Iran News Roundup: August 6, 2012
Iran tests upgraded version of short-range missile, says can hit sea targets Israel’s envoy to U.S. jumps the gun, blames Iran for Sinai attack Olympics wrestling: Reihanpour Soryan claims Iran’s first ever gold Iran rial sinks 5 pct vs dollar as devaluation expected Israel hardens missile shield ‘Bootleg chicken’ sold for record prices in Iran […]
Iran News Roundup: July 24, 2012
Investigation into Burgas Bomber Continues Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, speaking alongside White House counter-terrorism chief John Brennan in Sofia, said the suicide bomber, who carried out an attack in Burgas last week, was part of a “sophisticated” group of conspirators, who arrived in Bulgaria one month before the attack. He declined to back Israeli […]
Majles Committee Finds Mortazavi Responsible for Deaths
Radio Zamaneh reports (via payvand.com) that former Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi has been deemed responsible for both the torture and death of numerous election protestors detained in Kahrizak prison. This verdict follows a Parliamentary Committee report commissioned to investigate post election occurrences. The Kahrizak detention center, run by the Tehran police department, held a number […]
Today’s Headlines from Payvand (via Radio Zamaneh)
Tehran University Students Invite Opposition Leaders to Student Day Over three thousand students of Tehran University have signed a petition inviting opposition leaders, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, to attend Day of the Student ceremonies at their institution on December 7. The students urge the two opposition leaders to renew their protests to the […]
Human Rights Organizations Call for Investigation into Mysterious Death of Physician in Iran
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today that along with Amnesty International and Physicians for Human Rights, it sent a letter to Iranian authorities demanding an investigation into the death of Dr. Ramin Pourandarjani, a 26-year-old physician at the Kahrizak detention center, “who reportedly witnessed grave human rights violations there.” Iranhumanrights.org: “Scores […]
Meetings between non-hardliner politicians, ayatollahs increase in frequency
Mir Hossein Mousavi met last night with Grand Ayatollah Mousavi-Ardebili, Ayatollah Yousef Sa’anei, and Seyyed Hossein & Seyyed Mohsen Mousavi-Tabrizi (brothers) in Qom, according to Tabnak. Ayatollah Shahrestani, Grand Ayatollah Sistani’s right-hand man in Iran, and Ahmad Montazeri (Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri’s son whose three sons were arrested earlier this week) were also present. […]
Ahmadinejad Retracts Proposed Ministers
Khabaronline, a website associated with Majles Speaker Ali Larijani, reports that Ahmadinejad has formally retracted his Cabinet propositions. This is the first step in proposing new Cabinet ministers for energy, welfare, and education — the three Ahmadinejad ministers that were rejected. From Khabaronline (h/t New York Times): According to the House of the People website, […]
Head of Reformist front released from Evin, judiciary head opposed to mass trials
PressTV is reporting that the head of the Reformist front in Tehran has been released from Evin prison after nearly two months. Abbas Mirza Aboutalebi was arrested on 10 July in connection with the unrest following the June 12 elections. Aboutalebi is the deputy secretary general of Hambastegi (Solidarity), an Iranian Reformist party, and was […]