Tensions were reported at a December 15 speech by Hossein Shariatmadari, the editor of the ultra-hard-line daily “Kayhan” who spoke at an event at Tehran University about the 2009 antigovernment protests. Iranian news agencies reported that students chanted against and in support of the feared Shariatmadari who claimed that the idea of imposing sanctions […]
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Six-nation group tries to defuse tensions over Iran nuclear programme
World powers including US and China present package to Iran and call for halt to uranium production at underground site.
Foreign Office Questions Spate Of Executions And Arrests Amid Rising Tensions
(The Huffington Post) The British government has denounced the spate of recent executions and arrests in Iran, including the detention of a number of journalists over the past month, amid rising tensions between Tehran and London.