Iran Focus: London, Jul. 12 Most runaway girls in Iran are raped within the first 24 hours of their departure, according to an Iranian government official speaking to the BBC. Dr. Hadi Motamedi, the head of Social Ills Prevention Unit of the Health Ministry, said that the majority of such victims are rejected by their families if they choose to return after having been raped.
Most runaway girls in Iran raped within first 24 hours – official
Bush urges Iran to free jailed journalist
AFP: US President George W. Bush wants Tehran to free
jailed Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji immediately and let him seek medical care after a month-long hunger strike, the White House said Tuesday. “Mr. Ganji, please know that as you
stand for your own liberty, America stands with you,” spokesman Scott McClellan said in a statement.
Iran could be behind Israel bomb blast: Rumsfeld
AFP: Iran could be behind the suicide attack at a shopping mall in Israel that killed at least four and injured dozens, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday. “I wouldn’t want to suggest that I know about the attack today, but clearly that’s been one of the stated and continuous purposes of Iran, to harm Israel,” said Rumsfeld, speaking at a press conference with his Italian counterpart Antonio Martino.
Thousands demonstrate for release of political prisoners in Iran
Iran Focus and agencies: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 12 Thousands of residents demonstrated this evening in front of the main gate of Tehran University, calling for the release of political prisoners. Demonstrators included relatives of political prisoners, many
of whom turned up with photos of their relatives presently in prison in the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran and Gohar-Dasht Prison in Karaj.
Thousands demonstrate for release of political prisoners in Iran
Iran Focus and agencies: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 12 Thousands of residents demonstrated this evening in front of the main gate of Tehran University, calling for the release of political prisoners. Demonstrators included relatives of political prisoners, many
of whom turned up with photos of their relatives presently in prison in the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran and Gohar-Dasht Prison in Karaj.
Iraq rebuffs Iranian military training aid
United Press International: Iraqi Defense Minister Sadoun Dulaimi has denied part of an agreement with Iran struck last week includes assistance in training the country’s new military.
At a Baghdad news conference, Dulaimi denied Iranian Defense Minister Adm. Ali Shamkhani’s claim Iran would provide training as part of a five-point memorandum of understanding.
Iran to resume sensitive nuclear work very soon: negotiators
AFP: Iran will soon resume uranium enrichment and will
reject any proposal from the European Union that does not recognise the Islamic republic’s right to carry out this ultra-sensitive nuclear activity, top negotiators warned Tuesday. “I think the end of the suspension is very close, and the Europeans should keep to their commitments,” Hossein Mousavian told the hardline Kayhan newspaper.
Iran warns EU ahead of nuclear talks
Reuters: Iran warned the European Union on Tuesday it planned to resume uranium enrichment soon and would reject any proposal by the EU that sought to prevent it from carrying out such sensitive nuclear work. The warning, delivered by several of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team, came ahead of crucial talks between Tehran and the EU expected to take place next month.
Iran security forces kill youth at point blank, drag body in town
Iran Focus: Mahabad, Iran, Jul. 12 Irans State Security Forces on Sunday opened fire at youths in the north-western volatile Kurdish town of Mahabad, leaving one young man dead and several others injured. A group of friends were walking at an avenue in Independece Square in Mahabad at 22:30, when they were approached and attacked by an SSF convoy, plain-clothed Islamic vigilantes, and a number of agents of Irans dreaded Ministry of Intelligence and Security (VEVAK), according to several eye-witnesses.
Iran security forces kill youth at point blank, drag body in town
Iran Focus: Mahabad, Iran, Jul. 12 Irans State Security Forces on Sunday opened fire at youths in the north-western volatile Kurdish town of Mahabad, leaving one young man dead and several others injured. A group of friends were walking at an avenue in Independence Square in Mahabad at 22:30, when they were approached and attacked by an SSF convoy, plain-clothed Islamic vigilantes, and a number of agents of Irans dreaded Ministry of Intelligence and Security (VEVAK), according to several eye-witnesses.
