Iranian president calls for prosecution of opposition leaders over postelection turmoilTEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for the prosecution of Iran’s top opposition leaders Friday, backing hard-liners pushing for escalation of the postelection crackdown. Iran’s top leader backs away from charges that opposition leaders were stooges of US, BritainTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said claims that opposition leaders had links to Western powers have not been proven despite widespread allegations of foreign meddling by hard-liners. Iran’s most senior dissident cleric calls ruling system under supreme leader a dictatorshipTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s most senior dissident cleric on Wednesday criticized the ruling system under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a dictatorship in the name of Islam, the most serious attack on the country’s top official following the disputed presidential election. Opposition says confession by top reformist coerced in Iran’s mass political trialTEHRAN, Iran — Saeed Hajjarian was a die-hard hero of Iran’s reform movement, campaigning to reduce the power of the Islamic clerics even after being shot in the head in an assassination attempt that left him partially paralyzed. Senior reformist confesses, asks forgiveness in new session of Iran’s mass political trialTEHRAN, Iran — One of Iran’s most prominent pro-reform figures admitted fomenting unrest and asked for the country’s forgiveness Tuesday, the latest confession in the mass trial of opposition activists detained in the postelection crackdown. Iran resumes mass trial of opposition activists, protesters charged in post-election turmoilTEHRAN, Iran — Iran resumed Tuesday the mass trial of opposition activists and protesters charged with rioting and plotting to topple the ruling Islamic system through a “velvet revolution” following the country’s disputed presidential election. Iran reformist leader unveils details of a detainee raped in jailTEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian opposition leader on Monday released what he said was an account by a prisoner raped by his jailers in a challenge to the country’s leadership which has sought to silence claims of torture and abuses in the postelection crackdown. Intelligence minister sacked by Ahmadinejad is named Iran’s new chief prosecutorTEHRAN, Iran — Conservative rivals handed a new snub to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday, appointing the man he fired from the post of intelligence minister as the country’s state prosecutor. Key lawmaker backs Iran defense chief nominee, denies he took part in bombing of Jewish centerTEHRAN, Iran — The head of an influential committee in Iran’s parliament said he believes the nominee for defense minister will be approved despite accusations he was involved in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Argentina, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. Iran’s nominee to be defense minister wanted in Argentine Jewish center bombingCAIRO — The man Iran’s president has named to be defense minister is wanted in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires, and his nomination drew an outcry Friday from Argentina and Jewish groups. Iran’s president nominates loyalists for new Cabinet, drawing fire from fellow conservativesTEHRAN, Iran — Lawmakers criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nominees for his new government as inexperienced cronies and threatened on Thursday to reject some of them, setting the stage for a new fight between the hard-line leader and rivals with his conservative camp. Iran’s supreme leader calls alliance with Syria a symbol of resistance in MideastTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader called his country’s alliance with Syria a symbol of resistance in the Middle East on Wednesday, seeking to reinforce a key relationship as Tehran fends off continued criticism over its response to post-election unrest. Syrian president in Iran may help France win release of academic on trial with oppositionTEHRAN, Iran — Syrian President Bashar Assad opened talks with Iranian officials Wednesday in a visit expected to include an appeal to free a French academic accused of plotting to overthrow the Islamic regime. Top Iran opposition leaders join new ‘Green Path of Hope’ movement to challenge hard-linersTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s top reformist leaders are all joining the “Green Path of Hope,” a political movement created to challenge the ruling system after a government crackdown crushed massive street protests. 2 Iranian activists in hospital, one from beating, the other from hunger strikeTEHRAN, Iran — Two prominent Iranian opposition activists have been hospitalized, one after being beaten by his jailers for refusing to attend trial, the other from a nine-day hunger strike, a reformist Web site reported Tuesday. Iranian opposition activist hospitalized after 9-day hunger strike to protest trialTEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian journalist and opposition activist has been hospitalized after a nine-day hunger strike to protest his detention and trial, a reformist news Web site reported Tuesday. Iran’s new chief judge hints at trials for security agents accused in abusing prisonersCAIRO — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has nominated hard-line loyalists to his Cabinet as he seeks to tighten his grip on power in the face of unrelenting opposition over his disputed re-election. But at the same time, rivals within his conservative base are gaining strength. Iran adds more people to mass opposition trial; president names 3 women to CabinetTEHRAN, Iran — Iran expanded a mass trial of opposition supporters on Sunday with the addition of 25 defendants — including a Jewish teenager — in defiance of international condemnation, as France said Iran agreed to release a French woman held on spying charges from prison. Iran expands mass trial of opposition supporters, adding 25 defendants including Jewish teenTEHRAN, Iran — Iran expanded its mass trial of opposition supporters Sunday, adding 25 more defendants including a Jewish teenager who are accused of involvement in unrest over the disputed presidential election. Iran’s president says 3 women will join Cabinet, first since 1970sTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president said Sunday that he will nominate three women to join his new Cabinet, a move that could produce the first female ministers in the country in over 30 years. Iran puts more activists, including Jewish teen, on trial for the post-election turmoilTEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Sunday put on trial 25 more activists and opposition supporters, including a Jewish teenager, for their alleged involvement in the turmoil following the recent presidential election. Iran puts more activists on trial over involvement in the post-election turmoilTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s official news agency says 25 more activists and opposition supporters have gone on trial over their alleged involvement in the post-election turmoil. Iran’s top leader appoints hard-line cleric as new judiciary chiefTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader appointed a hard-line cleric as the country’s new judiciary chief following the end of his predecessor’s term, state television reported Saturday. Former lawmakers urge clerical body to investigate Iran’s supreme leader in rare challengeTEHRAN, Iran — A group of former reformist lawmakers appealed to a powerful clerical body in Iran to investigate Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s qualification to rule in an unprecedented challenge to the country’s most powerful man over the postelection crackdown. As hard-liners call for his prosecution, Iranian reformist steps up criticism of prison abuseTEHRAN, Iran — A hard-line cleric said Friday that an Iranian opposition leader should be prosecuted for claiming that detained protesters were raped by their jailers in the country’s postelection crackdown. Iranian opposition leader says he received accounts of torture from post-election detaineesTEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian opposition leader says he received reports of protesters detained after the country’s disputed presidential election being tortured to death in jail. Iran’s reformers say abuse of prisoners shows system is in need of changeTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s top opposition leader said Wednesday that the abuse and death of protesters detained after the disputed presidential elections shows the need for “deep change” in the country, in the most sweeping call for reform of the system to date. Opposition leader says abuse of prisoners proves need for ‘deep change’ in IranTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s top opposition leader called on Wednesday for a “deep change” in the country, in one of the most forceful calls to date for a major reform of the country’s political system. Iran prosecutor says French woman detained over postelection unrest may be released on bailTEHRAN, Iran — A semi-official Iranian news agency is quoting a top prosecutor as suggesting that a French academic accused of spying in a mass trial could be released on bail. Prominent pro-reform party blames Iran’s president for abuse of detained protestersTEHRAN, Iran — A key pro-reform political party blamed Iran’s president and interior minister Wednesday for the abuse and death of protesters detained after the disputed presidential election at a facility the group likened to Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison. |
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