Iran Focus: London, May 21 A top British human rights lawyer today cast strong doubt on the validity of a report by U.S.-based Human Rights Watch on the Iranian opposition Peoples Mojahedin. In a television interview on the sidelines of a legal conference in the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute of the London Metropolitan University, Imran Khan said, What concerns me is the methodology of those who have compiled this report.
Top UK human rights lawyer scolds report on Iran opposition
Top UK human rights lawyer scolds report on Iran opposition
Iran Focus: London, May 21 A top British human rights lawyer today cast strong doubt on the validity of a report by U.S.-based Human Rights Watch on the Iranian opposition Peoples Mojahedin. In a television interview on the sidelines of a legal conference in the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute of the London Metropolitan University, Imran Khan said, What concerns me is the methodology of those who have compiled this report.
Iran exiles in Sweden rally against bogus report
Iran Focus: Stockholm, May 21 – Thousands of Iranians from across Sweden today took part in a demonstration in the capital Swedish capital to denounce the appeasement of Iran by Western governments. Organisers said that the rallys aim was to condemn the inclusion of the main Iranian opposition group, the Peoples Mojahedin, in the list of terrorist organisations.
Iran exiles in Sweden rally against bogus report
Iran Focus: Stockholm, May 21 – Thousands of Iranians from across Sweden today took part in a demonstration in the capital Swedish capital to denounce the appeasement of Iran by Western governments. Organisers said that the rallys aim was to condemn the inclusion of the main Iranian opposition group, the Peoples Mojahedin, in the list of terrorist organisations.
Iran foundry workers protest back wages
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 21 Dozens of workers from Zob Rekord Foundry in Mashad (provincial capital of Irans north-eastern province of Khorrasan Razavi) gathered outside the provincial headquarters of the Department of Labour, protesting overdue wages.
Iran foundry workers protest back wages
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 21 Dozens of workers from Zob Rekord Foundry in Mashad (provincial capital of Irans north-eastern province of Khorrasan Razavi) gathered outside the provincial headquarters of the Department of Labour, protesting overdue wages.
MD who treated Kazemi reportedly held in Iran
Globe and Mail: A doctor who treated Montreal photojournalist Zahra Kazemi in the intensive care unit of a Tehran hospital has reportedly been arrested by Iranian Revolutionary Guards. The doctor’s life may be in jeopardy because he can testify about the severity of the head wounds and other injuries the photojournalist suffered while she was in the custody of Iranian authorities, Stephan Hachemi, Ms. Kazemi’s son, said yesterday.
Iran smuggling graphite compound for nukes – exile
Reuters: Iran has been using front companies to skirt international export controls and purchase a graphite compound that can be used in nuclear and conventional arms, an Iranian exile said on Friday. The latest allegation from Alireza Jafarzadeh, an Iranian dissident who has reported accurately on Iran’s hidden nuclear facilities and activities in
the past, comes days before the European Union meets Iran’s top nuclear negotiator in Geneva to persuade Tehran not to resume sensitive atomic work.
Iran Said to Be Smuggling Nuclear Matter
AP: Iran is circumventing international export bans on sensitive dual-use materials by smuggling graphite and a graphite compound that can be used to make conventional and nuclear weapons, an Iranian dissident and a senior diplomat said Friday. Graphite has many peaceful uses, including steel manufacture, but also can be used as a casing for molten weapons-grade uranium to fit it to nuclear warheads or to shield the cones of conventional missiles from heat.
France Calls Iran Nuclear Talks ‘Fragile’
AP: European-led talks aimed at getting Iran to abandon nuclear activities are “very fragile,” with negotiators discussing economic, technical and political cooperation, France’s foreign minister said Monday. Michel Barnier would not elaborate on the proposals in an interview with The Associated Press.
