Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 Iranian authorities hanged five men in public in the southern town of Ravar, state media reported on Wednesday.
In Brief: Iran hangs five in public
In Brief: Iran hangs five in public
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 Iranian authorities hanged five men in public in the southern town of Ravar, state media reported on Wednesday.
US urges return of 2 American women held by Iran
VOA News: The State Department Wednesday called on Iran to allow two detained American women, both with dual U.S. and Iranian citizenship, to return to the United States. The women, an academic and a journalist, went to Iran on visits several months ago and have not been allowed to leave.
Tehran City Council reappoints Mayor
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 The Tehran City Council voted on Wednesday to reappoint a one-time Brigadier General in Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as Mayor of Tehran.
Tehran City Council reappoints Mayor
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 The Tehran City Council voted on Wednesday to reappoint a one-time Brigadier General in Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as Mayor of Tehran.
Hope in art for Iran’s Death Row children
METRO: Myspace, Flickr and other Internet networking sites are usually just a fun way of sharing stories and pictures.
Iran launches new scheme to entice Afghans home
AFP: Iran published advertisements in newspapers on Tuesday offering new incentives for its hundreds of thousands of registered Afghan refugees to return home.
UAE arrests 12 Iranian divers near disputed isle
AFP: The United Arab Emirates has arrested 12 Iranian divers who were working at a sunken ship off a disputed island in Gulf waters, just ahead of a visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, officials said Tuesday.
Beating by guards fails to stop voting, Iranian students say
New York Times: Students at Amir Kabir University fended off club-wielding university security guards on Monday and went ahead with elections for a pro-democracy association.
Man sets self on fire outside Ahmadinejad’s office in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 A young man set himself on fire outside Irans Presidential Offices, the press office of Tehrans Medical Emergency Centre said on Tuesday.
