Security Forces and Police Vehicles Increase Monitoring in Tehran
by Iran.us News Robot
on 05/23/2013 - 04:00 pm
Category: Iran News
One day after the names of Iranian presidential candidates were announced by the Guardian Council, there was a tense security atmosphere in several areas of Tehran on May 22, following news of the disqualification of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei as candidates, several eyewitnesses told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
According to eyewitnesses, on Tehran’s Vali-e-Asr Square and the streets leading to it, police forces were monitoring vehicles. Eyewitnesses also said that in some city squares and high-traffic spots of Tehran, they observed a larger presence of security forces. “Several times I ...
HOPE Concert for the Iranian People To Be Held in Berlin
by Iran.us News Robot
on 05/23/2013 - 04:00 pm
Category: Iran News
On June 7, Iranian-American journalist and peace activist Roxana Saberi, who was arrested in Iran in 2009 and freed after international outcry, will present the HOPE Concert at the Velodrom in Berlin in worldwide support for the Iranian people. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomes this opportunity to raise awareness of the state of human rights in Iran and to add to the voices in solidarity with the Iranian people.
Iranian and international musicians will lend their voices to let the people of Iran know they are not alone in their struggle for human rights and freedom. In Iran, musicians—as well as artists, filmmak ...
Israel says UN pressure having no effect on curbing Iran nukes
by Iran.us News Robot
on 05/23/2013 - 04:00 pm
Category: Iran News
Associated PressIsrael’s prime minister says a new report by the U.N. atomic agency shows that international pressure is having no effect on halting Iran’s suspect nuclear program.
In a confidential report, the International Atomic Energy Agency said this week that Iran has upgraded its uranium enrichment facilities and advanced in building a plutonium-producing reactor. Israel and the West believe both programs are geared toward making nuclear weapons.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that “it’s clear†that economic and diplomatic pressure have been “unable to prevent Iran from pursuing it ...
US Congress Moves Toward Full Trade Embargo on Iran
by Iran.us News Robot
on 05/23/2013 - 04:00 pm
Category: Iran News
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Congress moved closer here Wednesday to imposing a full trade embargo against Iran and pledged its support to Israel if it felt compelled to attack Tehran’s nuclear program in self-defense.
The Senate voted 99-0 to adopt a resolution that urged President Barack Obama to fully enforce existing economic sanctions against Iran and to “provide diplomatic, military and economic support†to Israel “in its defense of its territory, people and existenceâ€.
Washington, it said, should support Israel “in accordance with United States law and the constitutional responsibility of Congress to aut ...
