Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 30 – The director general of Irans Teachers Union resigned on Tuesday after increased
pressure by the Iranian regime on teachers and educational establishments. In the general meeting of the directors of the Teachers Union attended by ten of the fifteen members of the board, Mahmoud Beheshti-Langroudi, handed in his resignation citing personal reasons.
Irans Teachers Union chief resigns
Iran Focus:University must be shut down, after protests: Iran MP
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 30 – Following recent protests by Iranian students in Tehrans Water and Electricity University a member of Irans parliament (Majlis) called for the immediate closure of the institution and a clampdown on the protest.
Mr. Rostami, the MP from Ghoochan, said this university must quickly be shut down.
University must be shut down, after protests: Iran MP
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 30 – Following recent protests by Iranian students in Tehrans Water and Electricity University a member of Irans parliament (Majlis) called for the immediate closure of the institution and a clampdown on the protest.
Mr. Rostami, the MP from Ghoochan, said this university must quickly be shut down.
Car bomb work of Iranian intelligence: Najaf chief of police
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 29 – The police chief in Najaf said that the commander of three terrorists arrested on Sunday in connection with a car bomb that exploded in the holy city, had extensive connections to Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). He said that intelligence for when and where
to attack was given by an MOIS agent to the terrorist cells.
Car bomb work of Iranian intelligence: Najaf chief of police
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 29 – The police chief in Najaf said that the commander of three terrorists arrested on Sunday in connection with a car bomb that exploded in the holy city, had extensive connections to Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). He said that intelligence for when and where
to attack was given by an MOIS agent to the terrorist cells.
Majority of hospitals in Iran bankrupt in last four years
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 29 – More than half of Irans hospitals have declared bankruptcy in the past four years according to the head of Medical Department of University of Gilan (northern Iranian province). Dr. Fariborz Ghanaati stated that since the government introduced a scheme four years ago to privatise
the majority of Irans hospitals, 350 out of the 550 hospitals throughout Iran have declared bankruptcy.
Majority of hospitals in Iran bankrupt in last four years
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 29 – More than half of Irans hospitals have declared bankruptcy in the past four years according to the head of Medical Department of University of Gilan (northern Iranian province). Dr. Fariborz Ghanaati stated that since the government introduced a scheme four years ago to privatise
the majority of Irans hospitals, 350 out of the 550 hospitals throughout Iran have declared bankruptcy.
The Other Middle East Frontline
The Christian Science Monitor: With the US and Europe fixated on Iraq, where insurgents are trying to stop the masses from adopting democracy, next door in Iran a parallel struggle for democracy remains largely unnoticed. It shouldn’t, especially given the West’s concern over Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Young Iranians, who make up more than half the population and are restless from massive unemployment, have been pushing for Western-style political and social reforms for nearly a decade.
German MEPs demonstrate against stoning in Iran
Iran Focus: Berlin, Dec. 29 – Three members of the European Parliament took part in a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in Berlin in protest to the Iranian regimes practice of stoning people to death. A large number of Iranian exiles yesterday afternoon joined the three The MEPs, Alexander Alvaro, Holger Krahmer, and Alexander Lambsdorff, from the German Free Democratic Party.
