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No sign Iran seeks nuclear arms: new IAEA head
Submitted by M. - on Sat, July 4th, 2009 - 11:09am
Reuters
Saturday, July 4, 2009
VIENNA (Reuters) - The incoming head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday he did not see any hard evidence Iran was trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear arms. "I don't see any evidence in IAEA official documents about this," Yukiya Amano told Reuters in his first direct comment on Iran's atomic program since his election, when asked whether he believed Tehran was seeking nuclear weapons capability.
Shirin Ebadi, seeks U.N. human rights envoy for Iran
Submitted by M. - on Fri, July 3rd, 2009 - 10:18am
Reuters
Friday, July 3, 2009
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iranian Nobel Peace Prize recipient Shirin Ebadi called on U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Thursday to appoint a personal envoy to investigate human rights abuses in Iran. In a letter also signed by the rights groups International Federation for Human Rights and the Iranian League for the Defense of Human Rights, Ebadi asked Ban to appoint the envoy to look into abuses in Iran following June's disputed presidential election.
Iran election violence "outrageous," says Obama
Submitted by M. - on Thu, July 2nd, 2009 - 07:08pm
Reuters
Thursday, July 2, 2009
TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday praised the bravery of Iranians who protested against a disputed election in the face of "outrageous" violence, while a hardline Iranian cleric called for the execution of leading "rioters." Iran's top legislative body, which had said it found no major violations in the presidential election which set off the worst unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, said 10 percent of ballot boxes would be recounted.
Iran hardliners want Mousavi prosecuted
Submitted by M. - on Thu, July 2nd, 2009 - 09:03am
Reuters
Thursday, July 2, 2009
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A group of hardline Iranian members of parliament want the judiciary to prosecute defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi over post-election unrest that rocked the Islamic Republic last month. "Those who hold illegal rallies and gatherings should be legally pursued," MP Mohammad Taghi Rahbar was quoted as saying by the hardline Javan newspaper on Thursday.