AFP: Iran’s main armed opposition group denied Sunday that it had any hand in a wave of deadly bombings that rocked Tehran and the southwestern city of Ahvaz just days before a presidential election. The Iraq-based People’s Mujahedeen “strongly condemned” what it described as “efforts by the Iranian regime and its agents to blame” it for the blasts, in a statement received by AFP in Nicosia.
Main Iran rebel group denies hand in bombings
Murky motives seen behind Iran blasts
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 An hour after a state-run news agency reported a second explosion in Tehran, eye-witnesses reported that the blast near the capitals Vali-Asr Square seemed to have been an accidental fire in the basement of a computer shop. A
local police chiefs account seemed to confirm suspicions that mysterious hands within Irans clerical regime wanted to present the incident as the latest in a series of bombings that took place in Tehran and the provincial city of Ahwaz, claiming eight lives in a single day and wounding 75 others, according to official statements.
Murky motives seen behind Iran blasts
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 An hour after a state-run news agency reported a second explosion in Tehran, eye-witnesses reported that the blast near the capitals Vali-Asr Square seemed to have been an accidental fire in the basement of a computer shop. A
local police chiefs account seemed to confirm suspicions that mysterious hands within Irans clerical regime wanted to present the incident as the latest in a series of bombings that took place in Tehran and the provincial city of Ahwaz, claiming eight lives in a single day and wounding 75 others, according to official statements.
Osama bin Laden ‘in and out’ of Iran: US lawmaker
AFP: Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who has been the subject of a worldwide manhunt after carrying out the 9/11 terror attacks, has been in and out of Iran several times over the past few years, a US lawmaker said Sunday.
Iran: Explosion in Tehran square kills 1
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Minutes ago an explosion was heard in the Iranian capital Tehran.
The blast occured near Imam Hossein Square at 08:30 pm Tehran time.
Iran: Explosion in Tehran square kills 1
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Minutes ago an explosion was heard in the Iranian capital Tehran.
The blast occured near Imam Hossein Square at 08:30 pm Tehran time.
Iran: Explosion in Tehran square kills 1
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Minutes ago an explosion was heard in the Iranian capital Tehran.
The blast occured near Imam Hossein Square at 08:30 pm Tehran time.
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.
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.
