Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 07 The second most senior
commander in Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) top brass pledged today to serve the new ultra-conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and welcomed the rise to power of the fundamentalist faction of the clerical establishment following last months presidential elections.
He called on the new President to swiftly establish an Islamic fundamentalist government.
Iran Revolutionary Guards ready to serve Ahmadinejad
Iran Revolutionary Guards commanders huddle with President-elect
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 07 In a meeting with Irans newly-elected ultra-conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday, the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) top brass pledged their allegiance to defend the Islamic Republic and the new man at the helm at a time when there
is growing international furore over his past involvement in terrorism and the assassination of dissidents abroad.
Iran Revolutionary Guards commanders huddle with President-elect
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 07 In a meeting with Irans newly-elected ultra-conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday, the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) top brass pledged their allegiance to defend the Islamic Republic and the new man at the helm at a time when there
is growing international furore over his past involvement in terrorism and the assassination of dissidents abroad.
Iranian Sentenced in Munitions Export Case
AP: An Iranian was sentenced Wednesday to nearly five years in prison for trying to export parts for F-4 and F-14 jet fighters, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Abbas Tavakolian, 58, pleaded guilty in April to attempting to export munitions from the United States to Iran. He was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison.
In Iran one new person gains drug addiction every 3 minutes
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 07 In Iran one person becomes addicted to drugs every three minutes, according to the head of the Education and Prevention Unit of the Office to Combat Drugs. Every three minutes one person in society becomes addicted to drugs, Hamid Sarami told an anti-narcotics committee in the Iranian city of Hamedan (western Iran) today.
In Iran one new person gains drug addiction every 3 minutes
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 07 In Iran one person becomes addicted to drugs every three minutes, according to the head of the Education and Prevention Unit of the Office to Combat Drugs. Every three minutes one person in society becomes addicted to drugs, Hamid Sarami told an anti-narcotics committee in the Iranian city of Hamedan (western Iran) today.
Man publicly hanged in northwest Iran
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
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.
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.
