The Guardian: Dawn has barely broken on the fledgling presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but Iran’s new leader is already showing ominous signs of realising the worst fears of his liberal-minded opponents. The ultra-Islamist former mayor of Tehran, who was elected president in an unforeseen electoral landslide in June, offered his first serious indication of intent when he announced the make-up of his cabinet on Sunday.
All change but no change
Iran judiciary official claims slain youth beat himself
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 17 The head of the coroner’s office in the province of Western Azerbaijan, northwest Iran, told the state-owned ISNA news agency that a young Kurd who was shot and killed by police in the Kurdish town of Mahabad on July 10 had not been tortured as has been claimed by his family and eye-witnesses but instead had beaten himself.
Iran judiciary official claims slain youth beat himself
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 17 The head of the coroner’s office in the province of Western Azerbaijan, northwest Iran, told the state-owned ISNA news agency that a young Kurd who was shot and killed by police in the Kurdish town of Mahabad on July 10 had not been tortured as has been claimed by his family and eye-witnesses but instead had beaten himself.
Iran butchers demonstrate after being sacked
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran. Aug. 17 Workers protested outside Tehran’s largest meat factory on Wednesday after being laid off when the factory announced bankruptcy. The butchers complained that they were given no prior warning and were all sacked together by the now bankrupt Tehran’s Industrial Livestock Termination Unit.
Iran butchers demonstrate after being sacked
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran. Aug. 17 Workers protested outside Tehran’s largest meat factory on Wednesday after being laid off when the factory announced bankruptcy. The butchers complained that they were given no prior warning and were all sacked together by the now bankrupt Tehran’s Industrial Livestock Termination Unit.
Iran student on trial for “acting against national security”
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 17 The court hearing for a university student from the town of Kerman, central Iran, is scheduled to begin on Wednesday. Hossein Khodayari, a student from Kerman’s Bahonar University, is to be charged with “acting against national security”, a vague term which encompasses virtually all forms of social protests or actions against the ruling clerical authorities.
Iran student on trial for “acting against national security”
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 17 The court hearing for a university student from the town of Kerman, central Iran, is scheduled to begin on Wednesday. Hossein Khodayari, a student from Kerman’s Bahonar University, is to be charged with “acting against national security”, a vague term which encompasses virtually all forms of social protests or actions against the ruling clerical authorities.
Iran civil servants protest for overdue wages
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 17 Workers from the city of Abadan, southwest Iran, gathered outside the town hall on Wednesday demanding their overdue wages. The protestors, who were all civil servants, said that they had not received their salaries for several months.
Iran civil servants protest for overdue wages
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 17 Workers from the city of Abadan, southwest Iran, gathered outside the town hall on Wednesday demanding their overdue wages. The protestors, who were all civil servants, said that they had not received their salaries for several months.
Iran warns EU over nuclear pressure
AFP: A top Iranian nuclear official warned Wednesday that the European Union’s mounting pressure on the Islamic republic to limit its nuclear activities would only be counter-productive. “The rougher and faster these countries make the game, the more decisive we become to operate the rest of our nuclear facilities,” the deputy head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, Mohammad Saidi, told the student agency ISNA.
