The Independent: As the coalition bombs hit the flat salt plains on the north-eastern border of Iraq, members of a little known, female-led Iranian army huddled in a bunker. While the earth shook, showering dust on their neatly pressed khaki headscarves, 25-year old Laleh Tarighi and her fellow combatants tried to protect themselves. Tank girls: the frontline feminists
The Independent: As the coalition bombs hit the flat salt plains on the north-eastern border of Iraq, members of a little known, female-led Iranian army huddled in a bunker. While the earth shook, showering dust on their neatly pressed khaki headscarves, 25-year old Laleh Tarighi and her fellow combatants tried to protect themselves. 60-year-old mother sets herself on fire in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 27 A 60-year-old mother of six set herself on fire in Iran, with her family blaming it on stress and her social surroundings. The elderly woman only identified by her first name, Zahra, lived in the western Iranian city of Ilam with her husband for the past 40 years.
60-year-old mother sets herself on fire in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 27 A 60-year-old mother of six set herself on fire in Iran, with her family blaming it on stress and her social surroundings. The elderly woman only identified by her first name, Zahra, lived in the western Iranian city of Ilam with her husband for the past 40 years.
14 die in floods in southern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 27 – Fourteen people were reportedly killed after heavy rainfall caused severe flooding in southeastern Iranian provinces of Sistan-Balouchestan and Hormozgan. Ten people were found dead near Sarbaz region in Sistan-Balouchestan after rains there caused rivers to flood. 14 die in floods in southern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 27 – Fourteen people were reportedly killed after heavy rainfall caused severe flooding in southeastern Iranian provinces of Sistan-Balouchestan and Hormozgan. Ten people were found dead near Sarbaz region in Sistan-Balouchestan after rains there caused rivers to flood.Landmines kill three in Iran
UPI: Landmines left over from the Iran-Iraq war exploded in western Iran killing three people over the weekend, official reports said Monday. The Iranian News Agency said the incidents took place in the city of Dahlaran, on the Iran-Iraq border, also wounding two people. Protests scheduled for this month in Iran: Union leader
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 27 – The head of the Iranian Nurses Union said Irans nurses would stage nationwide protests on January 18, 2005, if the authorities continue to ignore their demands. Mohammad Sharafi Moghadam reiterated that the authorities have thus far refused to issue permission for a rally and therefore a protest had been organised instead. Protests scheduled for this month in Iran: Union leader
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 27 – The head of the Iranian Nurses Union said Irans nurses would stage nationwide protests on January 18, 2005, if the authorities continue to ignore their demands. Mohammad Sharafi Moghadam reiterated that the authorities have thus far refused to issue permission for a rally and therefore a protest had been organised instead. Iranian workers to march 350km to Tehran for overdue wages
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 27 More than 200 workers from Iran Pars Garment plan to hold a rally over back pay in Tehran this week. They will begin a march from the city of Rasht (northern Gilan province) to the Iranian capital, the state-run news agency ILNA said. The workers have not received their salaries for the past seven months and Gilan Workers Union demands for government action have proven fruitless. Iranian workers to march 350km to Tehran for overdue wages
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 27 More than 200 workers from Iran Pars Garment plan to hold a rally over back pay in Tehran this week. They will begin a march from the city of Rasht (northern Gilan province) to the Iranian capital, the state-run news agency ILNA said. The workers have not received their salaries for the past seven months and Gilan Workers Union demands for government action have proven fruitless. 