About a third of Iran’s tea factories have shut down because of a lack of support from the government, Shargh reported, citing Parviz Shabani, vice president of Iran’s of tea producers.
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UN Special Rapporteurs Condemn Ongoing Executions In Iran
Three United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Iran, summary executions and torture condemned the recent execution of four members of the Ahwazi Arab minority in Ahwaz’s Karoun Prison in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Following a reportedly unfair trial, they were sentenced to death and executed on or around 19 June 2012.
Iran threatens to stop imports from South Korea over oil halt
Iran threatened Wednesday to halt all imports of goods from South Korea in response to Seoul’s announcement a day earlier that it would stop accepting Iranian oil.
South Korea to halt Iran oil imports as EU ban bites
South Korea became the first major Asian consumer of Iranian crude to announce a halt to imports after the government said they would be suspended from July 1 due to a European Union ban on insuring tankers carrying Iranian oil.
EU’s Iran Oil Sanctions To Take Effect On July 1
The European Union says its embargo on Iranian crude oil will take effect as planned on July 1. EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxemburg said in a statement that all contracts for importing Iranian oil will have to be terminated as of that date.
Widespread Arrest Of Internet Activists In Various Provinces In Iran
Some reports indicate that a new round of arrests of youth and Internet activists has begun. Reports indicate that the interrogators and Intelligence officers, for reasons unknown, have desperately tried to keep these arrests from being publicized.
A Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran
A Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran from June 10th to June 17th, 2012Last week, representatives of 10,000 workers submitted an open letter to the office of Abdolreza Sheikholeslami, the Minister of Labor and Welfare, to protest the poor economic conditions in Iran.
Annan Says Iran Should Be Consulted In International Plan For Syria
Kofi Annan is trying to rally the international community to bring the violence in Syria to an end. Annan even suggested that Iran should be consulted, an idea the United States doubts.
Central Bank site inaccessible
Iranian media report that the website of Iran’s Central Bank has been the target of a cyber-attack that’s thrown all of its systems offline.
Iran, world powers fail to bridge nuclear impasse
MOSCOW (AFP)— Iran and world powers on Monday locked horns in hours of tense talks in Moscow seeking a diplomatic solution to the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear programme with no breakthrough in sight.