By Fereshteh Ghazi (Rooz 1233) – On the same day that Javid Kian, the defense attorney for four women who face possible stoning or execution in Tabriz, asked for international support to save the lives of Sakineh Mohammadi, Maryam Ghorbanzadeh, Kobra Babai and Azar Bagheri in an exclusive interview with Rooz, Iran’s national television station [...]
A new round of U.S. and European sanctions targets Iran’s dilapidated oil sector from top to bottom, msking it more difficult to maintain output capacity and domestic supplies of fuel.
European Parliament, in a resolution adopted by a large majority, strongly condemns the “repression, persecution and threats” against the Iranian lawyer and 2003 Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi and expresses its grave concern at the intensified persecution of human rights defenders in Iran.
Iran has expanded its controversial nuclear programme and now operates more than 5,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges, the country’s nuclear chief has said.
A senior opposition figure in Iran has announced that he will challenge President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in next summer’s presidential election.
Tehran regime is in a period of decline, desertions and divisions, which reflects its final phase Brutal crackdown is the mullahs’ response to massive, widespread social upheavals The recent Majlis (Parliament) elections paved the way for obtaining nuclear weapons, regardless of the impending domestic and international costs If Tehran were to abandon export of terrorism [...]