Conservative MP supports Iran opposition leader in Commons debate

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Iran Focus: London, May 29 – A British Parliamentarian called on the United Kingdom government to change its current policy vis-à-vis Iran and instead support the main Iranian opposition group
and its leader. David Amess, Conservative Member of Parliament from Southend West, during a debate in parliament Thursday, said, “It is to the Government’s shame that the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran, which, as far as I am concerned, is doing nothing but good, is still on the proscribed list.

Conservative MP supports Iran opposition leader in Commons debate

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Iran Focus: London, May 29 – A British Parliamentarian called on the United Kingdom government to change its current policy vis-à-vis Iran and instead support the main Iranian opposition group
and its leader. David Amess, Conservative Member of Parliament from Southend West, during a debate in parliament Thursday, said, “It is to the Government’s shame that the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran, which, as far as I am concerned, is doing nothing but good, is still on the proscribed list.

“We are starving”: Iran workers chant outside Ministry of Labour

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Iran Focus: Tehran, May 29 – More than 300 workers in Pakdasht (suburbs of Tehran) gathered outside the offices of the Ministry of Labour, demanding they authorities take action for them to retrieve their overdue wages.

“We are starving”: Iran workers chant outside Ministry of Labour

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Iran Focus: Tehran, May 29 – More than 300 workers in Pakdasht (suburbs of Tehran) gathered outside the offices of the Ministry of Labour, demanding they authorities take action for them to retrieve their overdue wages.

Wounded terror chief flees Iraq for emergency surgery

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Sunday Times: Iraq’s most wanted terrorist has fled the country for emergency surgery after an American airstrike left him with shrapnel lodged in his chest, according to a senior insurgent commander in close contact with his group. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has a $25m bounty on his head after being blamed for suicide bombings, assassinations and the beheadings of western hostages — including Ken Bigley, the
Liverpool engineer — is now believed to be in Iran.

UN, Red Cross translator disavows HRW report on Iran opposition

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Iran Focus: Ottawa, May 28 – A former translator for the Red Cross (ICRC) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Iraq, in a letter addressed to U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, accused the rights group of released flawed torture allegations against Iran’s main opposition group.

UN, Red Cross translator disavows HRW report on Iran opposition

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Iran Focus: Ottawa, May 28 – A former translator for the Red Cross (ICRC) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Iraq, in a letter addressed to U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, accused the rights group of released flawed torture allegations against Iran’s main opposition group.

Iran Lawmakers Want Nuclear Development

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AP: Iran’s hard-line Guardian Council on Saturday approved a law that puts pressure on the government to develop nuclear technology that could be used to build atomic weapons, state run radio reported. Parliament had passed the bill on May 15 and sent it to the Guardian Council for approval. The council must vet all bills before they become law.

Iran very anxious to get nuclear bomb, says Pakistani leader

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AFP: Iran is very anxious to obtain a nuclear bomb, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview published Saturday, while stating his opposition to any preventive attack on the fellow-Muslim nation.
Asked by Germany’s Der Spiegel weekly how to prevent Iran from developing a military nuclear program, Musharraf said: “I do not know. They are very anxious to have the bomb.”

US Congressman criticises Human Rights Watch for Iran group report

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Iran Focus: Washington, DC, May 27 – A recent report by New York-based Human Rights watch on Iran’s main opposition group has drawn the ire of United States Congressman Ed Towns, (D-NY).
In a 28-page paper HRW accused the People’s Mojahedin (MEK) of torturing its “dissident members” who criticised or sought to leave the organisation.