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: 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.
Iran acquiring nuclear parts from Europe – report
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 26 European firms are unknowingly providing Iran with much-needed nuclear parts which could be used in making nuclear bombs despite efforts by the international community to prevent Tehran from acquiring such a capability, the German weekly der Spiegel wrote on Monday. The paper said that it had seen secret documents showing that Iran was secretly buying European-made sophisticated nuclear parts via South Korea.
Iran acquiring nuclear parts from Europe – report
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 26 European firms are unknowingly providing Iran with much-needed nuclear parts which could be used in making nuclear bombs despite efforts by the international community to prevent Tehran from acquiring such a capability, the German weekly der Spiegel wrote on Monday. The paper said that it had seen secret documents showing that Iran was secretly buying European-made sophisticated nuclear parts via South Korea.
Senior cleric quits in protest over Iran election fraud
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 25 Defeated presidential candidate Hojjatoleslam Mehdi Karroubi resigned from his post as Secretary-General of the Militant Clergymen Association and left the clerical group, the state-run news agency ISNA reported today.
Senior cleric quits in protest over Iran election fraud
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 25 Defeated presidential candidate Hojjatoleslam Mehdi Karroubi resigned from his post as Secretary-General of the Militant Clergymen Association and left the clerical group, the state-run news agency ISNA reported today.
Indian Prime Ministers remarks worry Iran leaders
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 25 – Iran’s state-run media have been giving prominence to India’s opposition and newspapers criticising the country’s prime minister for his remarks on an eight-billion-dollar pipeline project to join Irans natural gas fields to Pakistan and India. During an official visit to the United States, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the Washington Post on Wednesday, As far as the pipeline is concerned, only preliminary discussions have taken place.
Indian Prime Ministers remarks worry Iran leaders
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 25 – Iran’s state-run media have been giving prominence to India’s opposition and newspapers criticising the country’s prime minister for his remarks on an eight-billion-dollar pipeline project to join Irans natural gas fields to Pakistan and India. During an official visit to the United States, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the Washington Post on Wednesday, As far as the pipeline is concerned, only preliminary discussions have taken place.
