Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran – Jul. 20 The appointment of Ali Larijani as the new secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council, the countrys top decision-making body on security-related issues, has been confirmed by the cabinet selection committee, an influential daily reported on Wednesday.
Supreme Leaders confidant gets Irans top security post
Iran Majlis deputies endorse execution of minor
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 20 Members of Irans parliament from the north-eastern city of Mashad, where a minor and an 18-year-old man were publicly hanged yesterday, vented their anger on Wednesday on foreign and domestic news outlets for reporting the ages of hanged prisoners. Ultra-conservative deputy Ali Asgari said that the two deserved to be hanged in public, adding, Whatever sentence is decreed by an Islamic penal system must be approved, unless proven otherwise.
Iran Majlis deputies endorse execution of minor
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 20 Members of Irans parliament from the north-eastern city of Mashad, where a minor and an 18-year-old man were publicly hanged yesterday, vented their anger on Wednesday on foreign and domestic news outlets for reporting the ages of hanged prisoners. Ultra-conservative deputy Ali Asgari said that the two deserved to be hanged in public, adding, Whatever sentence is decreed by an Islamic penal system must be approved, unless proven otherwise.
Clashes erupt in Iran capitals slums
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 20 A Tehran district mayors decision to destroy makeshift accommodation in a shanty
town on the outskirts of the capital led to pitch battles between government agents and residents on Tuesday. Armed troops
of the State Security Forces and agents of the local city council moved into the impoverished district of Qiyam-Dasht in the suburbs of Tehran to arrest construction workers putting up buildings for homeless residents.
Clashes erupt in Iran capitals slums
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 20 A Tehran district mayors decision to destroy makeshift accommodation in a shanty
town on the outskirts of the capital led to pitch battles between government agents and residents on Tuesday. Armed troops
of the State Security Forces and agents of the local city council moved into the impoverished district of Qiyam-Dasht in the suburbs of Tehran to arrest construction workers putting up buildings for homeless residents.
Ultra-conservative daily accuses Irans Nobel laureate of murder plot
Iran Focus: Paris, Jul. 20 A state-owned newspaper accused Irans Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and the wife of jailed journalist Akbar Ganji of being part of a foreign-backed conspiracy to compel him to starve himself to death in a bid to embarrass the clerical regime. The daily Kayhan also pointed the finger at President George W. Bush and the U.S. administration for being involved in the plot.
Ultra-conservative daily accuses Irans Nobel laureate of murder plot
Iran Focus: Paris, Jul. 20 A state-owned newspaper accused Irans Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and the wife of jailed journalist Akbar Ganji of being part of a foreign-backed conspiracy to compel him to starve himself to death in a bid to embarrass the clerical regime. The daily Kayhan also pointed the finger at President George W. Bush and the U.S. administration for being involved in the plot.
Iran barred from hosting international wrestling matches: FILA
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 20 Iran will no longer be permitted to host international wrestling events because of its refusal to allow women to take part in bouts as well. The head of Irans Wrestling Federation announced that FILA, the main international body in charge of wrestling competitions, had banned the Islamic Republic from hosting games for all international and Asian championships.
Iran barred from hosting international wrestling matches: FILA
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 20 Iran will no longer be permitted to host international wrestling events because of its refusal to allow women to take part in bouts as well. The head of Irans Wrestling Federation announced that FILA, the main international body in charge of wrestling competitions, had banned the Islamic Republic from hosting games for all international and Asian championships.
U.S. Congress wants Iran embassy hostage-takers put on trial
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 20 Several members of the United States Congress are expected to introduce a bill on Wednesday calling on the U.S. judicial authorities to begin legal proceedings against Iranians who were involved in the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in November 1979 and the subsequent captivity of 52 American hostages for 444 days, the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat reported today. The bills principal sponsor, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Florida Republican who chairs the Sub-committee on the Middle East and Central Asia, said she and her colleagues in Congress want U.S. courts to try those …
