Tehran, Aug. 16 – Iran’s semi-official daily Kayhan, the mouthpiece of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has published a report lambasting former President Bill Clinton and current and former…
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Final verdict postponed for Iranian woman facing stoning
(CNN) — An Iranian court has delayed the final verdict of a 43-year-old woman sentenced to death by stoning, a human rights group said Sunday, two days after the country…
Iran offers $3-bln bonds to fund gasfields
TEHRAN (AFP) — Sanctions-hit Iran will within days offer the first tranche of a three billion dollar domestic bond issue to fund the development of its South Pars gasfields, a…
Iran to begin work on new uranium plant in 2011
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran will begin building its third uranium enrichment plant in early 2011, a top official said, defying world powers who have imposed new sanctions on Tehran for…
Political Prisoner Reza Joushan Losing Eye Sight, Denied Medical Care
According to reports, Reza Joushan asked one of the guards why he was not permitted to visit the prison clinic. The guard replied that he must await his turn because…
Iran footballer sacked for ‘not fasting in Ramadan’
Popular Iranian footballer Ali Karimi, sometimes described as “the Maradona of Asia,” has been fired by his club for not fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the club…
15 Political Prisoners End Hunger Strike
15 political prisoners on hunger strike for two weeks, finally put an end to their hunger strike. According to reports from Kaleme, these political prisoners decided to end their hunger…
Majid Tavakoli’s Physical Condition Improving -Meets With Tehran Prosecutor
Last night, we reported that Majid Tavakoli was in critical physcial condition and had lost consciousness. Today, after having ended his hunger strike along with 15 other political prisoners, Tavakoli’…
Ashura Detainee Sentenced to Death
On August 4th, there were reports that Farah Vazhan was sentenced to 15 years in prison. However, a reliable source has told RAHANA that she has been sentenced to death.…
17 Year Old Tortured at Hands of Revolutionary Guard Intelligence Division
Revolutionary Guard intelligence tortured seventeen year old Ali Niknam after his arrest on November 2, 2009. Ali Niknam protested the election results last year and was arrested by Revolutionary Guard…
IAEA: Iran activates enrichment equipment
The Associated Press By VERONIKA OLEKSYN VIENNA (AP) — Iran has activated equipment to enrich uranium more efficiently in a move that defies the U.N. Security Council, the International Atomic…
US probed BHP Billiton trade with Cuba and Iran
The Australian THE US SEC looked into BHP Billiton’s activities in Iran and Cuba after Washington labelled the countries as state sponsors of terrorism. According to documents filed with the…
Activists report commotion in Iran capital
Tehran, Aug. 10 – From the Grapevine… Saturday night, government opponents set fire to a large garbage bin in Qazvin Street in Tehran, activists say. Security forces arrived at the…
Exclusive: Sick livestock imported, budget diverted in Iran ministry
Tehran, Aug. 10 – Some of the funds allocated in the Iranian government’s budget for the purchase of livestock from abroad have gone missing and are believed to have been…
Seven dead in clashes in south-west Iran
Tehran, Aug. 09 – Three days of clashes between security forces and the people of Dahdez, in the south-western oil-rich Province of Khuzestan, have left seven people dead, according to…
Obama’s briefing on Iran: It’s about pressure, not diplomacy
The White House called in a small group of journalists this week to listen to President Obama and his top advisers give a briefing on the state of the sanctions…
Iran pays 25 pct more for gasoline
LONDON, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Sanctions on Iran’s fuel imports are forcing the Islamic Republic to pay well above the market rate for its gasoline, figures from the Turkish government…
Mansour Osanloo Tried at the Revolutionary Court in Karaj
On Sunday, August 1st, 2010, Mansour Osanloo Head of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company was tried at the Revolutionary Court’s Branch #1 in the city…
Three Gonabad Dervishes Detained in Alashtar
Hamzeh Malek-Shahi, Mohammad Malek-Shahi and Hamid Naderi, are the three Nematollahi-Gonabadi dervishes who were detained by the security forces in the city of Alashtar, located in the Province of Lorestan.…
Stoppa dödsdomen mot min vän Jafar Kazemi |Newsmill
Jafar Kazemi kan när som helst avrättas, hans dödsdom har blivit bekräftad. Han är anklagad för att stödja iranska oppositionen Folkets Mujahedin, samt ha organiserat demonstrationer emot den Iranska regimen.…
URGENT CALL/ AKUT KAMPANJ
Jafar kazemi’s dödsdom har blivit bekräftad, Signera för att rädda hans liv/ Jafar Kazemi’s execution has been confirmed by Tehrans Prosectur, please sign this petition to save his life!! Den…
Mistaken as an Iranian martyr, then hounded
FRANKFURT — Zahra Soltani, whom everyone calls Neda, will never forget the day she saw her death announced on television, accompanied by the picture she had posted on her Facebook…