Iran Focus: London, Jul. 14 The international human rights organisation Amnesty International announced on Friday that human rights violations were continuing unabated in Iran.
Amnesty: Human rights violations continue unabated in Iran
Amnesty: Human rights violations continue unabated in Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 14 The international human rights organisation Amnesty International announced on Friday that human rights violations were continuing unabated in Iran.
Finland summons Iran envoy over stonings
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 14 – Finland’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador on Friday to protest the stoning of a man on the charge of adultery in Iran, Finnish media reported.
Finland summons Iran envoy over stonings
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 14 – Finland’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador on Friday to protest the stoning of a man on the charge of adultery in Iran, Finnish media reported.
Soldier pleads not guilty to spying
Reuters: A soldier who worked as an interpreter for NATO’s commander in Afghanistan pleaded not guilty on Friday to passing secrets to Iran in Britain’s first spy trial since the Cold War.
Eurodeputies denounce Iraqi stance on refugees
AFP: European lawmakers deplored Thursday Iraq’s handling of Palestinians and Iranian opposition members living in the conflict-torn country.
Iran asks Japan to pay Yen for oil, start immediately
Bloomberg: Iran asked Japanese refiners to switch to the yen to pay for all crude oil purchases, after Iran’s central bank said it is reducing holdings of the U.S. dollar.
Iran to allow UN inspectors to visit atomic reactor
Bloomberg: Iran will allow United Nations inspectors to visit a reactor under construction that could produce plutonium, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
US forces capture ‘Iranian-backed militant’
AFP: US troops captured an alleged Iranian-backed terror cell leader on Friday in Baghdad, after killing six Iraqi police and seven militants in a gunbattle, while mortars hit the fortified Green Zone.
US Commerce Dept. blacklists Iranian energy, industrial groups
AFP: The US Commerce Department said Thursday it had blacklisted five Iranian energy and industrial groups, virtually ensuring the Iranian entities will not be able to do business with American companies.
