Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 24 Irans jailed hunger-striking journalist Akbar Ganji has sharply attacked the countrys Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accusing him of planning to orchestrate his murder with the help of his cronies in the judiciary and the security services. The explosive allegations came in an open letter by Ganji to a prominent dissident ayatollah, Hossein-Ali Montazeri, that was posted on Persian-language websites on Sunday.
Jailed dissident says Iran leader plans to have him killed
Senior Iran cleric: How I sent my son to the firing squad
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 24 A senior Shiite cleric in Iran has shed light on his involvement in his own sons execution in his newly-released memoirs.
Senior Iran cleric: How I sent my son to the firing squad
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 24 A senior Shiite cleric in Iran has shed light on his involvement in his own sons execution in his newly-released memoirs.
Iran acknowledges widespread prison abuses
AP: In an unprecedented report, Iran’s hard-line judiciary acknowledged widespread human rights violations in
prisons, including the use of torture, state-run media reported Sunday.
The report said prison guards and officials in detention
centers have ignored a legal order banning torture
Iran president says enrichment work to resume without further delay
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 24 Irans incumbent President Mohammad Khatami announced today that the Islamic Republic would no longer suspend nuclear-related activity at the Isfahan site (central Iran) and would recommence suspended works without delay.
Iran president says enrichment work to resume without further delay
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 24 Irans incumbent President Mohammad Khatami announced today that the Islamic Republic would no longer suspend nuclear-related activity at the Isfahan site (central Iran) and would recommence suspended works without delay.
UK issues damning report on human rights abuses in Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 24 Britain issued a damning report on the human rights situation in Iran, stating that there had been no significant progress over the year, while human rights had deteriorated further in many areas.
UK issues damning report on human rights abuses in Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 24 Britain issued a damning report on the human rights situation in Iran, stating that there had been no significant progress over the year, while human rights had deteriorated further in many areas.
Iran’s Nobel winner warns of jailed writer’s health
Reuters: Iran’s 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi urged human rights groups on Sunday to pay attention to the “failing” health of the jailed hunger-striking journalist Akbar Ganji, she said in a statement. Ganji, 46, an outspoken critic of the Islamic state’s clerical leadership, was rushed to a Tehran hospital last Sunday amid growing fears about his health following his a month-long hunger strike, Ganji’s wife told Reuters.
Laureate condemns hanging of Iranian boys
AP: Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Saturday
condemned the hanging of two teenagers accused of raping younger boys in northeastern Iran, a punishment that also prompted protests by the international community and rights groups.
