Iran Focus: London, Jul. 05 A number of Austrian corporations have called on their government not to pursue the case against Irans new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, following revelations that he took part in the assassination of prominent Kurdish exiles, on the grounds that it would undermine their multi-million dollar business deals with the Islamic Republic, according to a state-run Persian website.
Austrian firms against government probe into Iran presidents role in killings
Austrian firms against government probe into Iran presidents role in killings
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 05 A number of Austrian corporations have called on their government not to pursue the case against Irans new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, following revelations that he took part in the assassination of prominent Kurdish exiles, on the grounds that it would undermine their multi-million dollar business deals with the Islamic Republic, according to a state-run Persian website.
Iranian hardliners get tough on booze
AFP: Iran’s hardline parliament voted Sunday to toughen up punishments for alcohol makers and traffickers, just days after their speaker had a run-in with Belgium over booze. Official media said the new law, passed on its first reading, would leave producers and dealers of alcoholic beverages subject to between three months and one year behind bars, 74 lashes and fines.
Iran: Ahmadinejads past in Revolutionary Guards invites scrutiny
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 5 Iran Focus has obtained the photograph of Irans President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with Ayatollah Khomeinis Chief Representative in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the 1980s. The photograph was taken from footage on Irans state-run news television channel, Shabakeh Khabar. Ayatollah Fazlollah Mahallati was the Islamic Chief Commissar of the Revolutionary Guards.
Iran: Ahmadinejads past in Revolutionary Guards invites scrutiny
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 5 Iran Focus has obtained the photograph of Irans President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with Ayatollah Khomeinis Chief Representative in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the 1980s. The photograph was taken from footage on Irans state-run news television channel, Shabakeh Khabar. Ayatollah Fazlollah Mahallati was the Islamic Chief Commissar of the Revolutionary Guards.
300 men holding power in Iran since Islamic Revolution
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 04 A clique of 300 men with family ties have been running the Islamic Republic from the time of the 1979 Iranian revolution until present, according to
a prominent university professor.
300 men holding power in Iran since Islamic Revolution
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 04 A clique of 300 men with family ties have been running the Islamic Republic from the time of the 1979 Iranian revolution until present, according to
a prominent university professor.
Iran president-elect plotted dissident’s murder: Kurdish rebels
AFP: Iranian president-elect Mahmood Ahmadinejad was directly involved in plotting the 1989 assassination of a Kurdish rebel leader in Vienna, an official of the banned Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran charged Monday. “According to our information, the Iranian government formed three committees for the assassination” of then KDPI leader Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, party offical Hassan Ashrafi told AFP at his base in neighbouring Iraq.
Women not admitted to Iran hospital without chador
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 04 A hospital belonging to the Revolutionary Guards in the Iranian capital is refusing entry for women not wearing the head-to-toe covering known as chador, according to local residents.
Security guards outside the main entrance of Baqiyatollah Hospital were seen turning away women who were not wearing the chador.
Women not admitted to Iran hospital without chador
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 04 A hospital belonging to the Revolutionary Guards in the Iranian capital is refusing entry for women not wearing the head-to-toe covering known as chador, according to local residents.
Security guards outside the main entrance of Baqiyatollah Hospital were seen turning away women who were not wearing the chador.
