Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 The military commander of Iranshahr region in south-eastern Iran was killed on Saturday during a counter-insurgency operation in Sistan and Balouchistan Province, a security official said on Monday. Eleven other agents of the para-military police force were injured in a shootout between security forces and local rebels, Revolutionary Guards Colonel Mohammad Arab said. He described the rebels as armed insurgents.
Iran town’s para-military commander killed in clashes
Iran town’s para-military commander killed in clashes
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 The military commander of Iranshahr region in south-eastern Iran was killed on Saturday during a counter-insurgency operation in Sistan and Balouchistan Province, a security official said on Monday. Eleven other agents of the para-military police force were injured in a shootout between security forces and local rebels, Revolutionary Guards Colonel Mohammad Arab said. He described the rebels as armed insurgents.
Irans security forces arrest Kurds after unrest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 Iran’s State Security Forces have stepped up arrests of Kurds who took part in large-scale anti-government demonstrations over the past six weeks in the town of Baneh, northwestern Iran, according to local residents.
Irans security forces arrest Kurds after unrest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 Iran’s State Security Forces have stepped up arrests of Kurds who took part in large-scale anti-government demonstrations over the past six weeks in the town of Baneh, northwestern Iran, according to local residents.
Iranian dissident ends hunger strike: wife
AFP: Dissident journalist Akbar Ganji, Iran’s most prominent political prisoner, has ended a lengthy hunger strike and is in “fair” health, his wife confirmed to AFP on Monday. “I saw him last night. He has ended his hunger strike. He is fairly well,” Massoumeh Shafii said in a brief statement.
Pakistan to meet with UN nuclear agency on Iranian uranium contamination
AFP: The UN nuclear watchdog is to meet here next week with Pakistani officials as part of its efforts to determine if Iran was using smuggled Pakistani equipment to make enriched uranium that could be used for atom bombs, diplomats said Saturday. Pakistan had in May sent centrifuge parts to the watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency at its headquarters in Vienna to enable the IAEA to compare microscopic traces of uranium on them with that found on equipment in Iran believed to have been smuggled in from Pakistan.
Irans new sex-segregated park gets underway
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 21 A new sex-segregated park is under development in the city of Mashad, north-eastern Iran, according to the head of the National Womens Council. The new 110-hectare park will be used exclusively by women, Sedigheh Ghannadi told a state-run news agency, adding that men would not be able to see inside the park in any way, including from overflying aircraft.
Irans new sex-segregated park gets underway
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 21 A new sex-segregated park is under development in the city of Mashad, north-eastern Iran, according to the head of the National Womens Council. The new 110-hectare park will be used exclusively by women, Sedigheh Ghannadi told a state-run news agency, adding that men would not be able to see inside the park in any way, including from overflying aircraft.
Irans new president charts hard-line agenda
Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 21 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday presented his 21-man cabinet to parliament and offered a raw mix of ultra-Islamist domestic policy, state-dominated economic agenda, and uncompromising foreign policy. Ahmadinejad urged the hard-line-dominated parliament to confirm his nominations with big votes to give the ministers a good start as they begin their tasks.
Irans new president charts hard-line agenda
Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 21 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday presented his 21-man cabinet to parliament and offered a raw mix of ultra-Islamist domestic policy, state-dominated economic agenda, and uncompromising foreign policy. Ahmadinejad urged the hard-line-dominated parliament to confirm his nominations with big votes to give the ministers a good start as they begin their tasks.
