Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 04 A number of journalists and human rights defenders have been arrested in towns and cities in western Iran, according to human rights activists in the Iranian capital. Mahmoud Salehi, the spokesman for the Organisational Committee to Establish Trade Unions, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday.
String of arrests in volatile Kurdish towns in Iran
Iran opposition denies role in assassination of Islamist judge
Iran Focus: Paris, Aug. 4 The Iranian opposition group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK), denied that it had any role in the assassination of a hard-line judge in Tehran.
The Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran categorically
denies this false allegation, a spokesman for the MeK told
the Persian-language satellite television channel, Simaye
Azadi.
Iran opposition denies role in assassination of Islamist judge
Iran Focus: Paris, Aug. 4 The Iranian opposition group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK), denied that it had any role in the assassination of a hard-line judge in Tehran.
The Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran categorically
denies this false allegation, a spokesman for the MeK told
the Persian-language satellite television channel, Simaye
Azadi.
Belgian authorities stop firm exporting to Iran over nuclear fears
AFP: A Belgian-based company has been denied a licence to export materials to Iran to build a phosphoric acid factory over fears it could be used to enrich uranium, authorities in Brussels said on Thursday. Phosphoric acid is part of “fertilizer for use in agriculture, but with a few modifications it could be used to enrich uranium for a nuclear programme,” said a spokesman for the Brussels region external relations ministry.
Iran daily confirms deadly clashes in Kurdish town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 04 Irans semi-official daily Jomhouri Islami on Thursday acknowledged yesterdays violent clashes in the Kurdish town of Saqqez, northwest Iran, where at least 11 people were reportedly killed after police opened fire on protestors from both the ground and military helicopters in the air.
Iran daily confirms deadly clashes in Kurdish town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 04 Irans semi-official daily Jomhouri Islami on Thursday acknowledged yesterdays violent clashes in the Kurdish town of Saqqez, northwest Iran, where at least 11 people were reportedly killed after police opened fire on protestors from both the ground and military helicopters in the air.
Kurdish womens rights activist arrested in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 04 A prominent womens rights activist in Iranian Kurdistan was arrested during a gathering organised in protest against the murder of a young Kurd by Irans State Security Forces, a Persian-language website reported.
Kurdish womens rights activist arrested in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 04 A prominent womens rights activist in Iranian Kurdistan was arrested during a gathering organised in protest against the murder of a young Kurd by Irans State Security Forces, a Persian-language website reported.
World editorial round-up on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 04 Newspapers around the world expressed alarm in their Thursday editorials at the threat posed by a nuclear-armed Iran and dangers of postponing the referral of Irans nuclear file to the United Nations Security Council following the rise to power of Irans new hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
World editorial round-up on Iran
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 04 Newspapers around the world expressed alarm in their Thursday editorials at the threat posed by a nuclear-armed Iran and dangers of postponing the referral of Irans nuclear file to the United Nations Security Council following the rise to power of Irans new hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
