Zitat:08.09.2010

Verwechslung
Aschtiani soll wieder ausgepeitscht werden

Das Regime in Teheran hat Sakineh Aschtiani zu weiteren 99 Peitschenschlägen verurteilt, weil sie sich unverschleiert in der Öffentlichkeit gezeigt haben soll. Nach iranischem Recht ist das verboten. Doch es handelt sich um eine Verwechslung.
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Zitat:'Ashtiani guilty of murder and adultery'
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:06:14 GMT

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says the death sentence of a woman convicted of adultery and murder has been suspended.

Mehmanparast said that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was guilty of murder and adultery. "Defending a person on trial for murder should not be turned into a human rights matter."

He went on to add that if releasing all parties found guilty of murder is to be considered a matter of defending human rights, then European countries can free all incarcerated murderers in the name of human rights.

"The sentencing of Ms. Ashtiani for adultery has been stopped and [her case] is being reviewed again, and her sentencing for complicity in murder is in process."
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Zitat: 43-year-old Iranian woman is facing death by stoning unless an international campaign launched by her children forces the authorities to quash what her lawyer calls a bogus conviction.

In a case that highlights the growing use of the death penalty in a country that has already executed more than 100 people this year, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was convicted in May 2006 of conducting an "illicit relationship outside marriage."

Sakineh already endured a sentence of 99 lashes, but her case was re-opened when a court in Tabriz suspected her of murdering her husband. She was acquitted, but the adultery charge was reviewed and a death penalty handed down on the basis of "judge's knowledge" – a loophole that allows for subjective judicial rulings where no conclusive evidence is present.

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Mohammed Mostafaei, an acclaimed Iranian lawyer volunteered to represent her when her sentence was announced a few months ago. He wrote a public letter about her conviction shortly after. "This is an absolutely illegal sentence," he said. "Two of five judges who investigated Sakineh's case in Tabriz prison concluded that there's no forensic evidence of adultery.

"According to the law, death sentence and especially stoning needs explicit evidences and witnesses while in her case, surprisingly, the judge's knowledge was considered as enough," he said.

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"Azar was arrested when she was just 15. They couldn't punish her before she became 18 years old according to the law, so they waited until now … and want to stone her to death," Ahadi said. She has been subjected to mock stonings, complete with partial burial in the ground. "They're preparing her for the real one," said Ahadi.

Ahadi who has been following the stoning sentence in Iran over the past few years says that she is aware of the names of 12 other women who are sentenced to death by stoning in Iran at the moment.

Zitat:Ayatollah doubtful about inflation reduction
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“Constantly, figures are presented about the reduction of inflation, but this contrasts with what people see with their own eyes,” the ayatollah told worshippers who had gathered in the shrine of Hazrat Ma’soumeh (SA) in Qom to hold Eid al-Fitr prayers.
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Zitat:Fidel Castro accuses Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of antisemitismFormer Cuban leader criticises Iranian president for denying the Holocaust and calls for end to slander of Jews

Fidel Castro has accused Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, of antisemitism, in a passionate defence of Israel's right to exist. Cuba's retired president, a longtime critic of Israeli government policy, said Jews had been slandered and slaughtered for centuries whereas Muslims were not blamed for anything.

Zitat:Iran’s archbishop deplores US pastor who planned to burn Quran

TEHRAN, Sept. 12 (MNA) – Iran’s archbishop Sabo Sarkisian has condemned an American pastor who planned to burn copies of the Quran on the 9/11 anniversary.
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“Iranian Armenians strongly denounce this obnoxious act,” Sarkisian, the religious leader of the Armenian community in Iran, told IRNA news agency.
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Unfortunately, the Zionists have promoted heresy in certain churches in the West, which are under their sway and have preached against the divine religions, Sarkisian stated.

Such churches, especially those in the U.S., seek to sow discord between divine religions and create frictions between Muslims and Christians, he added.

“Our churches attach great importance to the sanctity of different religions and will not allow blasphemies against divine religions in the world,” he observed.
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Zitat:Iran’s wheat exports to Armenia
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The Armenians consume about 700,000 tons of wheat a year while they produce only 200,000.
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Armenian traders say that if Iranian wheat continues to have a competitive price and good quality due to the proximity of the two countries and the lower price of transportation, Tehran will turn into one of the main exporters of this product to Armenia.
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Zitat:Cyrus Cylinder finally comes home

TEHRAN, Sept. 11 (MNA) -- The dispute between Iran and the British Museum has been settled as the museum has finally loaned the Cyrus Cylinder to the National Museum of Iran for four months.

The artifact arrived in Iran on Friday along with a BM delegation led by the Curator, BM Department of the Middle East, John Curtis, Iranian media announced on Friday.

The Cyrus Cylinder was unveiled during a especial ceremony on Saturday at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran.
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Zitat:Diplomaten desertieren
Drei iranische Botschaftsangehörige haben politisches Asyl in Skandinavien beantragt

Unterdessen haben seit Jahresanfang drei hochrangige Mitarbeiter iranischer Botschaften in Europa ihrer Regierung den Rücken gekehrt. Zuletzt floh am vergangenen Dienstag Farzad Farhangian, der bisherige Presseattaché der iranischen Botschaft in Brüssel, mit seiner Familie nach Oslo und beantragte dort politisches Asyl. Gegenüber der Presse sagte er, sein Leben sei in Gefahr gewesen, er wolle sich der Oppositionsbewegung anschließen. Als Erster hatte im Januar ein Mitarbeiter des iranischen Konsulats in Norwegen, Mohammed Reza Haydari, um politisches Asyl in Norwegen gebeten, das ihm mittlerweile gewährt wurde. Als Zweiter folgte Mitte September der stellvertretende Botschafter in Finnland, Hossein Alizadeh. Er könne die Politik gegen die Oppositionsbewegung in seiner Heimat nicht mehr mittragen und habe für sich und seine Familie in Finnland politisches Asyl beantragt.

Zitat:Mehrere Tote bei Anschlag auf Militärparade

Sie war in einer Tasche versteckt und explodierte mitten in einer Gruppe von Besuchern: Eine Bombe hat während einer Militärparade im Nordwesten Irans mehrere Menschen getötet. Soldaten waren nicht unter den Opfern.

Zu den Opferzahlen schwankten die Angaben zwischen mindestens sieben und zehn Toten. 30 Menschen sollen zum Teil lebensgefährlich verletzt worden sein, berichteten die staatlichen Medien unter Berufung auf den Provinzgouverneur.

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,718911,00.html

Zitat:Iranian court bans two leading opposition parties

An Iranian court has banned two leading reformist parties, judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie has said.

The Islamic Iran Participation Front and the Islamic Revolution Mujahideen Organisation were "dissolved", he said. Both supported opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, the main challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in last year's disputed election. Members of both parties were jailed during the government's efforts to stifle the mass protests that followed. [...]

In recent weeks, Iranian security forces have stepped up attacks on opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi and Mr Mousavi, with attacks on their homes and offices.

Zitat:Five killed in terrorist attack in Iran

Five people have been killed when two unknown gunmen opened fire on a police petrol vehicle and civilians in the western Iranian city of Sanandaj.
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Shortly afterwards, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it had identified and killed all terrorists associated with the attack in an operation.

Zitat:Iran, Turkey vow to counter terrorism

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Qashqavi has stressed the importance of taking joint steps with Turkey to counter terrorism as a common threat in both countries.
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Zitat:23 suspects appear in court over Tehran University dormitory incident

TEHRAN, Oct. 5 (MNA) -- The first session of the trial of 23 suspects charged in connection with the 2009 Tehran University dormitory incident was held in a military court in Tehran on Tuesday.
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On June 15, 2009, unidentified people in plainclothes entered the Tehran University dormitory, ransacked buildings, and beat and detained dozens of students.
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Zitat:Iran-Turkey trade exceeds $5b

TEHRAN, Oct. 8 (MNA) -– An official of the Turkish prime minister’s office for foreign trade stated that in the first half of 2010 trade between Iran and Turkey reached $5.4 billion.
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He pointed out that currently 1,300 Iranian firms are operating in Turkey and business between the two neighbors in growing.
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“When we remove the barriers of trade and complete our preferential trade agreement we can reach a bilateral trade volume of $30b in five years,” Erdogan told businessmen at a summit aimed at lowering tariffs between the two countries.
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Zitat:Iran, Belarus sign trade MOU

TEHRAN, Oct. 8 (MNA) – Tehran and Minsk signed a 15-item memorandum of understanding at the end of their 10th meeting of the joint economic cooperation committee here on Thursday.
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The commerce minister cited the upcoming launching of a truck production line in Tabriz, up to $1 billion investment by Iranians in technical and engineering projects in Belarus, negotiations for modernization of agricultural machinery by Iranian investors in Belarus, as well as constructing a hospital, a copper factory and other buildings in Belarus as projects being implemented by investors.

Zitat:Inflation rises again in Iran

TEHRAN, Oct. 8 (MNA) –- The latest report by the Central Bank of Iran shows that the decreasing trend of the inflation rate stopped for the first time this year during the Iranian calendar month of Sharivar (Aug. 23–Sep. 22).

The inflation rate has risen this month to 8.9 percent from 8.8 percent last month.
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It is believed that when the economic reform plan is put into effect the inflation rate in Iran will rise by over a minimum of 11 percent.

Zitat:Unmatched transport projects started

TEHRAN, Oct. 9 (MNA) – Construction of two large transportation projects which are said to be unmatched in Iran’s road and railway building history started on Saturday.
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A six-lane freeway, extending 1,000 kilometers from the central city of Qom to the northeastern city of Mashhad, passing through Tehran, Garmsar, Semnan and Sabzevar, and the Tehran-Mashhad electric train railway were the two projects.
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The minister pointed out that when the projects are completed there will annually be 70 percent less fatal accidents, 113 million liters less fuel consumption and 20 million hours less time spent on trips.

Zitat:Iraner nehmen zwei deutsche Journalisten fest

Das iranische Regime hat zwei Ausländer festnehmen lassen - bei ihnen soll es sich um deutsche Journalisten handeln. Sie führten offenbar ein Interview mit dem Sohn von Sakine Mohammadi Aschtiani, der die Steinigung droht. Das Auswärtige Amt ist eingeschaltet, versucht den Fall aufzuklären

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,722518,00.html

Zitat:Denke sie sind bald raus. Haben sich zwar auf dünnes Eis begeben, aber intern wird kein großer Strick raus gedreht aufgrund von (ehmaliger)Handelspolitik und sowas.