Iran executes teenage demonstrators in Ahwaz – reports

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Iran Focus: Ahwaz, Apr. 23 – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards executed a number of teenage demonstrators in the streets of Ahwaz, southern Iran, according to eye-witnesses. Residents reported that Revolutionary Guards arrested demonstrators in the city streets and gunned them down to terrorise the local people and end a weeklong anti-government uprising that has spread throughout the oil-rich Khuzestan Province.

Iran executes teenage demonstrators in Ahwaz – reports

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Iran Focus: Ahwaz, Apr. 23 – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards executed a number of teenage demonstrators in the streets of Ahwaz, southern Iran, according to eye-witnesses. Residents reported that Revolutionary Guards arrested demonstrators in the city streets and gunned them down to terrorise the local people and end a weeklong anti-government uprising that has spread throughout the oil-rich Khuzestan Province.

Iran: Drug usage soars into the millions

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Apr. 23 – There are presently four million drug addicts in Iran, according to a state-run news agency. The news agency also said that there are more than 2.5 million drug users, without offering much detail. “According to the latest official survey in the country, the number of drug addicts in Iran stands at four million, with more than 2.5 million current users”, it said.

Iran: Drug usage soars into the millions

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Apr. 23 – There are presently four million drug addicts in Iran, according to a state-run news agency. The news agency also said that there are more than 2.5 million drug users, without offering much detail. “According to the latest official survey in the country, the number of drug addicts in Iran stands at four million, with more than 2.5 million current users”, it said.

Iran denies interest in Rover purchase

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AFP: Iranian state-owned car maker Saipa on Saturday denied a report that it was interested in buying up the bankrupt British-owned MG Rover, local media reported.

Iran State Automakers Eye Britain’s MG Rover

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Reuters: Two of Iran’s state-owned auto manufacturers are considering buying MG Rover, the last major British-owned car manufacturer which collapsed this month, the semi-official ISNA student news agency said on Friday.

Iran reacts sharply to London newspaper ad

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Iran Focus: London, Apr. 22 – The London-based Guardian newspaper drew an angry response from the Iranian embassy in London after it published a half-page advertisement containing statements by prominent British parliamentarians and jurists, who argued the case for the removal of the Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin (PMOI), from terrorism lists.

Iran reacts sharply to London newspaper ad

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Iran Focus: London, Apr. 22 – The London-based Guardian newspaper drew an angry response from the Iranian embassy in London after it published a half-page advertisement containing statements by prominent British parliamentarians and jurists, who argued the case for the removal of the Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin (PMOI), from terrorism lists.

Iran Hid Nuclear Plans for Nearly 2 Decades

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Fox News: It was in the summer of 2001 when a top secret message was delivered to Farid Solemani. “We received news from a very valuable source within the Iranian regime,” said Solemani, who worked for more than a decade to expose Iran’s nuclear program.That message, if true, was explosive in more ways than one.

Opposition reports 62 killed, 1000 arrested in Iran clashes

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Iran Focus: London, Apr. 21 – At least 62 people have been killed and over 1,000 arrested in the week-long clashes between people and security forces in Iran’s southern Khuzestan province, according to the main Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran. Fierce fighting has brought the province to a complete stand-still
since Friday, when State Security Forces (SSF) opened fire
on a 3,000-strong anti-government demonstration in the city
of Ahwaz.