AFP: The UN anti-racism panel Friday called on Iran to counter racism and ethnic discrimination, including incitement to hatred by officials and “double discrimination suffered by women from minorities.
UN anti-racism panel calls on Iran to counter hatred
3 1/2-year sentence ordered in Iran missile part case
AP: A Taiwanese businessman has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in U.S. prison for illegal exports of banned missile, drone and other military-grade parts to Iran.
IRAN: Hardliners push for family-law bill that activists say further erodes women’s rights
Los Angeles Times: Women’s-rights activists and reformist politicians are alarmed over the push by some hardliners to reintroduce a family-law bill that not only moderates but also some staunch conservatives find discriminatory against women.
Tiger cub found in luggage in Thai airport
AFP: A two-month-old tiger cub was discovered hidden with a stuffed tiger toys in the baggage of a woman heading to Iran from Thailand, wildlife protection officials said Friday.
Quarter of US Iraq deaths due to Iran groups-envoy
Reuters: The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq said on Thursday he believed groups backed by Iran were responsible for a quarter of U.S. casualties in the Iraq war but that Tehran was not as influential in Iraq as thought.
Iran stonings ‘practices of another age’: Ashton
AFP: The European Union’s foreign policy chief said Friday the EU was about to reject “practices of another age”, after a woman was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran.
Iran says has withdrawn assets from European banks
Reuters: Iran has withdrawn assets from European banks in an attempt to evade international sanctions over the Islamic state’s disputed nuclear programme, a senior Iranian official said on Friday.
France urges EU to threaten Iran sanctions over stoning
AFP: France has urged the European Union to threaten new sanctions against the Iranian regime in the case of a woman sentenced to be stoned to death, in a foreign ministry letter seen by AFP on Friday.
Turkey industry min says Iran projects continue
Reuters: Turkey’s Industry and Trade Minister Nihat Ergun told NTV broadcaster that joint projects with Iran were continuing and that these would not be affected by United Nations and United States’ sanctions on Iran.
‘Five rebels, two guards’ killed in Iran clashes
AFP: Five rebels and two members of the Revolutionary Guards have been killed in clashes in Iran’s Kordestan province near the Iraqi border, government newspaper Iran reported on Thursday.
