Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 27 An Iranian man was hanged at dawn on Tuesday in a prison in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, the state-run daily Aftab Yazd wrote today. The man only identified as Farshid F. was convicted of murdering five drivers between the years 1998 to 2000 in an attempt to steal their belongings.
Man hanged in Irans southern port city
Man hanged in Irans southern port city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 27 An Iranian man was hanged at dawn on Tuesday in a prison in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, the state-run daily Aftab Yazd wrote today. The man only identified as Farshid F. was convicted of murdering five drivers between the years 1998 to 2000 in an attempt to steal their belongings.
A Tipping Point for Tehran
Wall Street Journal: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s “elected” president, will officially assume his post next month. The elections, no doubt, were a sham and the controversy about voting irregularities is far from settled. Iran’s opposition sources revealed that the national ID cards of about five million dead people were provided to regime supporters, enabling them to vote multiple times at multiple locations.
Iran says will resume key atomic work despite EU
Reuters: Iran will resume some key work on its nuclear fuel cycle regardless of what European diplomats might propose to defuse a dispute over its atomic ambitions, Iran’s president said on Wednesday. “Whether Europeans mention our right to resume activities at (the uranium conversion facility at) Isfahan or not, we will definitely resume it regardless,” Mohammad Khatami told reporters.
Tories slam Liberal ‘silence’ in Kazemi death, demand tough stand with Iran
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.
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.
