New York Times: Iran’s supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Sunday appointed the commander of a conservative militia as the new chief of the national police force, the Iranian Student News Agency reported. The new chief, Brig. Gen. Esmail Ahmadi Moghadam, 44, will replace Muhammad Baqer Qalibaf, who resigned to run for president in last month’s election.
Militia Chief Chosen to Lead Iranian Police
Top Iranian dissident hits one month on hunger strike
AFP: Iran’s most prominent jailed dissident, journalist Akbar Ganji, has completed one month of hunger strike and is now demanding his unconditional release, his wife was quoted as saying Monday.
“After 31 days of hunger strike, Ganji has a very good morale and wishes to continue his action,” Massoumeh Shafiie told the semi-official ILNA news agency after meeting her husband in Tehran’s Evin prison.
Iran declares new crackdown on women, social vice
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 11 – With the arrival of a top commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards as the countrys new police chief, Irans state-run media announced a new summer-long crackdown on social vice in Tehran targeting
in particular young women and runaway girls.
Iran declares new crackdown on women, social vice
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 11 – With the arrival of a top commander of Irans Revolutionary Guards as the countrys new police chief, Irans state-run media announced a new summer-long crackdown on social vice in Tehran targeting
in particular young women and runaway girls.
Attack on Rafsanjani signals rising strife in Iran theocracy
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 10 The son of Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was heard as saying back in April that we are going to be using the funds of Fuel Efficiency Organization and money obtained by the lease of 400 gas stations to finance my fathers election campaign, a parliamentary deputy closely allied with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the state-run news agency Fars.
Attack on Rafsanjani signals rising strife in Iran theocracy
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 10 The son of Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was heard as saying back in April that we are going to be using the funds of Fuel Efficiency Organization and money obtained by the lease of 400 gas stations to finance my fathers election campaign, a parliamentary deputy closely allied with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the state-run news agency Fars.
Senior Iran cleric says fake ballots were used to elect Ahmadinejad
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 10 In a poignant letter to Irans outgoing President Mohammad Khatami, Hojjatol-Islam Mehdi Karroubi accused an autocratic political clique of making use of part of the armed forces and government employees and taking advantage of this countrys resources and manpower to conduct illegal activities. He said fake ballots were used in two provinces to bolster the vote for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the first round of the election to allow him to go on to the second round.
Iran news agency says Israel behind London and Iraq bombings
Iran Focus: Brussels, Jul. 10 A news agency run by the office of Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed that Israel was using the mask of Al-Qaeda and [Abu Musab”> Zarqawi to hunt down diplomats based in Iraq and that the London bombings were also part of the mischief by Israel. Israel is now in control of religious extremists, particularly the Wahabis and the Salafis, in Arabia and North Africa, it claimed. Fars News Agency used as its source a senior Iraqi security official who requested anonymity to claim that the role of Israel in terrorist attacks and sabotage in Iraq is becoming clearer by the day.
Iran news agency says Israel behind London and Iraq bombings
Iran Focus: Brussels, Jul. 10 A news agency run by the office of Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed that Israel was using the mask of Al-Qaeda and [Abu Musab”> Zarqawi to hunt down diplomats based in Iraq and that the London bombings were also part of the mischief by Israel. Israel is now in control of religious extremists, particularly the Wahabis and the Salafis, in Arabia and North Africa, it claimed. Fars News Agency used as its source a senior Iraqi security official who requested anonymity to claim that the role of Israel in terrorist attacks and sabotage in Iraq is becoming clearer by the day.
Iran should soon resume sensitive nuclear activities: top MP
AFP: Iran has managed to ease concerns that it is seeking nuclear weapons and therefore should soon resume sensitive enrichment activity, a top politician was quoted as saying Sunday. “Previously there were many ambiguities in Iran’s case, but today many of the ambiguities have been removed,” Alaeddin Borujerdi, the head of the hardline Iranian parliament’s foreign affairs commission, told the student news agency ISNA.
