Iran Focus: Tehran, May 31 New information has come to light on
the shooting in cold blood of a 20-year-old man by a senior official of Irans paramilitary police, the State Security Forces, at an
underground railway station in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran.
The murder, witnessed by hundreds of rush-hour commuters,
sparked clashes between angry protesters and security forces in several neighbourhoods of Karaj.
Irans senior security official, a mullah, focus of public rage after shooting a 20-year-old man to
Irans senior security official, a mullah, focus of public rage after shooting a 20-year-old man to
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 31 New information has come to light on
the shooting in cold blood of a 20-year-old man by a senior official of Irans paramilitary police, the State Security Forces, at an
underground railway station in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran.
The murder, witnessed by hundreds of rush-hour commuters,
sparked clashes between angry protesters and security forces in several neighbourhoods of Karaj.
Smuggled film of Iran hanging shocks Western viewers
Iran Focus: Paris, May 31 – The Paris-based National Council
of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the principal coalition that aims
to topple the Iranian theocracy, has for the first time broadcast graphic video footage of three young Iranian men being hanged in public. The never-before-seen video, which was obtained and smuggled out of the country by the Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), a leading group within the coalition, was for the first time shown publicly in a Paris press conference last week soon after U.S.-based rights group, …
Smuggled film of Iran hanging shocks Western viewers
Iran Focus: Paris, May 31 – The Paris-based National Council
of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the principal coalition that aims
to topple the Iranian theocracy, has for the first time broadcast graphic video footage of three young Iranian men being hanged in public. The never-before-seen video, which was obtained and smuggled out of the country by the Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), a leading group within the coalition, was for the first time shown publicly in a Paris press conference last week soon after U.S.-based rights group, …
President Bush says reasonable to let Iran apply for W-T-O membership
AP: President Bush says it was a “reasonable decision” to let Iran apply for membership in the World Trade Organization.
At a White House news conference, Bush told reporters that letting Tehran apply for membership in the trade group could help European diplomatic efforts to put a lid on Iran’s nuclear program.
Rice Says Nuclear Material Headed to Iran Intercepted
Bloomberg: The U.S. and its allies in a program to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction prevented Iran from obtaining material for its nuclear weapons program within the past nine months, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. “The trans-shipment of material and equipment bound for ballistic missile programs in countries of concern, including Iran” was blocked as was the transfer of “equipment used to produce propellant” to a “ballistic missile program in another region” of
the world, Rice said.
Rights Watchdog Accused of Playing Politics
Intellectual Conservative: A recent report by Human Rights Watch has stirred controversy among experts on both sides of the Atlantic. The 28-page report of the New York-based watchdog titled “No Exit: Human Rights Abuses Inside the MKO Camps,” is devoted to portray alleged mistreatment of dissident members by the People’s Mujaheedin Organsation of Iran, also known as Mujaheedin Khalq (MEK or MKO) in their camp in Iraq.
Iran says upgrades Shahab-3 missile
Reuters: Iran said on Tuesday it had upgraded its Shahab-3 missile, already capable of hitting Israel, with solid fuel which could increase its range and accuracy. Amid criticism from Washington over its nuclear programme, Tehran said last year it had begun a production line of Shahab-3 medium-range missiles, thought by military experts to have a range of 2,000 km (1,250 miles).
Iran’s regime praying for presidential votes
AFP: Voting, the Iranian public has been told, is as important
as praying. And casting a ballot, the regime has also said, is akin a “firing a bullet into the heart” of US President George W. Bush.
When Iran goes to the polls on June 17 to elect a new president, voter turnout will be closely watched — with the
figure seen as a measure of precisely how popular the much-maligned 26-year-old theocracy actually is.
In Iran, a PhD means… Pizza Hut Delivery work
AFP: The United States may see oil and terrorism as Islamic Iran’s main exports, but many young people here will be quick to disagree. The Islamic republic, home to some of the most qualified young people in the Middle East, has been exporting its brain-power at an alarming rate — with an estimated 150,000 frustrated graduates taking flight every year.
