in US?

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Iran Terror: Controversy over a report by New York-based Human Rights Watch is taking a new turn with speculation that Iranian intelligence might have exerted influence on the group through surreptitious agents. Human Rights Watch issued a 28-page report on May 18 alleging that the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK) opposition group mistreated its “dissident members” in Iraq. Iran Terror has learnt of two secret emails distributed by a senior figure in Human Rights Watch, which Iranian exiles opposed to the clerical regime in Iran are using as evidence of sinister political motives, and possible interference activity by
Iranian intelligence.

Iran intelligence gaining foothold in US?

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Iran Terror: Controversy over a report by New York-based Human Rights Watch is taking a new turn with speculation that Iranian intelligence might have exerted influence on the group through surreptitious agents. Human Rights Watch issued a 28-page report on May 18 alleging that the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK) opposition group mistreated its “dissident members” in Iraq. Iran Terror has learnt of two secret emails distributed by a senior figure in Human Rights Watch, which Iranian exiles opposed to the clerical regime in Iran are using as evidence of sinister political motives, and possible interference activity by
Iranian intelligence.

Iran senior mullah focus of controversy over murder

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Iran Focus: Tehran, May 31 – New information has come to light on
the shooting in cold blood of a 20-year-old man by a senior official of Iran’s paramilitary police, the State Security Forces, at an
underground railway station in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran.
The murder, witnessed by hundreds of rush-hour commuters,
sparked clashes between angry protesters and security forces in several neighbourhoods of Karaj.

Iran Reports Gain in Test of Missile Fuel

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New York Times: Iran said Tuesday that it had successfully tested a solid-fuel motor for its medium-range ballistic missile known as Shahab 3, raising concerns that it could reach its enemies, including American forces in the region and Israel, with more precision. Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani told state television the test was a success but did not say when it had been carried out.

Iran’s senior security official, a mullah, focus of public rage after shooting a 20-year-old man to

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Iran Focus: Tehran, May 31 – New information has come to light on
the shooting in cold blood of a 20-year-old man by a senior official of Iran’s paramilitary police, the State Security Forces, at an
underground railway station in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran.
The murder, witnessed by hundreds of rush-hour commuters,
sparked clashes between angry protesters and security forces in several neighbourhoods of Karaj.

Iran’s senior security official, a mullah, focus of public rage after shooting a 20-year-old man to

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Iran Focus: Tehran, May 31 – New information has come to light on
the shooting in cold blood of a 20-year-old man by a senior official of Iran’s paramilitary police, the State Security Forces, at an
underground railway station in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran.
The murder, witnessed by hundreds of rush-hour commuters,
sparked clashes between angry protesters and security forces in several neighbourhoods of Karaj.

Smuggled film of Iran hanging shocks Western viewers

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Iran Focus: Paris, May 31 – The Paris-based National Council
of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the principal coalition that aims
to topple the Iranian theocracy, has for the first time broadcast graphic video footage of three young Iranian men being hanged in public. The never-before-seen video, which was obtained and smuggled out of the country by the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), a leading group within the coalition, was for the first time shown publicly in a Paris press conference last week soon after U.S.-based rights group, …

Smuggled film of Iran hanging shocks Western viewers

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Iran Focus: Paris, May 31 – The Paris-based National Council
of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the principal coalition that aims
to topple the Iranian theocracy, has for the first time broadcast graphic video footage of three young Iranian men being hanged in public. The never-before-seen video, which was obtained and smuggled out of the country by the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), a leading group within the coalition, was for the first time shown publicly in a Paris press conference last week soon after U.S.-based rights group, …

President Bush says reasonable to let Iran apply for W-T-O membership

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AP: President Bush says it was a “reasonable decision” to let Iran apply for membership in the World Trade Organization.
At a White House news conference, Bush told reporters that letting Tehran apply for membership in the trade group could help European diplomatic efforts to put a lid on Iran’s nuclear program.