Iran News

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) – Kuwait has strongly protested to Iran over a physical assault on one of its diplomats in Tehran and demanded an apology, the state news agency KUNA reported on Wednesday.

London (Reuters) – Tougher sanctions or a blockade on Iran could help foment growing internal dissent to topple the government, former U.S. Republican senator Fred Thompson, a potential presidential candidate, said on Tuesday.

Investigate Abuses at Three Detention Centers (London, June 19, 2007) – Iran should immediately halt the mass deportations of Afghan nationals and investigate allegations that its authorities have abused numerous deportees, Human Rights Watch said today.

NCRI – Mrs. Jole Santelli, Member of the Italian Parliament and responsible for Immigration and Security in Italian Party, Forza Italia in a statement welcomed the resolution approved by the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Italian Parliament regarding the People’s Mojahedin organization of Iran (PMOI).

NCRI – The Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende reported, 25 thousand letters by Danish citizens addressed to Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish Prime Minister have called for removal of People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran from the EU terror list.

NCRI – Mullahs’ henchmen hanged four prisoners identified as Malek S.,Javad S., Qasem and Kavoos in the southern city of Bandar Abbas, the state-run news agency ISNA reported yesterday.

NCRI – Reuters reported on Sunday, June 17 from Baghdad, that the Iraqi tribal leaders and local politicians and parliamentarians from the Iraqi province of Diyala in a conference condemned the Iranian meddling in Iraq and voiced their support for the presence of the Iranian opposition, People’s Mojahedin Organization of …

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) top commanders close to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are warning him over information leaking from the regime’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) under its current secretary, Brig. General Ali Larijani who is also the top mullahs’ negotiator with the West over the nuclear dispute.

NCRI – The German daily, Hannoverche Allgemeine (HAZ) reported on Friday, ”Whether the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) are terrorist is disputed in the EU. The EU Court of Justice does not hold this view but the Council of Ministers is insisting on its decision.

NCRI – Danish News Agency (Ritzau) Reported on Thursday: EU is presenting outdated evidence from six years ago to keep the Iranian opposition group in the terrorist list but the attorneys and politicians denote that these are old facts and this group must be de-listed.