Six women rights activists are still in prison, Esha Momenie was arrested on October 15 2008 and held in Evin Prison section no. 209. Five other activists in Kurdistan ,Zeynab Bayazidi ,Hana Abdi , Ronak Safarzadeh , Negin Sheykholeslami, Fatemeh Goftari have been held in prison for months .repression on women activists still continue .
Top officials in Iran are proposing a preemptive strike against Israel to avoid an assault on its nuclear reactors, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported Wednesday.
Specifically, Schumer wants the Bush administration to slap sanctions on Bank Markazi, Iran’s central bank. The department has warned U.S. banks that Bank Markazi is involved in deceptive practices to hide involvement in nuclear proliferation and terrorist activities.
It says women are repeatedly arrested for wearing headscarves that are too loose or coats that are too tight. In addition, the document expresses concern about reports of violence against members of the Bahai community, a religious minority.
U.S. must do two things before summit talks can take place. First, American military forces must leave the Middle East — presumably including such countries as Iraq, Qatar, Turkey and anywhere else American soldiers are deployed in the region. Second, the U.S. must cease its support of Israel.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is prepared to negotiate with Iran over its nuclear program. Dr Rice says talks can begin at any time, if Iran suspends its uranium enrichment work. “We’re perfectly ready to talk to Iran,” she said. “But what we don’t want to do is to give […]
Iranian security forces have arrested two suspected ‘spy pigeons’ near the Natanz nuclear facility.
Deputy prosecutor general Hossein Zebhi told a newspaper that under Sharia law only a murder victim’s family could commute a death sentence.
After he heard our invitation, he almost angrily threw me out of his office!
He said “You are inviting me to a country that has political prisoners! People are put in
jail for their political believes in Iran”!
