Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 23 The commander of Iran’s State Security Forces in Tehran announced that 649 teenage girls under 14 years of age have been arrested in the Iranian capital over the past ten months.
The SSF chief told a press conference in Tehran yesterday, “Of the 59,121 individuals arrested in Tehran over the past ten months, 3969 of them were women; 649 were girls under the age of 14”.
649 under-14 girls arrested in Iran capital
649 under-14 girls arrested in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 23 The commander of Iran’s State Security Forces in Tehran announced that 649 teenage girls under 14 years of age have been arrested in the Iranian capital over the past ten months.
The SSF chief told a press conference in Tehran yesterday, “Of the 59,121 individuals arrested in Tehran over the past ten months, 3969 of them were women; 649 were girls under the age of 14”.
Iran town of 120,000 has only single expert doctor
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 23 The 120,000 residents of the town of Aq-Qala in Golestan province (northern Iran) only have a single children’s doctor, and are forced to travel to neighbouring cities to have their children seen to. “Patients who are not able to get treatment in this town must travel to neighbouring cities”, an Aq-Qala resident said, in an interview with the state-run news agency.
Iran town of 120,000 has only single expert doctor
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 23 The 120,000 residents of the town of Aq-Qala in Golestan province (northern Iran) only have a single children’s doctor, and are forced to travel to neighbouring cities to have their children seen to. “Patients who are not able to get treatment in this town must travel to neighbouring cities”, an Aq-Qala resident said, in an interview with the state-run news agency.
Pakistan joins US in attacking Iran over support for terror
Sunday Telegraph: Pakistan, one of America’s most important allies in the war on terror, has blamed Iran for fuelling a growing insurgency in Baluchistan, the strategically sensitive province where militant tribesmen have recently launched a series of terrorist attacks.
Officials in Islamabad believe Iran is encouraging “intruders” from its own Bal-och community to cross the 550-mile
Leading article: Blairs Iranian nightmare
Sunday Times – Leaders: Even with the finest speechwriters, President George W Bush never quite hits the rhetorical heights of some of his more spellbinding predecessors. But his inaugural speech last week, the first since America was changed for ever by September 11, pressed many of the right buttons. As a statement of his countrys modern-day mission, the pursuit of liberty and freedom around the globe, it could hardly have been more eloquent.
Iran denies women can run for presidency: Update
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 22 Iran has denied allowing women to take part in this year’s presidential elections.
This morning Reuters news agency reported that Iran’s legislative watchdog had said that women could run in June’s presidential election, clearing up an ambiguous article of the constitution. Separately, several political groups within the regime congratulated the head of the Guardian Council.
Iran denies women can run for presidency: Update
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 22 Iran has denied allowing women to take part in this year’s presidential elections.
This morning Reuters news agency reported that Iran’s legislative watchdog had said that women could run in June’s presidential election, clearing up an ambiguous article of the constitution. Separately, several political groups within the regime congratulated the head of the Guardian Council.
Iran student to be flogged 74 times, serve 2 years in prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 22 An Iranian medical student was sentenced to two years prison time and 74 lashes by Iran’s Revolutionary Court on political charges, according to a state-run news agency. Reza Ashrafpour, a young man studying dentistry in Iran’s University of Medical Sciences had been charged with “acting against national security”, …
Iran student to be flogged 74 times, serve 2 years in prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 22 An Iranian medical student was sentenced to two years prison time and 74 lashes by Iran’s Revolutionary Court on political charges, according to a state-run news agency. Reza Ashrafpour, a young man studying dentistry in Iran’s University of Medical Sciences had been charged with “acting against national security”, …
