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 …
U.S. Congress wants Iran embassy hostage-takers put on trial
Iran’s mujahideen: a role?
Christian Science Monitor: Over the phone from Paris, in heavily accented English, Maryam Rajavi says: “I hope one day we can meet in Tehran.” Then, in apology for her command of English, she says “we’ll continue this interview [through an interpreter”> in Persian.” But in whatever language it is offered, her message is one of frustration with a turn toward extremism in her Iranian homeland, and hope that what she sees as the “appeasement”
of Iran by more aggressive action.
Iran lambastes German minister for linking Ahmadinejad with terrorism
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 19 Iran reacted sharply on Tuesday
to a statement by German Interior Minister Otto Schily linking President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with terrorism.
Such unfounded accusations against the President-elect are an affront to the Iranian peoples vote, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Assefi told journalists during a briefing.
Iran lambastes German minister for linking Ahmadinejad with terrorism
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 19 Iran reacted sharply on Tuesday
to a statement by German Interior Minister Otto Schily linking President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with terrorism.
Such unfounded accusations against the President-elect are an affront to the Iranian peoples vote, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Assefi told journalists during a briefing.
Turkey releases bombing suspect under pressure from Iran
Iran Focus: Istanbul, Jul. 19 – The Turkish authorities released one of the chief suspects in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Argentina that killed 87 people and injured 200 others and sent him back to Iran, a Turkish security official said on Tuesday.
The decision was taken by the Turkish government after intense pressure from Iran, the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Iran Focus.
Turkey releases bombing suspect under pressure from Iran
Iran Focus: Istanbul, Jul. 19 – The Turkish authorities released one of the chief suspects in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Argentina that killed 87 people and injured 200 others and sent him back to Iran, a Turkish security official said on Tuesday.
The decision was taken by the Turkish government after intense pressure from Iran, the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Iran Focus.
Iran hangs under-18 adolescent in public
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 19 – A young man and a minor were hanged in public on Tuesday in Irans second largest city, a government-funded news agency reported. The two, only identified by their initials M.A and A.M., were convicted of sexual assault on a 13-year-old boy by the Islamic Tribunal of Mashad, according to ISNA news agency.
Iran hangs under-18 adolescent in public
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 19 – A young man and a minor were hanged in public on Tuesday in Irans second largest city, a government-funded news agency reported. The two, only identified by their initials M.A and A.M., were convicted of sexual assault on a 13-year-old boy by the Islamic Tribunal of Mashad, according to ISNA news agency.
Khatami says Iran will not bargain on nuclear enrichment
AFP: Iran’s outgoing President Mohammad Khatami said Tuesday that Tehran would not bargain on its right to enrich uranium during talks with Europe on its nuclear activities. “Iran’s admission to the World Trade Organisation and the mastering of the fuel cycle are the rights of the Iranian people… and are not negotiable,” Khatami was quoted as saying by state television.
British government protests at Iran claims over London bombings
AFP: Britain protested furiously on Tuesday to Iran over comments by a leading Iranian politician that the London bombings might have been deliberately carried out by the British government. One possible reason for the July 7 attacks, in which at least 56 people died, “is that the British government itself created this situation”, Ahmad Janati, a cleric who chairs the powerful Guardians Council, said Friday in a nationally broadcast sermon.
