Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 15 Irans Defence Minister accused the West on Wednesday of scientific apartheid and rejected criticism in Western media against the Islamic Republic as a repeated scenario.
Irans defence chief denounces scientific apartheid
1,000 arrested after police and Sufis clash in Iran
Reuters: Iranian police have arrested around 1,000 people in the central seminary city of Qom after violent clashes over the closure of a house of worship used by mystical Sufi Muslims, city officials said on Wednesday.
Rice asks for $75M for democracy in Iran
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Congress on Wednesday for $75 million this year to build democracy in Iran, saying the U.S. must support Iranians who are seeking freedoms under what she called a radical regime.
Iran hangs political prisoner
UPI: Hojjat Zamani, a political prisoner and member of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran in Gohardasht prison in Karaj, west of Tehran was hanged Feb. 7.
Iran sentences 15-year-old schoolboy to death
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 15 A 15-year-old schoolboy has been sentenced to death accused of murder, government-run websites announced on Wednesday.
Iran sentences 15-year-old schoolboy to death
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 15 A 15-year-old schoolboy has been sentenced to death accused of murder, government-run websites announced on Wednesday.
Unions around world to protest Iran’s treatment of bus workers
Washington Post: While the international community is locking horns with Iran over its plan to push ahead with uranium enrichment — a potential first step toward making nuclear weapons — a separate global confrontation is gathering steam over labor practices under the Iranian theocracy.
Iran plays growing role in Iraq, complicating Bush’s strategy
Wall Street Journal: Bush administration officials who promoted war with Iraq envisioned Americans reshaping the country in their own image after the war. Instead, the reshaping is increasingly being carried out by Iran — the same nation that has provoked a diplomatic furor over its nuclear ambitions.
Iran court upholds death sentences for two teenagers
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 14 Irans Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence against two teenagers in Tehran, the official state news agency reported on Tuesday.
Iran court upholds death sentences for two teenagers
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 14 Irans Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence against two teenagers in Tehran, the official state news agency reported on Tuesday.
