The Associated PressUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution denouncing serious human rights violations in Iran ranging from flogging and amputations to frequent use of the death penalty.
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The Attack on the Embassy, a British Plot
Even with the passage of more than two weeks since a group of Basij official-militia attacked the British embassy in Tehran, and the aftermaths of the event, Principlists (the ruling hardliners in Iran who proclaim loyalty to the ideals of the 1979 revolution) continue to make contradictory statements over the issue.
Anahita
Reza Moradi GhiasabadiTranslator: Saam Sheikh-ol Eslamy In Iranian (Persian) believes star or as it’s called today planet Anahid/ Anahita/ Nahid (Venus) is flowing water’s star and so Nahid`s temples have been made near rivers and water fountains.
Joint Action for internet freedom is at this stage symbolic, lacking vision and strategy
The formation of a triangular coalition of companies, governments and NGOs as a much-needed step towards establishing a free internet was the focus of two recent international conferences, held in San Francisco in October and in The Hague in December.
Iran to install security cameras in classrooms to further control students
Fatemeh Qorban, the aid to the Minister of Education for Elementary School Education said, “Currently we use closed circuit cameras [security cameras] in school cafeterias and public places to control students but in the future these cameras will be taken inside of classrooms to better control educational actions in the classrooms”. (ISNA state-run News […]
South Korea announces new sanctions on Iran
SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea Friday joined a fresh multinational effort to press Iran to scrap its suspected nuclear weapons programme, adding more than 100 names to a financial blacklist of Iranian firms and individuals.
German trade with Iran shows sanctions hit—and miss
Wall St Journal – When the United Nations Security Council blacklisted Iran’s Sepanir Oil & Gas Engineering Co. last year, the company’s main German intermediary terminated their trading relationship, the German firm says—an apparent victory for international sanctions.
Russian Customs Seize Iran-Bound Radioactive Material
The Russian customs service says it has seized radioactive material in the luggage of a passenger bound for Tehran at a Moscow airport.
Iran’s Chief of Central Bank: Sanctions Harsher than a Physical War
InsideIran – Mahmoud Bahmani, head of Iran’s Central Bank, announced this week that the conditions imposed by sanctions on the country are much harsher than a physical war.
Pushed Back to Square One
Huffington Post – Two years ago, when Iran’s uprising was still very much in the streets, everyone outside Iran was very much involved with the nuclear business.