Iran Focus: London, Jun. 21 – A 49-year-old former commander in Irans elite Revolutionary Guards catapulted to super-politician status by the unexpected results of Fridays presidential elections in Iran found himself at the centre of a growing controversy over allegations
of vote fraud, his own shadowy past, and speculations over a crafty scheme by the top leaders of the clerical regime to lure voters to the polling booths.
Irans presidential underdog provokes controversy
Irans presidential underdog provokes controversy
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 21 – A 49-year-old former commander in Irans elite Revolutionary Guards catapulted to super-politician status by the unexpected results of Fridays presidential elections in Iran found himself at the centre of a growing controversy over allegations
of vote fraud, his own shadowy past, and speculations over a crafty scheme by the top leaders of the clerical regime to lure voters to the polling booths.
Iran: Young prisoner sews mouth in protest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 21 A young prisoner in Iran has sewn his mouth in protest to a sudden increase in his prison time, according to a state-run daily. The young man, only identified by his first name Mohsen, has been in prison for the past four years, Hamshahri reported in its Sunday edition.
Iran: Young prisoner sews mouth in protest
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 21 A young prisoner in Iran has sewn his mouth in protest to a sudden increase in his prison time, according to a state-run daily. The young man, only identified by his first name Mohsen, has been in prison for the past four years, Hamshahri reported in its Sunday edition.
Iran security forces detain two pro-democracy protesters
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 21 Two relatives of political prisoners have been arrested for a second time after having once appeared in front of a judge for protesting outside Tehrans notorious Evin Prison.
The pair, a woman by the name of Maryam Arayi and a man by the name of Mehdi Farhi-Shandiz, were originally arrested along with other relatives of political prisoners who held a vigil in front of Evin Prison on June 14 and June 15.
Iran security forces detain two pro-democracy protesters
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 21 Two relatives of political prisoners have been arrested for a second time after having once appeared in front of a judge for protesting outside Tehrans notorious Evin Prison.
The pair, a woman by the name of Maryam Arayi and a man by the name of Mehdi Farhi-Shandiz, were originally arrested along with other relatives of political prisoners who held a vigil in front of Evin Prison on June 14 and June 15.
US takes a new swipe at Iran’s elections
AFP: The United States on Monday dismissed Iran’s presidential elections as “unrepresentative” and “repressive” and argued that the country’s people deserved better. A first round of voting on Friday was “basically highly unrepresentative,” said State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli.
US, EU press Iran on nuclear program
AFP: The United States and the European Union jointly urged Iran Monday to freeze uranium enrichment and reprocessing and to work with the UN atomic energy watchdog amid concerns Tehran seeks nuclear weapons.
“We remain united in our determination to see the proliferation implications of Iran’s advanced nuclear program resolved,” they said in a joint statement released by the European Union after the annual US-EU summit.
Violence mars Iran presidential candidate campaign
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 20 Members of Irans hard-line paramilitary Bassij forces in Tehrans Mellat Park attacked yesterday evening campaigners for the front-runner in Fridays presidential election run-off. Eye-witnesses reported seeing a group of posterboys, wearing campaign stickers for former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani over …
Violence mars Iran presidential candidate campaign
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 20 Members of Irans hard-line paramilitary Bassij forces in Tehrans Mellat Park attacked yesterday evening campaigners for the front-runner in Fridays presidential election run-off. Eye-witnesses reported seeing a group of posterboys, wearing campaign stickers for former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani over …
