Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 01 An Iranian human rights lawyer arrested on Saturday on charges of nuclear espionage is currently being held in Ward 209 of Tehrans notorious Evin Prison, the head of Tehran Bar Association said on Monday. Mohammad Jandaghi made the announcement following a meeting with Tehrans Public Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi.
Iran detains human rights lawyer in top-security prison
Iran detains human rights lawyer in top-security prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 01 An Iranian human rights lawyer arrested on Saturday on charges of nuclear espionage is currently being held in Ward 209 of Tehrans notorious Evin Prison, the head of Tehran Bar Association said on Monday. Mohammad Jandaghi made the announcement following a meeting with Tehrans Public Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi.
Iran to Delay Reopening of Nuclear Plant
AP: Iran agreed late Monday to a two-day delay in reopening its nuclear processing plant here after receiving a request from the head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog agency.
Irans new cabinet: Preliminary list
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 01 The preliminary choices for ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejads new cabinet have been announced. The list is to be debated in a close-door session in Irans Majlis (Parliament) on Tuesday. The list is as follows:
Adolescent serial killer hanged in Iran: report
AFP: An Iranian man convicted of murdering and robbing five men when he was a minor has been hanged in the southern city of
Bandar Abbas, the Khorasan daily reported Monday.
Farshid Farighi, 21, was hanged at the city prison after he was convicted of stabbing to death five men in separate incidents after
they gave him a lift in their car.
US warns Iran on resumption of nuclear work
AFP: The United States warned Monday that it would take Iran
to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions if Tehran resumes sensitive nuclear work that can be a key step toward building an atomic bomb. “If they’re not going to abide by their agreement and obligations, then we would have to look to the Security Council,” White House spokesman Scott McClellan said of the possible resumption of uranium enrichment by Iran.
Preliminary list of Irans new cabinet
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 01 The preliminary choices for ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejads new cabinet have been announced. The list is to be debated in a close-door session in Irans Majlis (Parliament) on Tuesday. The list is as follows:
Preliminary list of Irans new cabinet
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 01 The preliminary choices for ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejads new cabinet have been announced. The list is to be debated in a close-door session in Irans Majlis (Parliament) on Tuesday. The list is as follows:
Europe seeking ‘clarifications’ in Iran nuclear standoff
AFP: Britain is “seeking clarifications” of Iran’s nuclear plans after Tehran announced it is set to resume sensitive atomic work in breach of an accord with the European Union, a spokesman said Monday. The British Foreign Office, which warned at the weekend that such a move could jeapordize crucial EU-Iran nuclear talks, said it was studying a letter sent by Tehran to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
France ‘concerned’ at Iran’s return to nuclear activities
AFP: France voiced “concern” Monday at a declaration by Iran that it was ending a nine-month suspension on nuclear development activities agreed with the European Union and resuming uranium ore conversion. “There is no economic or technical justification” for the resumption of the nuclear activities, foreign ministry spokeswoman Cecile Pozzo di
Borgo told journalists.
