Iran Focus: Paris, Jul. 30 Irans officials and state-owned media have been launching virulent attacks on the British government for supposedly hosting an Iranian opposition leader in London. In a special report, the semi-official daily Kayhan wrote in its Saturday issue that Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran, held a meeting with British Parliamentarians in the House of Lords to present a report on the status of the group in Iraq.
Iran media fuel row with London over opposition leader
Irans censors stop popular play on murder of dissidents
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 30 The showing of a play
staged by Irans leading playwright and theatre director came
to an abrupt end on Friday night on the orders of the Islamic Republics authorities. A Play Portraying the Passions of Master Navid Makan and His Wife Engineer Rokhshid Farzin, written and directed by Bahram Beizaii, debuted in Tehrans …
Irans censors stop popular play on murder of dissidents
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 30 The showing of a play
staged by Irans leading playwright and theatre director came
to an abrupt end on Friday night on the orders of the Islamic Republics authorities. A Play Portraying the Passions of Master Navid Makan and His Wife Engineer Rokhshid Farzin, written and directed by Bahram Beizaii, debuted in Tehrans …
Iran military officer and soldier arrested in Iraq – report
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 30 An officer in Irans armed forces and an Iranian soldier were arrested together close to the southern Iraq city of Basra early Thursday morning, a London-based Arabic daily wrote in its Friday edition. Border guards detained on Thursday an Iranian officer and a soldier on Iraqi soil 30 kilometres northeast of Basra, one of the biggest southern cities of this country, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat wrote, quoting a commander in Iraqs border patrol.
Iran military officer and soldier arrested in Iraq – report
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 30 An officer in Irans armed forces and an Iranian soldier were arrested together close to the southern Iraq city of Basra early Thursday morning, a London-based Arabic daily wrote in its Friday edition. Border guards detained on Thursday an Iranian officer and a soldier on Iraqi soil 30 kilometres northeast of Basra, one of the biggest southern cities of this country, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat wrote, quoting a commander in Iraqs border patrol.
Iran lawyer for slain journalist takes refuge to avoid arrest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 30 A human rights lawyer representing the family of slain Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi turned up unexpectedly at the Tehran Bar Association on Saturday and began an indefinite sit-in, after police raided his home and tried to arrest him. Abdolfattah Soltanis troubles began when he publicly accused Tehrans Revolutionary Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi on Monday of involvement in the July 2003 murder of Zahra Kazemi, …
Iran lawyer for slain journalist takes refuge to avoid arrest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 30 A human rights lawyer representing the family of slain Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi turned up unexpectedly at the Tehran Bar Association on Saturday and began an indefinite sit-in, after police raided his home and tried to arrest him. Abdolfattah Soltanis troubles began when he publicly accused Tehrans Revolutionary Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi on Monday of involvement in the July 2003 murder of Zahra Kazemi, …
Iran to put nuclear spies on trial
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 30 Iran will put two employees of its nuclear establishment on trial behind closed doors on espionage charges on August 2 and August 20 in Tehrans Revolutionary Court, state-run newspapers reported on Saturday. Judiciary spokesman Jamal Karimi-Rad announced in late June that the trial of the nuclear spies was postponed, because one of the accused was ill and had to undergo surgery.
Iran to put nuclear spies on trial
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 30 Iran will put two employees of its nuclear establishment on trial behind closed doors on espionage charges on August 2 and August 20 in Tehrans Revolutionary Court, state-run newspapers reported on Saturday. Judiciary spokesman Jamal Karimi-Rad announced in late June that the trial of the nuclear spies was postponed, because one of the accused was ill and had to undergo surgery.
Iraqi Foreign Minister criticises Iran for insurgencies
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Jul. 30 Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said he had complained to Iranian leaders in a recent visit to Tehran that Iran continued to meddle in the affairs of its neighbour. Speaking on Al-Iraqiya television on Thursday night, Zebari said, I recently visited Iran with Prime Minister [Ibrahim al-Jaafari”>, where we discussed these issues with Iranian officials.
