Iran has temporarily shut its consulate in the Afghan city of Herat after protesters there attacked the mission’s compound, the official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday quoting a foreign ministry source.
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Dr. Mohammad Maleki summoned and his house was searched
Dr. Mohammad Maleki, Iranian academic and pro-democracy activist and former president of the University of Tehran, was summoned to Evin prison and his house was searched by security forces, today on 11 Dec 2012.
U.N. nuclear inspectors to press Iran on military site access
U.N. nuclear inspectors will press Iran this week for a long-sought green light to visit a key military site, although suspected clean-up work may make it difficult to find evidence of any illicit atomic bomb research there.
Iranian Imprisoned Lawyer is being rejected for medical leave
Abdolfattah Soltani, Iranian imprisoned lawyer, suffering from Sickle-cell disease is being rejected for medical leave by Judiciary authorities.
Incessant Clashes with Members of “Maktabe Quran”
A new wave of pressure is mounting on Iranian Sunnis as the ruling council of Maktabe Quran organization, a Kurdish Sunni group, announced through a statement that a number of its members had been summoned and interrogated by the security apparatus of the Islamic republic of Iran.
Iran’s Security Apparatus Refuses Responsibility For the Food Supply of Detained Opposition Leader
In an alarming move, the security agents in charge of the house arrest of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mouavi and his wife Zahra Rahnavard, have refused responsibility for providing the opposition leader and his wife with food for some time now, and instead made the family responsible for their food supply- this while […]
Activists call for minister’s resignation as second student dies
Eighty Kurdish political and civil activists in Iran have called for the resignation of the Minister of Education after a fire accident in an elementary school injured scores of students and, according to reports, has so far claimed two lives.
Conservative figure raises return of opposition leaders
A senior member of Iran’s conservative faction says the Islamic Republic system is prepared to accept opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi if they recant from the position they took following the 2009 elections.
Iranian Health Minister calls for medication money
The Iranian Health Minister has called on the Central Bank to provide the necessary foreign currency to import urgently needed medical drugs and equipment into the country.
Big drop in Iranian oil exports: Reuters
Iranian oil exports in December will fall by one quarter compared to November of 2012, Reuters reports.