Iran Focus: Istanbul, Jul. 19 – The Turkish authorities released one of the chief suspects in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Argentina that killed 87 people and injured 200 others and sent him back to Iran, a Turkish security official said on Tuesday.
The decision was taken by the Turkish government after intense pressure from Iran, the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Iran Focus.
Turkey releases bombing suspect under pressure from Iran
Turkey releases bombing suspect under pressure from Iran
Iran Focus: Istanbul, Jul. 19 – The Turkish authorities released one of the chief suspects in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Argentina that killed 87 people and injured 200 others and sent him back to Iran, a Turkish security official said on Tuesday.
The decision was taken by the Turkish government after intense pressure from Iran, the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Iran Focus.
Iran hangs under-18 adolescent in public
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 19 – A young man and a minor were hanged in public on Tuesday in Irans second largest city, a government-funded news agency reported. The two, only identified by their initials M.A and A.M., were convicted of sexual assault on a 13-year-old boy by the Islamic Tribunal of Mashad, according to ISNA news agency.
Iran hangs under-18 adolescent in public
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 19 – A young man and a minor were hanged in public on Tuesday in Irans second largest city, a government-funded news agency reported. The two, only identified by their initials M.A and A.M., were convicted of sexual assault on a 13-year-old boy by the Islamic Tribunal of Mashad, according to ISNA news agency.
Khatami says Iran will not bargain on nuclear enrichment
AFP: Iran’s outgoing President Mohammad Khatami said Tuesday that Tehran would not bargain on its right to enrich uranium during talks with Europe on its nuclear activities. “Iran’s admission to the World Trade Organisation and the mastering of the fuel cycle are the rights of the Iranian people… and are not negotiable,” Khatami was quoted as saying by state television.
British government protests at Iran claims over London bombings
AFP: Britain protested furiously on Tuesday to Iran over comments by a leading Iranian politician that the London bombings might have been deliberately carried out by the British government. One possible reason for the July 7 attacks, in which at least 56 people died, “is that the British government itself created this situation”, Ahmad Janati, a cleric who chairs the powerful Guardians Council, said Friday in a nationally broadcast sermon.
Irans Rafsanjani renews firestorm over election fraud
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 19 The losing candidate in Irans recent presidential elections, Ayatollah Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, strongly condemned the way ballots were swapped and the gross irregularities in the recent elections in this weeks meeting of a top arbitration body that he heads, according to Iranian officials. Rafsanjanis comments first surfaced in an article by Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, a cleric who was outgoing President Mohammad Khatamis deputy for legislative affairs before he resigned in October.
Irans Rafsanjani renews firestorm over election fraud
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 19 The losing candidate in Irans recent presidential elections, Ayatollah Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, strongly condemned the way ballots were swapped and the gross irregularities in the recent elections in this weeks meeting of a top arbitration body that he heads, according to Iranian officials. Rafsanjanis comments first surfaced in an article by Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, a cleric who was outgoing President Mohammad Khatamis deputy for legislative affairs before he resigned in October.
Iran rejects reports on jailed dissident as “propaganda”
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 19 Irans Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel on Monday rejected propagandist reports on the failing conditions of Akbar Ganji, a dissident journalist currently on day 39 of a hunger strike hoping to gain his freedom from a six-year prison sentence which he is currently serving in Evin Prison. Haddad Adel told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar in the Iranian capital that Ganjis case was unlikely to turn into a plight and reach the point that satellite networks and Mr. Bush are talking about.
Iran rejects reports on jailed dissident as “propaganda”
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 19 Irans Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel on Monday rejected propagandist reports on the failing conditions of Akbar Ganji, a dissident journalist currently on day 39 of a hunger strike hoping to gain his freedom from a six-year prison sentence which he is currently serving in Evin Prison. Haddad Adel told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar in the Iranian capital that Ganjis case was unlikely to turn into a plight and reach the point that satellite networks and Mr. Bush are talking about.
