Canadian Press: Critics are calling on Prime Minister Paul Martin’s government to take a tougher stand with Iran in the case of a Canadian woman who was tortured and killed in an Iranian prison two years ago.
Tories slam Liberal ‘silence’ in Kazemi death, demand tough stand with Iran
Police shoot dead two demonstrators in Iran Kurdish town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 26 Protests erupted once again this morning in the Kurdish town of Oshnavieh, northwest Iran, following clashes between angry people and State Security Forces on Monday, during which two anti-government demonstrators were shot dead by police.
Police shoot dead two demonstrators in Iran Kurdish town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 26 Protests erupted once again this morning in the Kurdish town of Oshnavieh, northwest Iran, following clashes between angry people and State Security Forces on Monday, during which two anti-government demonstrators were shot dead by police.
Confusion reigns over French PMs words on Irans terror ties
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 26 Did he say Iran or did he say Iraq? No one appears to be sure as to which of the two neighbouring countries French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin referred to when he mentioned terrorist training camps in a joint press conference in London with his British counterpart Tony Blair,
but his phrase has aroused anger in Tehran, embarrassment in Paris, and some cheers in Washington, depending on the
way it was heard.
Confusion reigns over French PMs words on Irans terror ties
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 26 Did he say Iran or did he say Iraq? No one appears to be sure as to which of the two neighbouring countries French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin referred to when he mentioned terrorist training camps in a joint press conference in London with his British counterpart Tony Blair,
but his phrase has aroused anger in Tehran, embarrassment in Paris, and some cheers in Washington, depending on the
way it was heard.
Woman immolates self to avoid return to Iran jail
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 26 A 30-year-old woman set herself on fire outside a justice department office in southern Iran on Monday evening, eye-witnesses reported. The unidentified woman was on temporary parole from prison in the southern city of Marvdasht and had gone to the justice department to request an extension of her prison leave. When her application was rejected, she attempted to commit suicide by setting herself on fire.
Woman immolates self to avoid return to Iran jail
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 26 A 30-year-old woman set herself on fire outside a justice department office in southern Iran on Monday evening, eye-witnesses reported. The unidentified woman was on temporary parole from prison in the southern city of Marvdasht and had gone to the justice department to request an extension of her prison leave. When her application was rejected, she attempted to commit suicide by setting herself on fire.
Iran: Britain has dark record of rights violation
AFP: Iran’s hardline judiciary hit out at Britain’s human rights record Tuesday after police hunting the London bombers shot dead an innocent Brazilian by mistake. “It is British reality that the London police aim at anyone without any hesitation,” judiciary spokesman Jamal Karimi Rad told reporters. “Britain has a very dark record of human rights violations,” he charged. “Britain’s record in Iraq, in Afghanistan, and the way they treat Muslims is known to everyone.”
EU to present nuclear package to Iran in early August: official
AFP: The European Union will offer Iran a package of measures in early August to encourage Tehran to respect its nuclear commitments once its new president has been sworn in, an EU official said on Tuesday. The package, which basically offers trade incentives to Iran for concessions on its nuclear ambitions, will probably be presented in the first week of the month, after hardliner Mahmood Ahmadinejad takes office on August 3.
Iranian court rejects bid to reopen Kazemi case
The Globe and Mail: The family of slain Canadian-Iranian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi suffered a setback in a Tehran appeals court yesterday when the presiding judge rejected their lawyers’ move to reopen the case. Led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human-rights activist Shirin Ebadi, the lawyers for Ms. Kazemi’s family had argued that the 54-year-old Montreal resident was murdered while in custody and that details of her brutal death were covered up.
