Iran appeals for help in beating opium traders
Thousands of Iranian narcotics agents have been killed and billions of dollars spent in Iran’s fight against the opium trade, the country’s ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday.
Iran: Woman’s stoning sentence on hold
Iran has put the stoning sentence of a woman convicted of adultery and murder “on hold,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told state-run Press TV on Wednesday.
Iran detains prominent opposition lawyer
Iranian authorities have detained a prominent Iranian lawyer who has represented opposition activists and political figures on suspicion of spreading propaganda against the ruling system, her family and attorney said Wednesday. Iran – Middle East – Lawyer – Politics – Human rights
Iran says stoning sentence for woman to be reviewed – Charleston Gazette
TEHRAN – Iran on Wednesday said that the stoning sentence … adultery has been stopped and her case is being reviewed again,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told the news network Press TV.
Castro criticizes Ahmadinejad’s denial of Holocaust
Cuba’s Fidel Castro criticized Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for denying the Holocaust and said in an interview Tehran should acknowledge Israel’s fears for its own survival, the Atlantic said Wednesday.
Iran “reviews” stoning sentence in Ashtiani case
TEHRAN, IRAN : An Iranian woman’s death sentence, who was convicted of adultery and murder, has been suspended, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told local media on Wednesday.
Iran woman’s stoning suspended after global outcry
TEHRAN, Sept 9 — Iranian authorities have suspended the execution by stoning of a woman convicted of adultery, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday, after weeks of condemnation from around the world. “The verdict regarding the extramarital affairs has stopped and it’s being reviewed,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told Iran’s …
Iran detains prominent opposition lawyer
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian authorities have detained a prominent Iranian lawyer who has represented opposition activists and political figures on suspicion of spreading propaganda against the ruling system, her family and attorney said Wednesday.
Iran claims self-sufficiency in gasoline
TEHRAN, Sept. 8 (UPI) — Daily gasoline production in Iran has increased to the level that the country has become self-sufficient, the Iranian oil minister said. Iran – Middle East – Gasoline – United States – Nuclear weapon
Iran to circumvent sanctions: supreme leader
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Iran will circumvent sanctions over its nuclear program, local satellite Press TV reported on Wednesday.
Lawyer: Iran woman could face execution as moratorium ends – Trentonian
authorities are said to have flogged her for the publication of a photo of a woman without her hair covered in the Times of London newspaper. The woman … 22-year-old Sajjad Qaderzadeh, said he did not know whether …
Iran arrests prominent lawyer on security charges
Tehran, Sep 9 (AFP) Iran has arrested prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoodeh on security charges and she is being held in solitary confinement, her lawyer told AFP today.
Iranian scientist ‘heading home’
An Iranian nuclear scientist who claims he was kidnapped and taken to the US by the CIA is on his way back to Tehran, Iran says.
