Iran Focus: The following report appeared in Irans influential daily Kayhan on December 1, 2004:
A memorial plaque commemorating the man who carried out the largest martyrdom-seeking operation against Global Arrogance [the United States and its allies”> will be unveiled tomorrow in Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery in Tehran.
Iran honours suicide bomber who killed 241 Americans in Beirut
Iran weekly advertises application form for suicide operations
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 The following is the translation of the text of an advertisement that appears regularly in the hard-line weekly Parto Sokhan as part of a recruitment drive for suicide operation volunteers.
Click to see both original advert and text of English translation.
Iran weekly advertises application form for suicide operations
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 The following is the translation of the text of an advertisement that appears regularly in the hard-line weekly Parto Sokhan as part of a recruitment drive for suicide operation volunteers.
Click to see both original advert and text of English translation.
Iran talks up nuclear centrifuge work before suspension
AFP: Iran succeeded in building a “considerable” number of sophisticated centrifuges used for uranium enrichment before suspending the work under an agreement with the European Union in November, chief nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani said in comments published Saturday. “Today, the number of centrifuge machines manufactured and ready to function is considerable,” Rowhani told the conservative daily Kayhan without giving a number.
Shell says it faces sanctions in Iran
AP: Royal Dutch Shell PLC disclosed in a filing this week that it faces risks of U.S. sanctions in Iran. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to the merging of its British and Dutch halves Wednesday, the oil company said its investments in Iran and Syria could mean it will be barred from financing by U.S. institutions.
The company declined to comment for this article.
Iran opens garrison to recruit suicide bombers against West
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 22 A military garrison has been opened in Iran to recruit and train volunteers for martyrdom-seeking operations, according to the garrisons commander, Mohammad-Reza Jaafari. Jaafari, a senior officer in the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), told a hard-line weekly close to Irans ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the new Lovers of Martyrdom Garrison (Gharargahe Asheghane Shahadat, in Persian) …
Iran opens garrison to recruit suicide bombers against West
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 22 A military garrison has been opened in Iran to recruit and train volunteers for martyrdom-seeking operations, according to the garrisons commander, Mohammad-Reza Jaafari. Jaafari, a senior officer in the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), told a hard-line weekly close to Irans ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the new Lovers of Martyrdom Garrison (Gharargahe Asheghane Shahadat, in Persian) …
Public execution for the teenagers convicted of rape
The Times: Iran has publicly hanged two male teenagers convicted of raping a 13-year-old boy at knifepoint. After the Supreme Court upheld the verdict of child rape, they were executed on Tuesday in Edalat (Justice) Square in the city of Mashhad. The British gay rights group Outrage! has accused Iran of torturing the two into confessing that they had homosexual sex. It believes that the assault charges were a smokescreen to justify killing homosexuals.
Rights group censures Iran for execution of minors
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 22 The human rights group Amnesty International today urged the Iranian government to put a halt to the execution of minors and individuals sentenced to death for crimes they committed as children. The international rights group pointed to the execution of three such youths in the Islamic Republic in the past week despite the country being a signatory to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which stipulate that individuals who committed offences while below the age of 18 should be spared from the death penalty.
Rights group censures Iran for execution of minors
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 22 The human rights group Amnesty International today urged the Iranian government to put a halt to the execution of minors and individuals sentenced to death for crimes they committed as children. The international rights group pointed to the execution of three such youths in the Islamic Republic in the past week despite the country being a signatory to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which stipulate that individuals who committed offences while below the age of 18 should be spared from the death penalty.
