Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 Irans State Security forces opened lethal fire on protesters in the western town of Saqqez from a military helicopter on Wednesday, eye-witnesses reported. Anti-government protesters set fire to the towns principal prayer hall and vehicles belonging to the police on Wednesday morning.
Iran police fire on Kurdish protesters from chopper
Iran police fire on Kurdish protesters from chopper
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 Irans State Security forces opened lethal fire on protesters in the western town of Saqqez from a military helicopter on Wednesday, eye-witnesses reported. Anti-government protesters set fire to the towns principal prayer hall and vehicles belonging to the police on Wednesday morning.
Irans news agency chief quits after complaints from new President
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 03 The managing director of Irans state-run news agency on Wednesday stepped down from his position less than two weeks after he was summoned to court for questioning after Irans new hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads campaign team filed a complaint against the agency for biased reporting against the conservative camp
during the June election campaign.
Irans news agency chief quits after complaints from new President
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 03 The managing director of Irans state-run news agency on Wednesday stepped down from his position less than two weeks after he was summoned to court for questioning after Irans new hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads campaign team filed a complaint against the agency for biased reporting against the conservative camp
during the June election campaign.
Iran Revolutionary Guards brutality against Kurds backfires
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 On Tuesday, July 26, plainclothes agents from the intelligence directorate of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps took 18 detained Kurdish men from the restive towns of Baneh and Marivan to a barren location and, after a violent rough-up, forced them to strip naked and walk back to their towns. The Revolutionary Guards were trying to intimidate young people in this restive area of western Iran into silence after days of anti-government protests that have spread to several towns and cities.
Iran Revolutionary Guards brutality against Kurds backfires
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 On Tuesday, July 26, plainclothes agents from the intelligence directorate of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps took 18 detained Kurdish men from the restive towns of Baneh and Marivan to a barren location and, after a violent rough-up, forced them to strip naked and walk back to their towns. The Revolutionary Guards were trying to intimidate young people in this restive area of western Iran into silence after days of anti-government protests that have spread to several towns and cities.
IAEA urges Iran not to resume nuclear activities until next week
AFP: The UN atomic agency Wednesday urged Iran not to resume nuclear fuel cycle work until an international inspection system is in place, after Tehran threatened to restart the work immediately. The International Atomic Energy Agency has “made it clear that we need until the middle of next week to get our surveillance equipment in place before any seals could be cut and nuclear activities started,” IAEA spokeswoman Melissa
Fleming said in a statement.
EU-Iran relations at ‘critical stage’: European Commission
AFP: Relations between the European Union and Iran have reached a “critical stage” with Tehran’s threat to resume uranium conversion work, the European Union’s executive commission said Wednesday.
“With regard to Iran-EU relations, we have reached a critical stage in our relations and this week will be crucial to the development of the relations of the EU with Iran,” said commission spokesman Stefaan De Rynck.
Protesters clash with security forces in Irans Kurdish town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 Violent clashes erupted between young people and security forces in the Kurdish town of Saqqez, northwest Iran, and a prayer hall and vehicles belonging to the police were set on fire on Wednesday, according to witnesses. The windows of several banks were shattered as people threw sticks and stones at agents of the State Security Forces in Saqqez, situated in the province of Kurdistan, a hotbed of anti-government protests.
Protesters clash with security forces in Irans Kurdish town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 Violent clashes erupted between young people and security forces in the Kurdish town of Saqqez, northwest Iran, and a prayer hall and vehicles belonging to the police were set on fire on Wednesday, according to witnesses. The windows of several banks were shattered as people threw sticks and stones at agents of the State Security Forces in Saqqez, situated in the province of Kurdistan, a hotbed of anti-government protests.
