Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 A protest that began with a gathering of dozens of women in downtown Tehran this afternoon drew thousands of anti-government protesters and streamrolled into one of the largest demonstrations against Irans clerical rulers in recent months. The protest began in front of Tehran University as a small group of women began chanting freedom, freedom and calling for a referendum on religious rule.
Urgent Iran: Thousands join womens anti-government demonstration in Tehran
Urgent Iran: Thousands join womens anti-government demonstration in Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 A protest that began with a gathering of dozens of women in downtown Tehran this afternoon drew thousands of anti-government protesters and streamrolled into one of the largest demonstrations against Irans clerical rulers in recent months. The protest began in front of Tehran University as a small group of women began chanting freedom, freedom and calling for a referendum on religious rule.
Homes demolished in northeast Iran city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 State Security Forces have carried out a series of destructive raids on homes in northeast Iran as part of a new campaign to silence dissent, according to local residents. Residents in the No-Dareh region of the city of Mashad complained that government forces destroyed their livelihood, leaving nothing more than rubble on the sites where their homes used to be.
Homes demolished in northeast Iran city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 State Security Forces have carried out a series of destructive raids on homes in northeast Iran as part of a new campaign to silence dissent, according to local residents. Residents in the No-Dareh region of the city of Mashad complained that government forces destroyed their livelihood, leaving nothing more than rubble on the sites where their homes used to be.
Man publicly hanged in southeast Iran city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 A man was publicly hanged in
the city of Zahedan this morning, southeast Iran, charged with murder, according to the state-run news agency. Yagoubali Mirshekar, who was originally accused of a string of road-trucker murders, was handed down nine death sentences.
Man publicly hanged in southeast Iran city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 A man was publicly hanged in
the city of Zahedan this morning, southeast Iran, charged with murder, according to the state-run news agency. Yagoubali Mirshekar, who was originally accused of a string of road-trucker murders, was handed down nine death sentences.
Iranian-Canadians rally against upcoming election
Canadian Press: With less than a week to go before what they call a sham presidential election in their homeland, dozens of Iranian-Canadians gathered at the Ontario legislature Saturday to call for a boycott. Organizers said the rally was staged to call attention to human rights abuses and the lack of democracy in Iran.
Disillusioned Iranian students sulk away from the ballots
AFP: The mood in Iran’s universities has plunged to a new low, with students who once voted in droves for reform staying away from next week’s presidential election after a string of hammer blows to their hopes. Despite providing a crucial support base for President Mohammad Khatami’s two election victories, the slow pace of reform, arrests and continued crackdowns by vigilantes have left many students in a state of indifferent fury.
Several killed by bomb blasts in Iran
AP: Several people were killed and more injured by three bombs that exploded Sunday morning near government buildings in southwestern Iran, officials and an eyewitness said. The explosions, which come ahead of presidential elections set for Friday, rocked Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan province bordering Iraq, and damaged several buildings, an eyewitness told The Associated Press by telephone. An official in the regional governor’s office said several people were killed.
Bombs hit government targets in Iran oil town
Reuters: At least three bombs exploded in the southwestern Iranian oil town of Ahvaz on Sunday, killing three people, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. The semi-official Fars news agency said five people had been killed and 25 wounded in the blasts at about 9 a.m. (4:30 a.m. British time). State television put the number of wounded at 30, but did not say how many had been killed.
