BBC: French carmaker Renault is to build its Megane saloon model in Iran from 2006. The firm’s joint venture with Iran’s Industrial Development and Renovation Organisation and two leading carmakers will make about 15,000 Meganes a year. The car is the second to be introduced by Renault to Iran following the Logan, a stripped-down version of the Clio Supermini, also due for a 2006 release. Renault to build Megane in Iran
BBC: French carmaker Renault is to build its Megane saloon model in Iran from 2006. The firm’s joint venture with Iran’s Industrial Development and Renovation Organisation and two leading carmakers will make about 15,000 Meganes a year. The car is the second to be introduced by Renault to Iran following the Logan, a stripped-down version of the Clio Supermini, also due for a 2006 release. HRW Report: Sacrificing Objectivity, Undermining Credibility, Says Associationof Iranian-Americans i
U.S. Newswire: On May 18, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report; “No exit: human rights violations in People’s Mojahedin Organization’s camps”, accusing an Iranian opposition group, Mojahedin e-Khalq (MEK), of mistreatment of its members. This unprecedented report raises serious questions for the public, thus, Association of Iranian-Americans in New York (AIA) will hold a press conference at 1 UN Plaza Hotel on Wednesday, May 25, at 11 a.m. to Noon to discuss the validity of Human Right Watch’s report. Exiled Iranian opposition group condemns EU-Iran talks
AFP: The main Iranian opposition group, in exile and based in France, on Tuesday condemned the European Union for its so-called “betrayal” for negotiating with Tehran on its controversial nuclear program. “Negotiating with the mullahs’ regime constitutes a betrayal,” Mohammed Mohaddessin, an official in the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), told a news conference, accusing Tehran of massive human rights violations. UK parliamentarians fault HRW report, support Iran opposition group
Iran Focus: London, May 24 More than a dozen British parliamentarians today called on the government to support the Iranian opposition, while denouncing a recent report by U.S.-based Human Rights Watch on the most active Iranian opposition group, the Peoples Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI),
during a conference in the House of Commons.
UK parliamentarians fault HRW report, support Iran opposition group
Iran Focus: London, May 24 More than a dozen British parliamentarians today called on the government to support the Iranian opposition, while denouncing a recent report by U.S.-based Human Rights Watch on the most active Iranian opposition group, the Peoples Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI),
during a conference in the House of Commons.
Iran says nuclear talks with EU harder than ever
Reuters: Negotiations between Iran and the European Union on the Iranian nuclear programme are more difficult than ever and the chances of averting a breakdown are only 50-50, a senior Iranian negotiator said on Tuesday. The foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany and EU foreignpolicy chief Javier Solana will meet top Iranian negotiator …
EU-Iran talks have 50-50 chance of success: Tehran
AFP: Negotiations this week between Iran and Europe on Tehran’s nuclear programmes have a “50-50” chance of success, a top Iranian official said Tuesday after initial discussions among senior officials. “We are at the most difficult part of the negotiation,” said Hossein Moussavian, top nuclear negotiator and member of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, after the closed-door talks in Brussels. Washington ‘deeply troubled’ by Iran presidential process
AFP: The United States said Monday it was “deeply troubled” by the disqualification of reformist presidential candidates in Iran, and vowed to stand by the Iranian people in fighting for democracy. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice led a strong attack on Tehran after the its hardline clergy barred more than 1,000 would-be contenders from the June 17 poll, leaving the field open to a handful of conservatives. Iran students protest presidential elections, set tyres alight
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 23 Hundreds of students demonstrated in and around Tehran University this evening, setting tyres alight and protesting what they said was an upcoming sham presidential election. Chants of down with dictatorship, down with tyranny, and referendum, referendum, this is what the people demand could be heardall around the university campus.
Iran students protest presidential elections, set tyres alight
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 23 Hundreds of students demonstrated in and around Tehran University this evening, setting tyres alight and protesting what they said was an upcoming sham presidential election. Chants of down with dictatorship, down with tyranny, and referendum, referendum, this is what the people demand could be heardall around the university campus.
