Iran Focus: Paris, Dec. 11 A three-day exhibition of a
quarter-century of human rights violations in Iran, sponsored
by over 30 European human rights organizations, began with
a conference in Paris on Friday and is drawing large crowds
of French and Iranian visitors.
Iran Human Rights Conference, Exhibition in Paris Draws Crowds
Iran Human Rights Conference, Exhibition in Paris Draws Crowds
Iran Focus: Paris, Dec. 11 A three-day exhibition of a
quarter-century of human rights violations in Iran, sponsored
by over 30 European human rights organizations, began with
a conference in Paris on Friday and is drawing large crowds
of French and Iranian visitors.
U.S. and Europe Are at Odds, Again, This Time Over Iran
New York Times: Despite a renewed American effort to repair relations with Europe, a disagreement between the Bush administration and European leaders over how best to persuade Iran to abandon its suspected nuclear weapons program has deepened in recent weeks, diplomats on both sides say.
The U.S. vs. a Nuclear Iran
New York Times: The Bush administration says the prospect
of Iran’s obtaining a nuclear weapon is “intolerable,” and from the White House to the State Department, officials express considerable skepticism that Europe’s efforts to negotiate quietly an end to Iran’s nuclear activities will succeed.
Iranian woman journalist freed on bail, hospitalised
AFP: An Iranian woman arrested in a judicial crackdown on reformist journalists was freed on bail but needed hospital treatment due to her detention, her husband told AFP on Saturday. According to Ahmad Beigloo, journalist Fereshteh Ghazi “was kept in solitary confinement for 38 days and had to be checked into hospital as she was not in a good physical or mental shape”.
DaimlerChrysler drawn into probe over illegal truck sales to Iran
AFP: German investigators probing the possible illegal sale of lorries to Iran have searched offices at giant automaker DaimlerChrysler, the company said on Saturday. A DaimlerChrysler spokeswoman confirmed a report set to be published on Monday in German weekly Focus.
Iran to resume nuclear talks with EU under new cloud of suspicion
AFP: Iran goes into crucial nuclear talks with the EU Monday under a new cloud of suspicion that it is bent on developing an atomic bomb, after diplomats said it was conducting secret high-energy neutron experiments that could have a dual use. The diplomats told AFP there was concern since the experiments are allegedly taking place under military supervision, in a country which claims its nuclear program is a strictly civilian peaceful endeavor.
Iran expects WTO success after nuclear deal
AFP: Iran will be looking for concrete EU support and a slight softening of United States policy when the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meets Monday to consider the Islamic republic’s membership application. The question has been raised at the WTO’s General Council meetings since May
2001 and repeatedly rejected by Washington, which broke off diplomatic ties with Tehran after the 1979 seizure of US …
Fifteen killed in Iran road pile-up
AFP: A crash involving four cars in southeastern Iran has killed 15 people and left three others injured, the state news agency IRNA reported Saturday. Local traffic police chief Ardavan Ghasemi said the accident occurred between Zahedan and Khash in Sistan-Baluchestan province.
‘I was tortured for saying the flogging must end in Iran’
The Independent: The treatment of Arash Nassouri was brutal. “They hung me upside down and handcuffed me with a bar under my knees,” he says. “They started kicking and punching me … beating me in every part of my back, my stomach, face, everywhere. My backbone was broken. But the pain was worst when they hit my face. My nose was already broken, …
