Opposition leaders call for protest on Iran anniversary (Channel NewsAsia)
TEHRAN: Opposition heads on Saturday implicitly called for demonstrations on the February 11 anniversary of Iran’s Islamic revolution, as the elite Revolutionary Guards warned that any such protest will be crushed.
Iran puts 16 protesters on trial (MalaysiaNews.net)
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran put 16 opposition supporters detained during anti-government protests last month on trial Saturday on charges of rioting and conspiring against the ruling system, Iran’s state medi…
AP: Senate Votes to Impose Even More Sanctions on Iran – Washington Missourian
to Iran, exempting food and medicines, and require the Obama administration to freeze the assets of Iranians, including Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, who are active in weapons proliferation … Chris Dodd, a sponsor of the measure, said in a …
Iran produces ME’s first transgenic kids (Press TV)
Iranian researchers have announced the birth of Iran and the Middle East’s first transgenic animals in the Rouyan Research Institute in Isfahan.
Gunmen in northwestern Iran assassinate prosecutor (The News-Times)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Attackers gunned down an Iranian court prosecutor outside his home in the country’s northwest, state media reported on Tuesday.
Iran Puts 16 More Protesters On Trial (Payvand Iran News)
Iran’s state media reports that 16 more opposition activists have been put on trial in Tehran today in connection with postelection protests in late December. The official IRNA news agency says five of the defendants are accused of being “mohareb” (enemies of God) and “corrupt on earth.” Both are crimes punishable by death under the Iranian legal system, which is based on Islamic Shari’a law.
Opposition calls for protest on Iran anniversary (Khaleej Times)
TEHRAN – Opposition heads on Saturday implicitly called for demonstrations on the February 11 anniversary of Iran’s Islamic revolution, as the Revolutionary Guards warned that any such protest will be crushed.
Iran anniv: Opposition in implicit call for protest – Zee News
Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, who have spearheaded protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, met on Saturday and invited supporters to demonstrate on the anniversary day, Karroubi’s website Sahamnews.org said. The two leaders said …
Clinton warns China over help to Iran (The Washington Times)
PARIS | U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned China on Friday it risks diplomatic isolation and disruption to its energy supplies unless it helps keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Speaking in Paris, Clinton said she and others who support additional sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear program are lobbying China to back new U.N. penalties on the Iranian government …
Iran begins trial of 16 opposition supporters in connection with … – San Francisco Examiner
TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran put 16 opposition supporters detained during anti-government protests last month on trial Saturday on charges of rioting and conspiring against the ruling system, Iran’s state media reported. The defendants face charges ranging …
Iran puts 16 protesters on trial (CNN)
Sixteen opposition protesters went on trial Saturday in Iran on charges that they tried to overthrow the government, state-run media said.
Iran hangs two protestors, sentences nine to death (3rd Roundup) – Monsters and Critics
According to a statement by the Revolutionary Court, the two people … They had been charged with plans to topple Iran’s Islamic establishment. The two were identified as Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani and Arash Rahmani-Pour, both allegedly supporters of …
Danny Karbassiyoon: I said no to Iran (Iran Sports Press)
Former Arsenal footballer Danny Karbassiyoon, who is of Iranian descent, said he refused to play for Iran.
UPDATE 4-DAVOS-Iran, IAEA say nuclear proposal still on table – Reuters UK
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency said on Friday a deal on enriched uranium was still possible, but there was no sign Tehran would accept Western terms meant to prevent the material being used in bombs. Western …
