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Source: Radio Zamaneh July 30, 2010 In the past week, four people were executed in Iran for the charges of “sexual assault” and “drug possession.” Yousef Khamseh was hanged yesterday in the city of Qazvin charged with sexual assault. Khamseh, who was also charged with “attempted murder and robbery”, was arrested last November. Last Saturday [...]
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) July 30, 2010 More than 90 journalists have written an open letter to Tehran’s chief prosecutor expressing concern over the imprisonment of their colleague Abdolreza Tajik and demanding his release, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. The letter, addressed to Tehran General-Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, was published on July 28. Tajik’s [...]
By Toby Axelrod Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) July 30, 2010 BERLIN — A top German politician has come in for criticism after announcing an official visit to Iran, only days after European leaders agreed on their toughest sanctions yet against the Islamic Republic. Legislator Rainer Stinner, foreign policy spokesperson for the Free Democratic, made [...]
Source: The Associated Press (AP) July 30, 2010 5.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the northeast Iranian city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh on Friday, injuring at least 110 people. Iran’s state TV said the quake also damaged several villages and temporarily disrupted communications. The earthquake occured at around 06:20 p.m. local time (14:50 GMT) and rocked the city for [...]
By Greg Quinn Source: Bloomberg July 30, 2010 Canada’s foreign minister, Lawrence Cannon, said Iran is “hiding” the truth about its nuclear program and added Group of Eight officials will review the effectiveness of new sanctions when they next meet in September. Cannon, who presides over meetings of G-8 foreign ministers this year, led a [...]
Source: Voice of America (VOA) July 30, 2010 Iran’s nuclear chief says his country is ready to enter negotiations with the United States, Russia and France on a possible nuclear fuel agreement. Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted Friday by Iran’s Mehr news agency as saying Iran would be ready to enter talks with the countries [...]
Source: The Associated Press (AP) July 30, 2010 TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian official says cigarettes smuggled into Iran have been tainted with pig blood and nuclear material as part of a Western conspiracy. The semiofficial Mehr news agency quotes Mohammad Reza Madani from the Society for Fighting Smoking as saying contraband Marlboros have been [...]
Source: Reuters U.S. July 30, 2010 Beijing – China said on Friday that it did not approve of tougher new sanctions imposed by the European Union on Iran, and welcomed Tehran’s offer to return to negotiations on a nuclear fuel swap without conditions. EU foreign ministers agreed tougher sanctions on Iran on Monday, including action [...]
Pink Floyd’s anthem “Another Brick in the Wall” has become a hit for Iran’s resistance movement By Peter Hutchison Source: Telegraph July 30, 2010 The 1979 song, which was released in the same year as the Islamic Revolution, has been reworked by two exiled Iranian brothers. Roger Waters, a founding member of Pink Floyd, gave [...]
