Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 15 Deputies in Irans hard-line Majlis (parliament) welcomed the proposed list for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads new 21-member cabinet, which included at least 13 former commanders of the Revolutionary Guards and its affiliated agencies, as well as five former officials in Irans notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and revolutionary prosecutors office.
Iran hard-liners laud Revolutionary Guards grip on new cabinet
Iran police use teargas to disperse protesters
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 15 Police fought off angry demonstrators on Monday with teargas outside a government ministry in Tehran. Dozens of protestors had lined up outside the Ministry of Cooperatives to demand their dividends that had not been paid by the bankrupt Rahyan Bang Saba Cooperative.
Iran police use teargas to disperse protesters
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 15 Police fought off angry demonstrators on Monday with teargas outside a government ministry in Tehran. Dozens of protestors had lined up outside the Ministry of Cooperatives to demand their dividends that had not been paid by the bankrupt Rahyan Bang Saba Cooperative.
Teachers protest outside Iran Majlis for jobs
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 15 A group of kindergarten teachers gathered outside Irans Majlis on Monday to protest against the Ministry of Educations decision to fire them. The teachers from Tehran Province complained that the Ministry of Education discriminated against kindergarten teachers.
Teachers protest outside Iran Majlis for jobs
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 15 A group of kindergarten teachers gathered outside Irans Majlis on Monday to protest against the Ministry of Educations decision to fire them. The teachers from Tehran Province complained that the Ministry of Education discriminated against kindergarten teachers.
Multinational Force in Iraq lashes out at abduction of Iran dissidents
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Aug. 15 – The Multinational Force in Iraq on Sunday strongly condemned the abduction earlier this month of two Iranian dissidents who were protected persons under the Geneva Conventions.
The U.S.-led force announced that the two members of the opposition group People’s Mojahedin or Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MeK) were abducted on August 4 in eastern Baghdad while on a routine logistics trip to Baghdad.
Multinational Force in Iraq lashes out at abduction of Iran dissidents
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Aug. 15 – The Multinational Force in Iraq on Sunday strongly condemned the abduction earlier this month of two Iranian dissidents who were protected persons under the Geneva Conventions.
The U.S.-led force announced that the two members of the opposition group People’s Mojahedin or Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MeK) were abducted on August 4 in eastern Baghdad while on a routine logistics trip to Baghdad.
Iran face-off
Washington Times: Two tough guys will meet next month at the opening of the United Nations. These diplomatic ruffians will wrestle over the U.S.-Iranian cold war as Iran restarts uranium processing and denies American charges that it is trafficking weapons into Iraq.
Iran wages undeclared war against coalition
Daily Telegraph: At least nine British soldiers have been murdered in Iraq by terrorists working for the radical Islamic regime in neighbouring Iran, it was reported last night.
Irans extremist Shiite cleric finds new clout
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 15 A radical Islamist cleric based in the holy city of Qom is holding unusual sway over Irans new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the direction of the hard-line government that is about to be installed, according to informed sources in the Iranian capital. Ayatollah Mohammad-Taghi Mesbah Yazdi is an extremist Shiite cleric who is seen as Ahmadinejads ideological mentor. After his victory in the presidential elections, Ahmadinejad travelled to Qom to personally thank the ayatollah for his support.
