While three of the men accused of Kahrizak detention center crimes enjoy special treatment (three Judges were found to be the main culprits in the torture deaths of prisoners at Kahrizak by the Parliament, but have not as yet been put on trial for their crimes), the person who […]
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Nuclear talks with Iran delayed
Tehran says it is ready to resume negotiations but silence over time and date suggests internal wrangling.
Sanctions ‘paralysing’ entire economy, says Iranian minister
The international sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme are having a “paralysing” impact on the country’s economy, says a cabinet minister.
Steel workers strike in Saveh
According to the Independent Iranian Workers’ over 1200 labourers and 250 senior engineers at the Safa steel works in Saveh, an industrial town south of Tehran, have gone on strike.
Grievance of Jailed Attorneys against Judge Salavati
In a letter signed by jailed lawyers and Dervish rights activists who are held in ward 350 of Evin prison, they requested investigation on violation of law by judge Salavati from disciplinary prosecutor court of Judges.
Egyptian president invited to visit Iran
Iran’s top envoy says Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi has been invited to visit Iran.
Indictment issued for Mehdi Hashemi
Mehdi Hashemi, the son of the chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council, has been indicted on 12 charges by the Iranian judiciary.
Iranian Opposition Leaders Musavi, Karrubi Remain ‘Seditionists’
“I never said [Mir Hossein Musavi] and [Mehdi Karrubi] are not seditionists, I said they’re not at the top of the sedition,” senior conservative politician Habibollah Asgar Oladi has said in an interview with the semiofficial Mehr news agency.
Opposition leader’s son given jail sentence
Mohammad Hossein Karroubi, the son of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, has been sentenced to six months in jail for speaking with foreign media about the alleged torture and death of prisoners in the Kahrizak detention centre in 2009.
Iran annual inflation hits 27.4 percent
Iran’s central bank says the annual inflation rate hit 27.4 percent at the end of 2012, one of the highest rates ever quoted by Iranian authorities.