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By Ron Synovitz Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) April 29, 2010 A new cruise-missile system being marketed by a Russian firm is attracting attention as a weapon that, according to its own promotional video, could transform ordinary civilian freight vehicles into long-range missile launchers. The weapon, known as the Club-K Container Missile System, has [...]
Prisoners to go on hunger strike in solidarity with workers
Source: The Green Voice of Freedom (GVF) April 29, 2010 In the days before the International Labour Day and teachers’ day in Iran, a group of Iranian political prisoners have announced that they will be going on a hunger strike in solidarity with the teachers and workers in the country. Opposition website Jaras has reported [...]
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Unemployment rising in Iran’s labour sector
Source: Radio Zamaneh April 29, 2010 Iranian labour activists say that since the start of the new Iranian year in March, worker lay offs have increased by 50 percent. Late last year economists and labour activists made bleak predictions about the labour situation in the coming year and warned that the government and production units [...]
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Iran, Egypt ready for battle at nuclear meet
By Louis Charbonneau Source: Reuters April 29, 2010 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at the International Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in Tehran April 17, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Caren Firouz Iran and Egypt are gearing up for battle against the United States and its allies over Israel and developing countries’ rights to atomic technology at a [...]
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Joint resolution for International Workers’ Day (Labor organizations of Iran)
By Saeed Valadbaygi April 27, 2010 May 1st is the day of international solidarity of the working class and a day for laborers to protest global poverty and inequality. On this day millions of workers around the world stop working, to conquer the streets and show their anger and disgust with the announcement of the [...]
Press Freedom Suffered More Setbacks In 2009, New Report Shows
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) April 29, 2010 WASHINGTON — The world’s press became less free in 2009, experiencing another year of setbacks. Among the top offenders were Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Iran, and Russia. That’s according to a new report by the Washington-based think tank Freedom House, which annually measures print, broadcast, and Internet [...]
Will sanctions against Iran hit Russian firms?
By Konstantin Rozhnov, Business reporter Source: BBC News April 29, 2010 Further UN Security Council sanctions against Tehran have yet to materialise, but a number of international companies have already been pulling out of Iran. While some firms are reluctant to risk investing in a country with uncertain perspectives, others also have to take into [...]
Reliance, others withdraw from Iran, but China replaces them
Source: The Economic Times April 29, 2010 WASHINGTON: Under mounting global pressure, especially from the US, several companies, including India’s Reliance and Russia’s LUKOIL, have stopped selling gasoline to Iran, but the place has been quickly occupied by those from China, a Congressional report has said. Several US lawmakers – both from the House of [...]
Women’s Activists Oppose Iran Bid For UN Committee Membership
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) April 29, 2010 A group of women’s rights activists in Iran and worldwide has written an open letter to the United Nations opposing the Iranian government’s bid for membership on the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. The letter refers to Iranian laws [...]
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