Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 07 – Irans vice-President in the Headquarters to Combat Narcotics announced drug abuse is affecting 11 million Iranians across the country. Dr. Ali Hashemi said that this staggeringly high figure represented people from all walks of life, including families whose lives had been totally destroyed due to drug abuse by family members.
Drug abuse affecting 11 million Iranians: Iran VP
Drug abuse affecting 11 million Iranians: Iran VP
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 07 – Irans vice-President in the Headquarters to Combat Narcotics announced drug abuse is affecting 11 million Iranians across the country. Dr. Ali Hashemi said that this staggeringly high figure represented people from all walks of life, including families whose lives had been totally destroyed due to drug abuse by family members.
Solidarity with striking workers in Iran – broken promises
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions: The ICFTU today expressed its solidarity with 350 striking workers at the Kurdistan Textile Factory, in Iran’s Sanandaj City (Kurdistan Province).
Over half a million Iraqi voters in Iran: Official
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 07 – Iran announced there are at least half a million Iraqis presently in the country eligible to vote in
the upcoming January 30th election in Iraq. More than 500,000 Iraqis residing in Iran can take part in (Iraqs) January elections, Ahmad Hosseini, the head of Foreign Citizens
Office of the Interior Ministry, said on Wednesday.
Over half a million Iraqi voters in Iran: Official
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 07 – Iran announced there are at least half a million Iraqis presently in the country eligible to vote in
the upcoming January 30th election in Iraq. More than 500,000 Iraqis residing in Iran can take part in (Iraqs) January elections, Ahmad Hosseini, the head of Foreign Citizens
Office of the Interior Ministry, said on Wednesday.
Iran: Journalists Receive Death Threats After Testifying
Human Rights Watch: After testifying to a presidential commission about their torture during detention, a group of Iranian journalists have received death threats from judicial officials under Tehran chief prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch is extremely concerned about the safety of the journalists, whose testimony to a presidential commission, tasked with investigating mistreatment of detainees, provided detailed …
Chirac warns Iran to stick to nuclear pledge
AFP: French President Jacques Chirac warned Iran to stick to its pledge to European powers to suspend nuclear activities, saying that adherence would give it access to legitimate technology. “In terms of the fight against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Iran’s case show the path to take,” he told an annual New Year’s meeting of foreign ambassadors in Paris.
Iraq rejects foreign meddling in elections: FM
AFP: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari urged Iran and other neighbouring countries Thursday to refrain from interfering in his country’s elections, as representatives met on this month’s landmark vote. “The message we’re going to give them in this meeting is to refrain from any interference … that would affect the outcome of this election,” Zebari told reporters in Amman.
Iran’s conservative MPs turn to fashion design
AFP: Deputies in Iran’s conservative-run parliament have begun preparing designs for what will be a new national costume aimed at stemming the encroachment of Western fashion, a top MP said Thursday. Emad Afroogh, head of the Majlis cultural commission, said MPs have been “meeting with designers to come up with an interesting variety of affordable, nationally inspired designs that will also respond to modern needs.”
Reporters Without Border condemns mistreatment of cyberjournalists and webloggers
Reporters Without Border: Reporters Without Borders has condemned the mistreatment in prison of cyberdissidents and webloggers after an Iranian committee report concluded that public confessions of two of them, (photo left), were obtained under duress. “We fear that the authorities are succeeding in purging the web of all critical content through brutality, intimidation and censorship,” the worldwide press freedom organisation said.
