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.
Iran’s Nobel winner warns of jailed writer’s health
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.
Iran berates German official over new presidents terrorist ties
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 Iran fired another salvo at Germany on Saturday over comments by Germanys Interior Ministry who on Monday expressed concern over the newly-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads ties with terrorism, saying that Ahmadinejad was an Islamic fundamentalist who does not have an absolute distance with terrorism.
Iran berates German official over new presidents terrorist ties
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 Iran fired another salvo at Germany on Saturday over comments by Germanys Interior Ministry who on Monday expressed concern over the newly-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads ties with terrorism, saying that Ahmadinejad was an Islamic fundamentalist who does not have an absolute distance with terrorism.
Iran points finger at Israel for London, Sharm el-Sheikh bombings
Iran Focus: Iran, Tehran, Jul. 23 Irans Foreign Ministry today hinted at Israeli involvement in Saturdays early-hours bombings in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, as well as Thursdays attacks in London. Iran also accused Israel of being behind 90 percent of the insurgencies in Iraq.
Iran points finger at Israel for London, Sharm el-Sheikh bombings
Iran Focus: Iran, Tehran, Jul. 23 Irans Foreign Ministry today hinted at Israeli involvement in Saturdays early-hours bombings in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, as well as Thursdays attacks in London. Iran also accused Israel of being behind 90 percent of the insurgencies in Iraq.
Iran honours suicide bomber who killed 241 Americans in Beirut
Iran Focus: The following report appeared in Irans influential daily Kayhan on December 1, 2004:
A memorial plaque commemorating the man who carried out the largest martyrdom-seeking operation against Global Arrogance [the United States and its allies”> will be unveiled tomorrow in Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery in Tehran.
Iran weekly advertises application form for suicide operations
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 The following is the translation of the text of an advertisement that appears regularly in the hard-line weekly Parto Sokhan as part of a recruitment drive for suicide operation volunteers.
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Iran weekly advertises application form for suicide operations
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 The following is the translation of the text of an advertisement that appears regularly in the hard-line weekly Parto Sokhan as part of a recruitment drive for suicide operation volunteers.
Click to see both original advert and text of English translation.
Iran talks up nuclear centrifuge work before suspension
AFP: Iran succeeded in building a “considerable” number of sophisticated centrifuges used for uranium enrichment before suspending the work under an agreement with the European Union in November, chief nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani said in comments published Saturday. “Today, the number of centrifuge machines manufactured and ready to function is considerable,” Rowhani told the conservative daily Kayhan without giving a number.
