AFP: Parliament speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday called on Iran’s government to push ahead with its controversial programme to enrich uranium to 20 percent, despite being slapped with fresh UN sanctions.
Iran parliament backs 20% uranium enrichment
U.S. claims victory after Iran rebuked at U.N. rights body
Reuters: Iran was rebuked at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday for its violent crackdown on unrest after the 2009 presidential election, in what the United States called a victory for the Iranian people.
500 rally in Tehran cemetery
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – Some 500 opposition supporters gathered in Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery in southern Tehran on Tuesday afternoon despite measures by authorities to disperse the crowd.
Clashes in central Tehran as opposition stage protest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – Renewed clashes erupted Tuesday between plain-clothes security forces and several dozen opposition supporters in central Tehran, with anti-government protestors chanting “death” to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
30 arrested at Tehran cemetery
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – At least 30 people were arrested in clashes between security forces and opposition supporters on Tuesday afternoon in Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra cemetery.
Students plan to gather on anniversary of Neda’s murder
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – A handwritten statement has been distributed widely in Tehran University urging students to gather on 20 June at the intersection of Khosravi and Salehi streets, where Neda Agha Soltan was killed by security forces last year, to pay tribute to her and others killed on that day.
Tense standoff at Tehran University following weekend demos
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – Following unrest in Tehran over the weekend, marking the anniversary of last summer’s anti-government protests, security agents have been stationed outside the main entrance to the University of Tehran on Enqelab Street. The university’s gate remained closed on Tuesday.
Defiant protestors leave mark
Iran Focus: Isfahan, Jun. 15 – In a defiant challenge to authorities in the central city of Isfahan, opposition activists have written “Hail to Mojahedin” on walls in the main Bazaar, Naqsh-e Janah Square, Kafashan (Shoemakers’) Bazaar and in Qeisariya district.
Iran tries to quash rebuke at U.N. rights body
Reuters: Iran, backed by Muslim and other allies, tried Tuesday to quash a Western-led move at the U.N. Human Rights Council to rebuke Tehran’s post-election crackdown.
Students protest in northern Iran university
Iran Focus: Babol, Jun. 15 – Dozens of students on Tuesday gathered outside the Medical School in the University of Babol, situation in the northern province of Mazandaran, and chanted “death to the dictator”.
