Reuters – France is recalling its ambassador from Iran for consultations a day after protesters stormed the British embassy in Tehran, and will push for tougher sanctions at an EU foreign ministers’ meeting on Thursday.
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Cameron: Iran faces ‘serious consequences’ for failing to protect British Embassy
TEHRAN, Iran — U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said Iran’s failure to defend the British embassy from an attack in Tehran was a disgrace that will have serious consequences.
A Paradise : Gilan , North of Iran
Gilan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It lies along the Caspian Sea, just west of the province of Mazandaran, east of the province of Ardabil, north of the provinces of Zanjan and Qazvin.
EU preparing more sanctions on Iran – Van Rompuy
WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – The European Union is preparing new restrictive measures against Iran and shares U.S. concerns about Tehran’s nuclear program, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said on Monday.
Dutch favour tougher sanctions against Iran
AMSTERDAM, Nov 23 (Reuters) – The Netherlands wants to extend the scope of European Union sanctions against Iran to include measures against its central bank to stop certain types of money flows, the Dutch foreign minister said on Wednesday.
UN Resolution Condemns Rights Abuses In Iran
The UN General Assembly’s rights committee has passed a resolution condemning human rights abuses in Iran.
Security Forces Raid Iran Newspaper, Beat, Pepper Spray, and Arrest Journalists
Shortly after an armed raid by security and police forces on Iran Newspaper’s editorial offices today, a journalist present at the scene provided an eyewitness account for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “Everyone is still covered in white fire extinguisher powder.
Iranian activists condemn military threats against Iran
A group of 110 activists in Iran has issued a statement condemning the military threats against their country.
Euro-MPs urge firms to stop selling Iran censorship tools
The EU parliament urged European companies on Thursday to refrain from selling to technology and services to Iran that could be used by authorities for censorship and surveillance.
EU resolution on Iran, recent breaches of human rights against Minorities and Sufis
insideofiran – Whereas a state-supported defamation campaign against (Shia) Nematullahi Sufis depicting all forms of mysticism as satanic and persecuting Sufi worshippers, is continuing, the most glaring example being the armed attack in Kavar in September 2011, which killed one person and left others seriously injured;