Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 20 As part of a crackdown on trouble-makers, police in northeast Iran arrested dozens of people in several towns and cities, state-run press reported on Tuesday.
Iran steps up arrests of youths
Iran steps up arrests of youths
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 20 As part of a crackdown on trouble-makers, police in northeast Iran arrested dozens of people in several towns and cities, state-run press reported on Tuesday.
Irans anti-vice police make arrests in party raid
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 20 Iranian State Security Forces raided a residence in the northern city of Noshahr over the weekend, arresting some 20 men and women who had attended a co-ed party, according to an email sent to Iran Focus from the area.
Irans anti-vice police make arrests in party raid
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 20 Iranian State Security Forces raided a residence in the northern city of Noshahr over the weekend, arresting some 20 men and women who had attended a co-ed party, according to an email sent to Iran Focus from the area.
13 Iraqi officers involved in torture ring flee to Iran
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 20 More than a dozen Iraqi
officers involved in the illegal torture of detainees at secret prisons in Baghdad and other cities recently fled to neighbouring Iran and do not intend to return, according to a report in an Iraqi daily.
13 Iraqi officers involved in torture ring flee to Iran
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 20 More than a dozen Iraqi
officers involved in the illegal torture of detainees at secret prisons in Baghdad and other cities recently fled to neighbouring Iran and do not intend to return, according to a report in an Iraqi daily.
Dutch bank fined for Iran, Libya transactions
Washington Post: Federal and state financial regulators announced yesterday that they are levying $80 million in fines against ABN Amro Bank NV, a giant Dutch lender, for violating money-laundering laws and sanctions restricting dealings with Iran and Libya.
Iranian Bahai dies after 10 years in prison
Reuters: An Iranian of the Bahai faith has died in his jail cell of unknown causes, 10 years after being imprisoned by Tehran for abandoning Islam, the Bahai International Community said on Monday.
Little optimism ahead of EU-Iran nuclear talks
Reuters: France, Britain and Germany resume low-level talks with Iran this week about its nuclear programme, but EU diplomats expressed little optimism that talks with Iran’s hardline government would yield a breakthrough.
Iran’s president bans Western music
AP: Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned Western music from Iran’s radio and TV stations, reviving one of the harshest cultural decrees from the early days of 1979 Islamic Revolution.
