Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 07 A man was publicly hanged at dawn on Tuesday in the town of Salmas, northwest Iran, accused of rape, according to a state-run daily.
The daily Sharq identified the man by only his first name, Hajan, and said that he was from a village called Mafanjouq. He was hanged in public at Kargar Square in Salmas.
Man publicly hanged in northwest Iran
Iraqi Defence Minister says Iran opposition group can remain in Iraq
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 07 Iraqi Defence Minister Saadun al-Dulaimi, in a joint press conference with Iranian Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani, announced today that the main Iranian opposition group Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK) could continue to remain at its base on Iraqi soil, despite pressure from Tehran which seeks to have members of the group extradited.
Iraqi Defence Minister says Iran opposition group can remain in Iraq
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 07 Iraqi Defence Minister Saadun al-Dulaimi, in a joint press conference with Iranian Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani, announced today that the main Iranian opposition group Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK) could continue to remain at its base on Iraqi soil, despite pressure from Tehran which seeks to have members of the group extradited.
Iran wants to break UN seals to test atomic parts
Reuters: Iran has asked the U.N. nuclear watchdog to let it break U.N. seals and test atomic equipment that has been mothballed under an agreement with the EU’s three biggest powers, a senior Iranian official said on Wednesday. A U.S. official said it appeared Tehran wanted to violate its pledge to suspend all activities linked to the production of enriched-uranium fuel, a technology that can be used in either atomic power plants or weapons.
Iran, Arab neighbours spar over leaders caricature
Iran Focus: Dubai, Jul. 06 In an interview with the Kuwaiti news agency, the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) today sharply criticised Irans Foreign Ministry for using threatening language against GCC member Bahrain following the publication of a caricature in a Bahraini daily mocking Irans Supreme Leader.
Iran, Arab neighbours spar over leaders caricature
Iran Focus: Dubai, Jul. 06 In an interview with the Kuwaiti news agency, the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) today sharply criticised Irans Foreign Ministry for using threatening language against GCC member Bahrain following the publication of a caricature in a Bahraini daily mocking Irans Supreme Leader.
Iran MPs rip pseudo-democracies, defend President-elect
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 06 Some 215 of the 290 Iranian Majlis (Parliament) deputies issued a public statement today attacking pseudo-democracies and enemies of the Islamic Republic for criticising Irans presidential elections as undemocratic.
Iran MPs rip pseudo-democracies, defend President-elect
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 06 Some 215 of the 290 Iranian Majlis (Parliament) deputies issued a public statement today attacking pseudo-democracies and enemies of the Islamic Republic for criticising Irans presidential elections as undemocratic.
Iran vexed by possible EU policy shift
Iran Focus: Brussels, Jul. 06 Iranian officials are becoming increasingly anxious that the European Union may change its policy toward the clerical state after the consolidation of power by the ultra-conservative faction led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. So far the official line touted by the European Unions foreign policy point-man Javier Solana and other pronouncements by EU foreign ministers have been signalling a wait-and-see approach to Iran after the election
of hard-line candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran vexed by possible EU policy shift
Iran Focus: Brussels, Jul. 06 Iranian officials are becoming increasingly anxious that the European Union may change its policy toward the clerical state after the consolidation of power by the ultra-conservative faction led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. So far the official line touted by the European Unions foreign policy point-man Javier Solana and other pronouncements by EU foreign ministers have been signalling a wait-and-see approach to Iran after the election
of hard-line candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
