Iran Focus: London, Aug. 24 Manouchehr Mottaki, 52, who was
confirmed on Wednesday by Irans hard-line parliament (Majlis)
as the new Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
was involved in a series of terrorist attacks outside Iran,
according to Iranian exiles and defectors from the theocratic
regime.
Irans new Foreign Minister was involved in terrorism
Irans parliament confirms key hard-line ministers
Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 24 Irans hard-line-dominated parliament gave thumbs up to 17 ultra-Islamists nominated by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for ministerial posts, but rejected his choices for the four ministries of oil, welfare, education, and cooperatives.
Irans parliament confirms key hard-line ministers
Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 24 Irans hard-line-dominated parliament gave thumbs up to 17 ultra-Islamists nominated by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for ministerial posts, but rejected his choices for the four ministries of oil, welfare, education, and cooperatives.
Irans new elite army chief had Lebanese terror ties
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 24 The new commander of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Forces was involved in terrorist activities in Lebanon during the 1980s, analysts say. Revolutionary Guards brigadier general Ahmad Kazemi was appointed on Saturday by Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to head the IRGC Ground Forces. Kazemi closely worked with the new Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar in Lebanon.
Irans new elite army chief had Lebanese terror ties
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 24 The new commander of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Forces was involved in terrorist activities in Lebanon during the 1980s, analysts say. Revolutionary Guards brigadier general Ahmad Kazemi was appointed on Saturday by Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to head the IRGC Ground Forces. Kazemi closely worked with the new Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar in Lebanon.
Iran towns jail has 30 prisoners on death row
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 24 There are 30 prisoners on death row in a prison in the town of Arak, central Iran, according to the areas Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor. Hamzeh Pakbin said that the prisoners had all been sentenced to hanging for a variety of crimes, local newspapers reported on Wednesday.
Iran towns jail has 30 prisoners on death row
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 24 There are 30 prisoners on death row in a prison in the town of Arak, central Iran, according to the areas Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor. Hamzeh Pakbin said that the prisoners had all been sentenced to hanging for a variety of crimes, local newspapers reported on Wednesday.
Irans new defence minister may impact Iraqi insurgency
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 24 Analysts and defectors from Irans booming arms industry believe that the appointment as Defence Minister of an ultra-Islamist regarded as the father of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards operations beyond the countrys borders could have a direct impact on the supply of sophisticated weapons and bombs to terrorist groups operating in Iraq.
Irans new defence minister may impact Iraqi insurgency
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 24 Analysts and defectors from Irans booming arms industry believe that the appointment as Defence Minister of an ultra-Islamist regarded as the father of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards operations beyond the countrys borders could have a direct impact on the supply of sophisticated weapons and bombs to terrorist groups operating in Iraq.
17-year-old musician to be hanged in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 24 A seventeen-year-old
musician in Iran is facing imminent execution in public after his death sentence was upheld by Irans hard-line Supreme Court,
a state-owned daily reported on Wednesday.
The teenage boy, identified by his first name Sina, was found
guilty of murdering another individual after a dispute over
cannabis last October, the daily Etemaad reported.
