Carla Bruni Called a French Prostitute By Iranian Newspaper
The Iranian hard-line newspaper, Kayhan, called Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a French Prostitute who deserves to die. Reuters reported that Bruni was one of several French celebrities who published open letters to Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who has been sentenced to death by stoning by an Iranian court. The case has... »
Iran Prepares For Another Confrontation With Demonstrators
Once more the rhetoric and warnings are escalating in Iran. Tehran’s deputy police chief Ahmadreza Radan warned that Iranian police will confront any “illegal” gatherings on November 4, when the Islamic Republic marks the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, the Mehr News Agency reported on Sunday. This... »
Iran Denies That Protestors Were Raped In Prison
As reported by Reuters, Ali Larijani, Iran’s speaker of parliament on Wednesday rejected as “baseless” an opposition leader’s accusation that some moderates had been raped in jails after their detention in unrest following the June election. One of the defeated candidates in the June Iranian presidential election, Mehdi Karoubi, charged that some protesters, had been raped... »
