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
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 …
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 …
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.
