Iran Focus: Qom, Iran, Aug. 11 At noon, the streets are quiet in this dusty, hot, sprawling city of two million that is home to one of Shiite Islams holiest shrines. But near the home of the late Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Shirazi, a highly revered religious leader who was at odds with Irans ruling clerics, the eerie silence belies the simmering anger and grief that dominate the feelings among his followers, as a stream of visitors come to offer their sympathies and support to the ayatollahs family and friends over what everyone here refers to as the despicable incident.
Clashes in Shiite shrine unnerves Irans holy city
Iran to hang young woman for teenage crime
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 11 Irans clergy-dominated Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence for a young woman accused of killing a man as a teenager, a state-owned daily reported on Thursday. The young woman, only identified by her first name Fakhteh, will be hanged in the coming days, according to a judiciary spokesman.
Iran to hang young woman for teenage crime
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 11 Irans clergy-dominated Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence for a young woman accused of killing a man as a teenager, a state-owned daily reported on Thursday. The young woman, only identified by her first name Fakhteh, will be hanged in the coming days, according to a judiciary spokesman.
Iran says nuclear accord void if IAEA backs resolution
AFP: Iran warned Thursday than an accord with the European Union over its nuclear programme would become void if the UN watchdog adopted an EU resolution calling on Tehran to halt sensitive fuel cycle work. “The Paris accord will become void if the resolution proposed by the Europeans is adopted,” said Mohammad Saidi, deputy head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation.
Senior Iran cleric tells government to stamp out Kurdish unrest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 11 One of Irans high profile clerics has warned the government that he would take matters into his own hands unless the authorities stamp out anti-government protests in the province of Kurdistan, northwest Iran.
Senior Iran cleric tells government to stamp out Kurdish unrest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 11 One of Irans high profile clerics has warned the government that he would take matters into his own hands unless the authorities stamp out anti-government protests in the province of Kurdistan, northwest Iran.
Unrest continues in Irans Kurdish region
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 10 Sixty Iranian women activists made a public appeal on Thursday for the release of a Kurdish feminist campaigner who has been held incommunicado for more than a week after she protested against the Islamic governments repressive measures in Kurdish areas of Iran.
Unrest continues in Irans Kurdish region
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 10 Sixty Iranian women activists made a public appeal on Thursday for the release of a Kurdish feminist campaigner who has been held incommunicado for more than a week after she protested against the Islamic governments repressive measures in Kurdish areas of Iran.
Death toll in Iran floods rises to 32
KUNA: The death toll of the floods in the Iranian village of Galidagh in the northeastern province of Golestan rose Thursday to 32, with an additonl six people missing. The Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) quoted the city’s governor Ibrahim Karimi as saying that the rescue teams are still searching for the missing.
Britain and US warn Iran over links with Iraq rebels
Daily Telegraph: Britain formally protested to Iran yesterday over its growing interference in Iraq’s internal affairs, citing the smuggling of sophisticated explosives that threaten to send coalition casualties soaring. The move came after British and American intelligence officials said they uncovered evidence that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard was providing deadly “shaped” charges to Iraq’s insurgents. They are also thought to be providing training and other weapons.
