Reuters: Three Iranian policemen have died fighting Kurdish insurgents, an official said on Wednesday, as security forces crack down on unrest along the Islamic Republic’s ethnically volatile western borders. Interior Ministry spokesman Jahanbakhsh Khanjani said the men were killed fighting Pezhak forces, an Iranian wing of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) whose separatist campaign is flaring up in southeastern Turkey after a relative lull.
Three Iran police die in ethnic clashes in W.Iran
Iran judiciary backtracks on torture report
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 26 Irans judiciary backtracked on Tuesday on a report published last week revealing that torture and inhumane punishments were widespread inside Irans prisons. In a move to limit the damage caused by the release of the report, judiciary spokesman, Jamal Karimi-Rad, told reporters that the report by the judiciary review committee in Tehran was merely the minutes of the [committees”> meeting, adding that the Tehran Justice Department had
acted “carelessly and tactlessly” in publishing it.
Iran judiciary backtracks on torture report
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 26 Irans judiciary backtracked on Tuesday on a report published last week revealing that torture and inhumane punishments were widespread inside Irans prisons. In a move to limit the damage caused by the release of the report, judiciary spokesman, Jamal Karimi-Rad, told reporters that the report by the judiciary review committee in Tehran was merely the minutes of the [committees”> meeting, adding that the Tehran Justice Department had
acted “carelessly and tactlessly” in publishing it.
Man hanged in Irans southern port city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 27 An Iranian man was hanged at dawn on Tuesday in a prison in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, the state-run daily Aftab Yazd wrote today. The man only identified as Farshid F. was convicted of murdering five drivers between the years 1998 to 2000 in an attempt to steal their belongings.
Man hanged in Irans southern port city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 27 An Iranian man was hanged at dawn on Tuesday in a prison in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, the state-run daily Aftab Yazd wrote today. The man only identified as Farshid F. was convicted of murdering five drivers between the years 1998 to 2000 in an attempt to steal their belongings.
A Tipping Point for Tehran
Wall Street Journal: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s “elected” president, will officially assume his post next month. The elections, no doubt, were a sham and the controversy about voting irregularities is far from settled. Iran’s opposition sources revealed that the national ID cards of about five million dead people were provided to regime supporters, enabling them to vote multiple times at multiple locations.
Iran says will resume key atomic work despite EU
Reuters: Iran will resume some key work on its nuclear fuel cycle regardless of what European diplomats might propose to defuse a dispute over its atomic ambitions, Iran’s president said on Wednesday. “Whether Europeans mention our right to resume activities at (the uranium conversion facility at) Isfahan or not, we will definitely resume it regardless,” Mohammad Khatami told reporters.
Tories slam Liberal ‘silence’ in Kazemi death, demand tough stand with Iran
Canadian Press: Critics are calling on Prime Minister Paul Martin’s government to take a tougher stand with Iran in the case of a Canadian woman who was tortured and killed in an Iranian prison two years ago.
Police shoot dead two demonstrators in Iran Kurdish town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 26 Protests erupted once again this morning in the Kurdish town of Oshnavieh, northwest Iran, following clashes between angry people and State Security Forces on Monday, during which two anti-government demonstrators were shot dead by police.
Police shoot dead two demonstrators in Iran Kurdish town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 26 Protests erupted once again this morning in the Kurdish town of Oshnavieh, northwest Iran, following clashes between angry people and State Security Forces on Monday, during which two anti-government demonstrators were shot dead by police.
