Iran Focus: Tehran, May 29 More than 300 workers in Pakdasht (suburbs of Tehran) gathered outside the offices of the Ministry of Labour, demanding they authorities take action for them to retrieve their overdue wages.
We are starving: Iran workers chant outside Ministry of Labour
Wounded terror chief flees Iraq for emergency surgery
Sunday Times: Iraq’s most wanted terrorist has fled the country for emergency surgery after an American airstrike left him with shrapnel lodged in his chest, according to a senior insurgent commander in close contact with his group. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who has a $25m bounty on his head after being blamed for suicide bombings, assassinations and the beheadings of western hostages including Ken Bigley, the
Liverpool engineer is now believed to be in Iran.
UN, Red Cross translator disavows HRW report on Iran opposition
Iran Focus: Ottawa, May 28 A former translator for the Red Cross (ICRC) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Iraq, in a letter addressed to U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, accused the rights group of released flawed torture allegations against Irans main opposition group.
UN, Red Cross translator disavows HRW report on Iran opposition
Iran Focus: Ottawa, May 28 A former translator for the Red Cross (ICRC) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Iraq, in a letter addressed to U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, accused the rights group of released flawed torture allegations against Irans main opposition group.
Iran Lawmakers Want Nuclear Development
AP: Iran’s hard-line Guardian Council on Saturday approved a law that puts pressure on the government to develop nuclear technology that could be used to build atomic weapons, state run radio reported. Parliament had passed the bill on May 15 and sent it to the Guardian Council for approval. The council must vet all bills before they become law.
Iran very anxious to get nuclear bomb, says Pakistani leader
AFP: Iran is very anxious to obtain a nuclear bomb, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview published Saturday, while stating his opposition to any preventive attack on the fellow-Muslim nation.
Asked by Germany’s Der Spiegel weekly how to prevent Iran from developing a military nuclear program, Musharraf said: “I do not know. They are very anxious to have the bomb.”
US Congressman criticises Human Rights Watch for Iran group report
Iran Focus: Washington, DC, May 27 A recent report by New York-based Human Rights watch on Irans main opposition group has drawn the ire of United States Congressman Ed Towns, (D-NY).
In a 28-page paper HRW accused the Peoples Mojahedin (MEK) of torturing its dissident members who criticised or sought to leave the organisation.
US Congressman criticises Human Rights Watch for Iran group report
Iran Focus: Washington, DC, May 27 A recent report by New York-based Human Rights watch on Irans main opposition group has drawn the ire of United States Congressman Ed Towns, (D-NY).
In a 28-page paper HRW accused the Peoples Mojahedin (MEK) of torturing its dissident members who criticised or sought to leave the organisation.
Iran: Profile of VEVAK’s Master Terrorist – Mohammad-Reza Iravani (a.k.a. Amir-Hossein Taghavi)
Irans sophisticated intelligence operations abroad are led by a shadowy figure at the helm of VEVAK: Berlin, May 27 (Iran Terror Website) – Hojjatol-Islam Ali Younessi, the Shiite cleric who runs Irans dreaded secret police, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (known more commonly by its Persian acronym, VEVAK), did not try to conceal his anger and minced no words. Appearing on Irans state-run television on the evening of March 25, he warned Irans main opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK) with severe consequences for their continuing mischief-making.
Attorneys, witnesses, and relatives of Iraq-based Iranian dissidents rip HRW report
Iran Focus: Washington, DC, May 27 – In a press briefing yesterday at the National Press Club in the U.S. capital, attorneys for the Peoples Mojahedin (PMOI), based in Camp Ashraf northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, their relatives in the United States, and former residents of the camp
addressed allegations by New York-based Human Rights Watch against the group.
