January 31st, 2008

Amnesty International: Iran end the death by stoning


Amnesty International report on treatment of women in Iran is very critical. Eleven people in Iran - nine of them women - are waiting to be stoned to death on charges of adultery. Many have been sentenced after grossly unfair trials. read more… »


January 31st, 2008

Iran: 62 executions in 40 days


After the UN voted calling for a resolution on the use of the death penalty worldwide, 62 people is executed in Iran. read more… »


January 31st, 2008

Iran: A ‘duty’ for Muslims to attack the West & US, says editor


Hossein Shariatmadari, managing editor of ‘Kayhan’ (Universe) one of Iran’s most influential newspapers, has issued a strongly worded editorial inviting Muslims to topple moderate Islamic governments and attack US, European and Israeli interests. read more… »


January 28th, 2008

Iranian Revolutionary Guards Perpetuate Terror Within and Without


The knowledge of IRGC’s past and present terrorist behaviour within Iran is abstract, at best. The real example provides would perhaps serve as a reminder of their brutality. read more… »


January 27th, 2008

Sanctions could end up as prelude to War (for democracy & liberty in Iran).


When he first provoked a confrontation with the United Nations over Iran’s nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was visibly counting on a sharp but short clash that would strengthen the Islamic Republic in the long run. read more… »


January 27th, 2008

General M. A. Jaafari, Commander of IRGC: Iran could attack US bases


Iran’s top military commander said Saturday that his forces would retaliate against American military bases in the Persian Gulf if they are involved in any possible future attack on Iran. read more… »


January 26th, 2008

Iran: School textbooks latest target of sexual apartheid!


Iranian authorities are looking at new restrictions that will create different school textbooks for boys and girls (Gender discrimination). read more… »


January 26th, 2008

Iranian: Normal ties to U.S. impossible


Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that while it makes sense to talk with Washington over common interests such as Iraq he could not imagine substantially improved ties with the United States even after a change in U.S. administrations. read more… »


January 25th, 2008

Iran: Security forces cover up death by torture of a young Kurd


The Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) was shocked to learn yesterday of the death of Ibrahim Lutfullahi, a Kurdish student from the Kurdish province of Kordestan. read more… »


January 25th, 2008

U.S. “deeply concerned” at Kurdish student death in Iran jail


The United States said on Wednesday that it was “deeply concerned” at the death in prison of a Kurdish Iranian student who had been arrested by the country’s secret police in Sanandaj, western Iran. read more… »