AFP: The United States said Wednesday that Iran’s sentencing of two journalists to death demonstrated its willingness to “trample on the rights of its citizens.”
US assails Iran death sentences for journalists
No EU plans to put Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on terror list
AFP: The European Union has no immediate plans to follow the US lead and classify Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard a “terrorist” group, diplomatic sources said Thursday.
Man hanged in public in northern Iran town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 16 A man was hanged in public in the northern Iranian province of Gilan on Thursday, state media reported.
Man hanged in public in northern Iran town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 16 A man was hanged in public in the northern Iranian province of Gilan on Thursday, state media reported.
Iran arrests 2 Chinese on charges of spying
New York Times: Iran has arrested two Chinese citizens on charges of spying for taking pictures of a military complex in the central city of Arak, where Iran is building a nuclear reactor, the judiciary spokesman said Wednesday.
Iran Guards brush off U.S. threat: report
Reuters: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards will grow in strength despite U.S. efforts to isolate the force, a Guards official said in remarks published on Thursday after Washington’s threat to brand it a “terrorist” group.
Belgian woman freed in Iran, partner’s fate unclear
Reuters: A Belgian woman kidnapped with her partner by bandits in southeast Iran was freed on Wednesday, Belgium’s Foreign Ministry said, but it was unable to confirm a report from Iranian media that her partner was also released.
Two hanged in north-eastern Iran town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 15 Two men were hanged in the north-eastern province of Khorassan Razavi, state media reported.
Two hanged in north-eastern Iran town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 15 Two men were hanged in the north-eastern province of Khorassan Razavi, state media reported.
Media rights group urges UN chief to act on Iran executions
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 15 A prominent international media rights group called on the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to take action to save two Iranian journalists from execution.
