Iran Focus: Tehran, Apr. 09 Irans Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence against a longtime political prisoner in Iran, making his execution imminent.
Hojjat Zamani, 29 years old, has been imprisoned in the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran since the year 2000 for being a member of the main Iranian opposition group, the Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI).
Political prisoner facing imminent execution in Iran
Iraqi terror networks supported by Iran
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Apr. 09 Two organised gangs responsible for a number of kidnappings and violent operations are run by a branch of Irans Revolutionary Guards Corps, according to information obtained by sources close to the Iranian opposition Peoples Mojahedin.
Iraqi terror networks supported by Iran
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Apr. 09 Two organised gangs responsible for a number of kidnappings and violent operations are run by a branch of Irans Revolutionary Guards Corps, according to information obtained by sources close to the Iranian opposition Peoples Mojahedin.
Iraq: 4 tons of drugs imported from Iran
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Apr. 08 Some four tons of illicit drugs imported from Iran were confiscated in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, according to an Iraqi daily. The Al-Mashreq daily wrote yesterday, On Wednesday authorities in the southern Iraqi city of Basra announced that security forces had rounded up four tons of cannabis which had been smuggled from Iran.
Iraq: 4 tons of drugs imported from Iran
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Apr. 08 Some four tons of illicit drugs imported from Iran were confiscated in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, according to an Iraqi daily. The Al-Mashreq daily wrote yesterday, On Wednesday authorities in the southern Iraqi city of Basra announced that security forces had rounded up four tons of cannabis which had been smuggled from Iran.
1,500 political protests in Iran last year
Iran Focus: Tehran, Apr. 08 At least 1,500 anti-government protests, strikes, and clashes took place in Iran during the year that ended on March 20. More than 450 strikes, demonstrations, and gatherings by white- and blue-collar workers, were reported in state-run and opposition media.
1,500 political protests in Iran last year
Iran Focus: Tehran, Apr. 08 At least 1,500 anti-government protests, strikes, and clashes took place in Iran during the year that ended on March 20. More than 450 strikes, demonstrations, and gatherings by white- and blue-collar workers, were reported in state-run and opposition media.
Iran poised to infiltrate Iraqi holy city: paper
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Apr. 08 A prominent Iraqi daily accused Irans leadership of dispatching mercenaries to one of Shiite Iraqs holiest cities.
The Al-Forat daily reported that Iranian agents were planning to infiltrate Karbala following the establishment of Iraqs new interim-government.
Iran poised to infiltrate Iraqi holy city: paper
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Apr. 08 A prominent Iraqi daily accused Irans leadership of dispatching mercenaries to one of Shiite Iraqs holiest cities.
The Al-Forat daily reported that Iranian agents were planning to infiltrate Karbala following the establishment of Iraqs new interim-government.
Iran casts shadow over new Iraqi leader
Daily Telegraph: Iraq named its first democratically elected head of government in 50 years yesterday.
Ibrahim Jaafari, a Shia politician backed by Islamic clerics and with close ties to Iran, was appointed prime minister at a ceremony in Baghdad.
