Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 13 – There are at least 150,000 drug addicts in the city of Mashad (northeast Iran), according to the head of the city’s Central Medical Bureau.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 13 – An Iranian agent was arrested in Kuwait in connection with the latest spate of Al-Qaeda-related attacks in the Middle East. Sawa Radio reported that the unnamed individual was arrested by Kuwaiti security forces after recent intelligence implicated him as a cell in communication with the Al-Qaeda network with prior information on the attacks in Saudi Arabia. Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 13 – An Iranian agent was arrested in Kuwait in connection with the latest spate of Al-Qaeda-related attacks in the Middle East. Sawa Radio reported that the unnamed individual was arrested by Kuwaiti security forces after recent intelligence implicated him as a cell in communication with the Al-Qaeda network with prior information on the attacks in Saudi Arabia. 
Iran Focus: Strasbourg, Jan. 13 – The European Parliament adopted a resolution by majority vote today condemning human rights violations in Iran in the second such move over the past six months. The toughly-worded resolution denounced practices such as execution of juveniles and stoning carriedIran Focus: Strasbourg, Jan. 13 – The European Parliament adopted a resolution by majority vote today condemning human rights violations in Iran in the second such move over the past six months. The toughly-worded resolution denounced practices such as execution of juveniles and stoning carried
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 13 – In an apparent reference to the presence of US troops in Iraq, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Corps (IRGC) official called for Iran to mobilize its troops against the “dangerous Zionist threat”.Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 13 – In an apparent reference to the presence of US troops in Iraq, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Corps (IRGC) official called for Iran to mobilize its troops against the “dangerous Zionist threat”.
AP: An Iranian man who sought asylum in Australia after converting from Islam to Christianity has been deported to Tehran – where rights activists say his change of religion could endanger his life, a refugee advocacy group said Wednesday. The man, in his 30s, was placed on a flight late Tuesday from Sydney to Dubai, from where he would be transported to Iran, said Ian Rental, a spokesman for the Refugee Action Coalition. 
Iran Focus: Paris, Jan. 13 – Nobel Peace prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said today she had been summoned by Iran’s hardline judiciary, risking arrest if she did not attend. “I have received a summons to a revolutionary court,” she told the French news agency, AFP. The summons says Ebadi must present herself to courts within the next three days to explain herself, otherwise she would be arrested. Iran Focus: Paris, Jan. 13 – Nobel Peace prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said today she had been summoned by Iran’s hardline judiciary, risking arrest if she did not attend. “I have received a summons to a revolutionary court,” she told the French news agency, AFP. The summons says Ebadi must present herself to courts within the next three days to explain herself, otherwise she would be arrested. 
