The Times: A simple grey slab in Tehrans Behesht Zahra cemetery, resting place to thousands of Iranian soldiers killed in the war with Iraq, holds the clue to a conundrum. The symbolic empty shrine bears the words: Mustafa Mahmoud Mazeh, born Conakry, Guinea. Martyred in London, August 3, 1989. The first martyr to die on a mission to kill Salman Rushdie.
Tomb of the unknown assassin reveals mission to kill Rushdie
VEVAK steps up anti-dissident activities in Europe
Iran Terror Website: London, Jun. 08 – The Ministry of Intelligence and Security (VEVAK), Irans dreaded secret police, has stepped up intimidation of Iranian dissidents abroad amid signs of renewed preparations for assassination of exiles based in Europe. At least one suspicious murder in Paris and dozens of cases of intimidation through telephone calls and letters are being attributed to VEVAK agents. Several VEVAK hitmen have been sighted in the past few days in European capitals.
VEVAK steps up anti-dissident activities in Europe
Iran Terror Website: London, Jun. 08 – The Ministry of Intelligence and Security (VEVAK), Irans dreaded secret police, has stepped up intimidation of Iranian dissidents abroad amid signs of renewed preparations for assassination of exiles based in Europe. At least one suspicious murder in Paris and dozens of cases of intimidation through telephone calls and letters are being attributed to VEVAK agents. Several VEVAK hitmen have been sighted in the past few days in European capitals.
Rare Video Footage of Public Hanging in Iran & Recent Human Rights Watch Report Under Scrutiny
U.S. Newswire: On Thursday June 9, 2005, the Iranian-American Community of Northern California (IACNC) will hold a press conference at 10:30 a.m. (PST) in Hilton San Francisco. The briefing will feature the first Bay Area screening of a video showing footage of three young men hanged in public in western Iran. At least 109 persons have been either publicly hanged or sentenced to death in Iran since January 2005.
Blogger Mojtaba Saminejad gets two-year prison sentence
Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders voiced deep concern today about the fate of 25-year-old blogger Mojtaba Saminejad, who has been sentenced to two years in prison by a Tehran revolutionary court for “insulting the Supreme Guide” and who is due to be tried soon on a separate charge of insulting the prophets, which carries a possible death penalty.
Iran students boo Rafsanjani ally at election rally
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 07 Students heckled and taunted the chancellor of Tehrans Open University after as he attempted to give a speech, calling on students to vote for former Iranian president and strongman Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in the upcoming June 17 presidential elections.
Iran students boo Rafsanjani ally at election rally
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 07 Students heckled and taunted the chancellor of Tehrans Open University after as he attempted to give a speech, calling on students to vote for former Iranian president and strongman Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in the upcoming June 17 presidential elections.
Iran prepared to walk out of nuclear talks, official warns
AFP: Iran is still awaiting a calendar for new talks with the European Union over its nuclear programme and is prepared to quit the process if the timetable is not to its liking, a negotiator said on Monday. “If the negotiators do not give us a response, this will mean an end to all of this,” Ali Agha Mohammadi told the ISNA student news agency. “This current round of negotiations is the last chance.”
Iran weblogger jailed for ‘insulting’ supreme leader
AFP: An Iranian weblogger arrested in a crackdown against online dissent has been sentenced to two years behind bars for “insulting the supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his lawyer told AFP Monday. Mojtaba Saminejad “still faces charges of insulting the prophet and spreading curruption, which could cost him more jail terms,” lawyer Mohammad Seifzadeh said.
Blair to head for talks with Bush on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 06 – British Prime Minister Tony Blair will fly to Washington for talks with United States President George W Bush on Iran, Iraq, and the Middle East peace process. Downing Street today announced the trip, with the two leaders discussion expected to begin tonight and continue on Tuesday.
