Los Angeles Times: Their cheeks were bitten by the threat of snow, but the sisters didn’t have anywhere else to go. They’d coated their faces with makeup and painted their eyelashes until they looked too heavy to blink, gaudy faces to offset drab denims and black coats. This afternoon, their spirits hung as low as the brooding clouds over the mountains.
In Clerics’ Iran, Children of the Revolution Seek Escape
Iran mourns on anniversary of earthquake
Reuters: Mourning Iranians have flocked to the southeastern city of Bam in recent days to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which killed tens of thousands and left the ancient Silk Road city in ruins. Bam, a date palm oasis in Iran’s southern deserts built around an ancient citadel, was flattened by an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the …
Workers living below minimum wage in Iran: Union Chief
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 25 The acting director-general of the workers union of the city of Shahre-Rey (southwest of Tehran) yesterday said that workers were currently living below the poverty line. Ali Tarkashvand said that workers desire to work with dignity with the hope of earning salaries to be able to have a reasonable lifestyle.
Workers living below minimum wage in Iran: Union Chief
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 25 The acting director-general of the workers union of the city of Shahre-Rey (southwest of Tehran) yesterday said that workers were currently living below the poverty line. Ali Tarkashvand said that workers desire to work with dignity with the hope of earning salaries to be able to have a reasonable lifestyle.
DM: Iraq to air footage of Iranian meddling before upcoming elections
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 24 – The Iraqi Defence Minister stated that Iraq would soon display footage of Iranian
meddling throughout the country. Hazem Shaalan said that Iraqi security forces were able to obtain foreign satellite
footage of 50 suicide vehicles entering the country from Iran.
DM: Iraq to air footage of Iranian meddling before upcoming elections
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 24 – The Iraqi Defence Minister stated that Iraq would soon display footage of Iranian
meddling throughout the country. Hazem Shaalan said that Iraqi security forces were able to obtain foreign satellite
footage of 50 suicide vehicles entering the country from Iran.
Iran: Lives in the balance: an open appeal to Iran’s judicial authorities
Amnesty International: The case of Leyla Mafi, who faces execution on account of charges including sexual intercourse with blood relatives, giving birth to an illegitimate child and acts contrary to chastity, flies in
the face of justice and human dignity. It also breaches Iran’s own obligationsunder international law, Amnesty International said.
Iran Focus:No immediate plans for new US sanctions on Syria, Iran
AFP: Despite President George W. Bush’s stern warnings to Iran and Syria against “meddling” in Iraq, Washington has shown no sign of readying new sanctions and appears to have little leverage with either state. Bush raised eyebrows last
week when he issued the threat to the two countries accused by the US-installed Baghdad government of orchestrating attacks in Iraq ahead of next month’s crucial elections.
Now Iran is in Washington’s nightmares
The Globe and Mail: An election will be held on Jan. 30 in Iraq. Later in the year, another will be held next door in Iran. The Iraq election will produce a Shia-led government, because Shiites make up about 60 per cent of the population. The hope must
be that such a government, resented by the Sunnis and barely tolerated by the Kurds, will not be the first step in Iraq’s unravelling through political conflict and/or civil war.
