President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has raised the stakes against Israel by describing the Holocaust as a lie. It comes just as world powers are trying to decide how to deal with the nuclear ambitions of an Iran in political turmoil.
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Iranian regime accused of using torture, murder and rape to suppress opposition
September 18th, 2009 |
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The father of an Iranian student, who died in jail after being arrested for protesting against President Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election, has claimed that his son was beaten, got his bones broken and toenails pulled out while in prison.
Amir Javadifar, 24, was so badly beaten that he had to treated in hospital before being taken to [...]
Iran’s parliament approves 18 cabinet nominees
September 3rd, 2009 |
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Iranian MPs have approved 18 nominees put forward by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his 21-member Cabinet. They include the first woman to serve as a minister since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Lawmakers voted Thursday after five consecutive days of debate.
Ahmadinejad calls outgoing minister “peach”
August 24th, 2009 |
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Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has compared his outgoing health minister, Kamran Lankarani, to a peach you want to eat. This description, reports said, is usually used for a good-looking woman.
Iranian clerics question nomination of women ministers
August 23rd, 2009 |
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A conservative Iranian lawmaker says some senior clerics want President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to reconsider his nomination of three women for his new cabinet. Lawmaker Mohammad Taqi Rahbar heads the clerical faction in Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament.
Marcia G. Yerman: The Rape of Iranian Women – Under Reported?
July 29th, 2009 |
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On July 25th, a “global day of action in unity with the people of Iran,” I took part in an online project by artist and…
Kahrizak Prison, Holding Iranian Protesters, Ordered Closed After Abuses
July 28th, 2009 |
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Tuesday released 140 people detained in Iran’s postelection turmoil and the supreme leader ordered the closure of a prison where human rights groups say jailed protesters were killed, in a nod by authorities to all…
Black boxes recovered from crashed Iranian plane
July 16th, 2009 |
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Two black box recorders have been recovered from a Tupolev aircraft that crashed in Iran Wednesday, killing all 168 people on board, official media report. The cause of the worst air crash in Iran for six years was still unknown, Iran’s state English-language Press TV said.
US sends condolences after Iranian plane crash
July 16th, 2009 |
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The United States extended condolences on Wednesday to families of the 168 people feared killed in the crash of a Caspian Airlines plane in northwestern Iran. The United States has no diplomatic relation with Iran but has sought to reach out to the Iranian people as part of an effort to
“Many dead” in Iranian air crash
July 15th, 2009 |
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An Iranian plane carrying at least 168 passengers and crew has crashed in the north of the country, state media says. The plane broke into pieces and all those on board were feared dead.