Reuters: Iran will not abandon nuclear activities, despite its negotiations with the EU about ensuring its nuclear programme cannot be used for weapons, President Mohammad Khatami has said in an interview. But it will continue for now to discuss the issue with Europe and the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, Khatami told Tuesday’s edition of French newspaper Le Figaro.
Iran insists it will retain nuclear programme
Grits weak on Kazemi case: Harper
The Edmonton Sun: The federal government was complicit in a systematic coverup of the “barbaric” treatment of Zahra Kazemi, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper suggested yesterday. Blasting the “weak” Liberal reaction to gruesome details Canadian officials had received months ago, Harper accused the government of being part of Iran’s whitewashing of the case.
Tories blast PM for ‘spineless’ response to Iran
CBC News: Conservative Leader Stephen Harper accused the Liberal government of acting in a callous and spineless way for re-establishing relations with Iran, despite knowing the details about the deadly injuries suffered by Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi. Harper’s accusations come as the doctor who examined Kazemi made public for the first time last week the extent of the injuries she suffered while in Iranian custody.
New allegations prove Iran ‘wrong’ over murdered journalist: Canada
AFP: Canada on Monday said new allegations about the violent death of Iranian-Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi in detention in Tehran, disproved the Islamic Republic’s denials that she was murdered. Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew said that Canada had helped Iranian doctor Shahram Azam, who last week claimed Kazemi was tortured and raped, obtain asylum here to debunk Iranian government claims on the case.
Iran: Judiciary Should Admit Blogger Abuse
Human Rights Watch: The upcoming report by Iran’s powerful judiciary about the mistreatment and torture of bloggers and internet journalists in custody must begin a process of full accountability for serious human rights abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. In January 2004, the head of the judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi Shahrudi, ordered the formation of an internal investigating committee to probe bloggers’ claims of torture and ill-treatment.
Arabic news outlet accuses Iran of recruiting spies in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 04 Irans hard-line leaders are setting up a secret government in Iraq, according to a prominent Arabic language news outlet. The Saudi-affiliated Elaph website wrote in its Friday issue, The Iranian Intelligence Ministry is creating a secret government in Iraq.
Arabic news outlet accuses Iran of recruiting spies in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 04 Irans hard-line leaders are setting up a secret government in Iraq, according to a prominent Arabic language news outlet. The Saudi-affiliated Elaph website wrote in its Friday issue, The Iranian Intelligence Ministry is creating a secret government in Iraq.
Save the Women, Save Ourselves
National Review Online: Two summers ago, a middle-aged Iranian-Canadian journalist named Zahra Kazemi was arrested in Tehran while taking photographs of regime hoodlums beating up young people who were demonstrating for freedom. A few days later she turned up dead in a local military hospital.
Iran’s hardline press denounces John Paul II for compromise with Jews
AFP: Iran’s hardline press on Monday accused the late pope John Paul II of compromising with Jews, pointing out that the Jewish state was not only an arch enemy of the Islamic republic. “Not only did the pope never condemn the crimes of the Zionist regime in the territories, the Vatican officially recognised its existence,” the Jomhuri Islami newspaper complained.
Khatami visits Austria
AP: Iranian President Mohammad Khatami was scheduled Monday to meet his counterpart and other leaders of Austria during a one-day visit focusing on bilateral themes but also likely to touch on international concerns about Tehran’s
nuclear ambitions.
