Report: Iran Tries to Charge Slain Man's Family $3,000 for Bullet That Killed Him Jun 27, 2009
Alipour's body was instead sent to the city of Rasht, where he has extended family, they said. Why Alipour was shot remains unclear, but neighbors and relatives said he wasn't politically active and suspect he was caught in crossfire, the Journal reported. (Fox News)
Police Attempt To Disperse Protesters In Iranian Capital Jun 21, 2009
The police presence is also reported to be heavy in the cities of Rasht and Isfahan. Meanwhile, the semi-official news agencies Fars and Mehr have reported that a bomb exploded in Tehran at the mausoleum of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. (EurasiaNet.org)
NYT: Updates on Irans disputed election Jun 19, 2009
NYT: Updates on Irans disputed election - The New York Times- msnbc. Latest updates on Irans disputed election. (MSNBC -- International)
Call for day of mourning in Iran Jun 18, 2009
" Official results from Friday's vote showed Mr Ahmadinejad had won a landslide, leading to daily clashes between Mr Mousavi backers, anti-riot police and Islamic militiamen. Authorities have dismissed opposition allegations of vote rigging. Despite calls by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for national unity, Mr Mousavi supporters have continued to pour on to the streets. Bloodshed, mass protests, arrests and a media crackdown have focused attention on the world's fifth-biggest oil... (ITV news, UK -- News)
World media turn to Twitter, email to defy Iran reporting ban Jun 18, 2009
Saba said he had been speaking to a "reliable source" in the Iranian city of Rasht earlier Wednesday. "He was telling me that every day, people have been gathering to demonstrate and demand the annulment of the election, which has become a national demand for Mousavi's supporters. "But he also told me that the Basiji (pro-government militia) are going into certain parts of the city causing fear and some of them are armed. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Iran's Twittering Youth Organize Protests That May Outlast Ahmadinejad Jun 17, 2009
Those forces used live ammunition against demonstrators in Tehran, Tabriz, Mashad and Rasht, according to the New York-based Plastic bullets were used against crowds on university campuses in Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz, where at least one protester was killed, it said. I think the situation is very similar to China in 1989, , the groups coordinator, said by phone. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Bypassing Iran's firewalls Jun 16, 2009
People have emailed the BBC from across Iran, in Yazd, Rasht, Esfahan and Tabriz to describe pro-Mousavi rallies. The Iranian government views the BBC as a symbol of western corruption, so few supporters of President Ahmadinejad get in touch. (BBC News -- Africa)
Iran election news in 140 characters or less Jun 16, 2009
His profile says he lives in Rasht, a city to the north of Tehran near the Caspian Sea. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Seven killed at Tehran rally, more protests planned Jun 16, 2009
Gunfire was heard in three districts of wealthy northern Tehran late on Monday and residents said there had been peaceful pro-Mousavi demonstrations in the cities of Rasht, Orumiyeh, Zahedan, and Tabriz on Monday. Copyright. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Man stoned to death in Iran for adultery... May 6, 2009
Asked whether he could confirm that a man charged with adultery was stoned to death in the northern city of Rasht during the Iranian month that ended on March 20, judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi told a news conference ... Jamshidi also defended the handling of the case of Delara Darabi, 23, whose execution in a Rasht prison on Friday drew condemnations from the European Union and Western rights groups. (The Drudge Report)
Rights groups denounce execution in Iran May 3, 2009
Delara Darabi was hanged Friday at Rasht Central Prison, according to Human Rights Watch, which said the woman was 17 when she was coerced into pleading guilty to killing her father's cousin. She later recanted, saying her 19-year-old boyfriend, Amir Hossein Sotoudeh, had committed the crime. (AZCentral -- News)
Iran hangs woman for killing when she was 17 May 3, 2009
Human rights groups criticized Iran's execution on Friday of 23-year-old Delara Darabi in the northern city of Rasht. "Delara Darabi, a painter charged with murder, was executed on Friday morning in Rasht prison without her lawyer and family being informed of her execution," the daily Etemad reported on Saturday. (MSNBC -- International)
* World News Quick Take Mar 26, 2009
Ten people have died from drinking poisoned home-made booze in Rasht, the capital of Gilan Province, the Mehr news agency reported on Tuesday. The agency quoted a local police commander as saying at least 27 people were being treated in hospital after consuming the spirits and that two were in critical condition. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Confessions of Miss Mischief Mar 29, 2008
Satrapi was born in 1969 in Rasht, near the Caspian Sea, and grew up in Tehran, where her father was an engineer and her mother a dress designer. She is descended from Iranian aristocrats - her maternal great-grandfather was Nasser-al-Din Shah, Persian emperor from 1848 to 1896, and her grandfather was a prince. (Guardian Unlimited)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
"Persepolis" Dec 25, 2007
a Paris-based illustrator and cartoonist, was born in Rasht, Iran, in 1969. The "Persepolis" books recount her childhood first in pre-revolutionary Iran and then under the repressive fundamentalist regime; her teenage years as a student in Vienna, Austria, where her parents sent her after they began to fear their outspoken, free-spirited daughter might find herself in danger at home; her return to Iran in early adulthood; and, finally, her painful reckoning with the fact that it's possible to... (Salon)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Trouble at homePolitical pressure piles on Iran's President Ahmadinejad Feb 27, 2007
In a huge gathering in Rasht, the northern province of Gilan the president repeated his hard-line stand over the country's nuclear programme. Many had expected that the president would soften his tone over the nuclear issue. (BBC News -- Africa)
Iran remains defiant Feb 23, 2007
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clenches his fist at a public gathering during his visit to the city of Rasht, about 195 miles northwest of the capital Tehran Tuesday. Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Iran would only halt its uranium enrichment program and return to negotiations if other Western nations do the same. (USA Today -- News)
Iran defiant on nuclear ambitions Feb 21, 2007
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clenches his fist, during a public gathering in the city of Rasht, Iran. Photograph: Mehdi Ghasemi/ISNA/AP. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Time up for Iran, UN deadline expires Feb 21, 2007
"We are against tensions and confrontations and in favour of logic. Therefore we would welcome negotiations to settle the issue," Ahmadinejad said in a speech in Rasht, capital of the northern Caspian Sea province of Gilan. "We would give the necessary assurances and guarantees that there will be no deviation ever toward nuclear weapons," Larijani told reporters, without specifying what the guarantees would be. (CNN-IBN)
Ghana, Iran to expand cooperation in agriculture Jan 17, 2007
Speaking to IRNA on the sidelines of a tour of Rice Research Institute in the provincial capital of Rasht, he said that three meetings have so far been held on the issue ... Debrah and his entourage are scheduled to visit Rasht Sturgeon Breeding Institute, Lahijan queenbee breeding center, Lahijan modern rice beating plant, Roudsar kiwi and citrus fruit orchards, Rasht silk worm seed breeding workshop, cooperative for breeding hot water fish, UF cheese processing plant and Foumanat irrigation... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
