UPI: The Supreme Court is taking a close look at a case against Iran involving an assassination in Paris, inviting the Justice Department Monday to “express the views of the United States” before the justices decide what to do with the dispute. How the Supreme Court handles the case — whether it accepts or rejects the case for argument, and if it hands down a decision — could give the U.S. courts some guidance on … Analysis: Court explores Iran liability
UPI: The Supreme Court is taking a close look at a case against Iran involving an assassination in Paris, inviting the Justice Department Monday to “express the views of the United States” before the justices decide what to do with the dispute. How the Supreme Court handles the case — whether it accepts or rejects the case for argument, and if it hands down a decision — could give the U.S. courts some guidance on … Iranian opposition group condemns European asylum restrictions
AP: An Iranian opposition group condemned European governments on Thursday for appeasing the clerical regime in Iran and being too tough with Iranians seeking political asylum. In pursuit of appeasing Tehran, the European countries have exerted an assortment of pressures and privations on these refugees,” said Maryam Rajavi, co-leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. Iran Convention in Brussels urges EU support for Third Option
Iran Focus: Brussels, Apr. 25 Some 2,000 delegates from Iranian communities in the Benelux – Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg – today held their first-ever convention, in which they condemned the current policy of appeasement vis-à-vis Irans clerical regime and rejected the notion of a foreign war. Iran Convention in Brussels urges EU support for Third Option
Iran Focus: Brussels, Apr. 25 Some 2,000 delegates from Iranian communities in the Benelux – Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg – today held their first-ever convention, in which they condemned the current policy of appeasement vis-à-vis Irans clerical regime and rejected the notion of a foreign war. Iranian parliament suspends reformist press law
AFP: Hardline deputies in Iran’s parliament have voted to suspend a law passed by their reformist predecessors that was aimed at giving journalists fairer trials, it was announced Monday. The law, pushed through by reformers in 2003, stipulated that journalists in court for press-related offences should face a jury made up of press union officials and representatives of other social groups. Iran mayor beaten up
AFP: The mayor of Iran’s second largest city has been beaten up after he challenged workers on an illegal construction site, the conservative Kayhan newspaper reported Sunday. Seyed Hashem Bani Hashem, mayor of the northeastern pilgrimage city of Mashhad, was driving around the city’s outskirts when he spotted bulldozers at work. Swiss press on with 15-year probe into killing of Iranian opposition leader
AFP: A Swiss magistrate said this weekend that he was pressing ahead with an investigation into the assassination of exiledIranian opposition leader Kazem Rajavi in Switzerland exactly 15 years ago on Sunday.
“It is a case that is still being dealt with as a priority matter. The investigation will be pursued to the end,” Jacques Antenen, an investigating magistrate in the western Swiss canton of Vaud,
told Swiss television TSR.
Iran says determined to resume uranium enrichment
Reuters: Iran is determined to resume uranium enrichment whether talks with the European Union over its nuclear programme succeed or fail, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. Last November, Tehran suspended uranium enrichment — which could produce nuclear fuel for power plants or bombs — while it negotiated a settlement to its nuclear dispute with the EU. Promises ($60 for Instance) Fail to Rouse Iran’s Voters
New York Times: With elections less than two months away, Iran’s presidential hopefuls are scrambling to lure voters, promising everything from lowering the soaring prices of fruit and vegetables to normalizing relations with the country’s longtime foe, the United States. But much of the public is deeply apathetic. There is no real chance for a candidate who can spearhead the democratic changes once promised by the departing president, Mohammad Khatami, who proved unable to ward off the encroachment of the Guardian Council and its repressive agenda. German prosecutors probe missile deal with Iran: report
AFP: German prosecutors are investigating a firm in Tehran suspecting of buying material from Germany for use in a missile project, a magazine reports in its edition due to appear Monday.
