Reuters: When Reza finishes work at his military base around 2:30 in the afternoon, he rushes to his boxy, old car, flings his uniform into the trunk and heads out into Tehran’s crowded, noisy streets. It is often 10 at night or later when the 44-year old army lieutenant finally gets home after hours of moonlighting as a driver for a telephone-taxi agency.
Iran voters look to end hand-to-mouth daily grind
Iranian reformist injured in campaign attack by mob
AFP: A top Iranian reformist said Friday he suffered a fractured skull and facial bruising when he was attacked by an extremist mob after a campaign speech in the central city of Qom. “About 30 people tried to disturb the speech from the beginning, but they failed … After the speech, I was told by police that …
Euro-MPs reject Irans Rafsanjani as return to ominous past
Iran Focus: Strasbourg, Jun. 10 Dozens of Euro-MPs agreed at a meeting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday that the forthcoming presidential election in Iran offered no hope for moving the country away from the policies that have hampered relations with the West and caused
anxiety among Irans neighbours.
Euro-MPs reject Irans Rafsanjani as return to ominous past
Iran Focus: Strasbourg, Jun. 10 Dozens of Euro-MPs agreed at a meeting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday that the forthcoming presidential election in Iran offered no hope for moving the country away from the policies that have hampered relations with the West and caused
anxiety among Irans neighbours.
Iran city spends turbulent night after football match
Iran Focus: Tabriz, Jun. 09 The city of Tabriz in northwest Iran was the scene of mass anti-government demonstrations last night after the Irans 1-0 victory over Bahrain in the football World Cup qualifying match. Young people poured into the streets following the match and, when security forces tried to disperse them by force, celebrations quickly turned into anti-government protests, an Iran Focus correspondent in Tabriz reported.
Iran city spends turbulent night after football match
Iran Focus: Tabriz, Jun. 09 The city of Tabriz in northwest Iran was the scene of mass anti-government demonstrations last night after the Irans 1-0 victory over Bahrain in the football World Cup qualifying match. Young people poured into the streets following the match and, when security forces tried to disperse them by force, celebrations quickly turned into anti-government protests, an Iran Focus correspondent in Tabriz reported.
Iran students plan protest against government crackdown
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 09 Student Union members from the both Medical Sciences University and the University of Shiraz (Western Iran) plan to hold a demonstration on Saturday to protest the new wave of pressure on the student movement
and in support of political prisoners.
Iran students plan protest against government crackdown
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 09 Student Union members from the both Medical Sciences University and the University of Shiraz (Western Iran) plan to hold a demonstration on Saturday to protest the new wave of pressure on the student movement
and in support of political prisoners.
Iran presidential candidate draws students ire
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 09 Some 40 students gathered outside the governorate in Chahar Mahal Bakhtiyari (central Iran) on Tuesday in protest to hard-line presidential candidate Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf. The students, who were from Shahr-e Kord Open University, had with them a large white banner reading, Mr. Qalibaf, they beat us up for asking a question.
Iran presidential candidate draws students ire
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 09 Some 40 students gathered outside the governorate in Chahar Mahal Bakhtiyari (central Iran) on Tuesday in protest to hard-line presidential candidate Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf. The students, who were from Shahr-e Kord Open University, had with them a large white banner reading, Mr. Qalibaf, they beat us up for asking a question.
