Report: Iran Arrests Suspected Converts to Christianity May 30, 2008
On May 11, police arrested eight people in the southern city of Shiraz, according to Carl Moeller, president of , a Christian organization that fights religious persecution. Converting from Islam is a crime in Iran; converts can face jail and other penalties. (Fox News -- Politics)
Another tragedy for Kennedy clan May 22, 2008
On a personal level, I have visited Iran three times - mainly to attend the film festivals in Tehran, but have been to Isfahan and Shiraz as well ... I particularly recall visiting the graves and memorials to the Persian poets in Shiraz, where young soldiers greeted me with many questions about the U.S. and warmth toward Americans, excepting President Bush. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
46 comments May 20, 2008
Israel, conversely, has more than 10 Iranian cities on its hit list including Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan, Qazvin, Shiraz, Yazd, Kerman, Qom, Ahvaz, and Kermanshah. Cordseman also noted that Iran would have lower fission yields, and less accurate force into cluster targeting on Israels two largest urban complexes, and that the Iranian side would also most likely be thwarted by Israels missile defense systems. (Human Events Online)
Iran says mosque bombers planned oil pipeline attack May 17, 2008
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday Iran had evidence the United States, Britain and Israel were involved in the April 12 blast in the southern city of Shiraz that killed 14 people and wounded 200 ... Iran's allegations about the Shiraz explosions are similar to accusations U.S. officials have made about Iranian support for militias in Iraq that have fought U.S. and U.S.-backed government forces there, charges Tehran denies. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Suspects plan to bomb Russian consulate May 15, 2008
TEHRAN, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie said Wednesday suspected bombers of the Shiraz mosque had planned to attack a Russian consulate in northern Iran, the English-language satellite news channel Press TV reported. Ejeie announced that 15 people had been arrested in connection with the deadly explosion in a mosque in the southern city of Shiraz, adding that all detainees are Iranian nationals ... The blast on April 12 ripped through a packed mosque... (Xinhuanet, China)
Iran to Sue U.S., U.K. in Connection With Mosque... May 13, 2008
Monday's report quotes Iranian judiciary spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi as saying Tehran will pursue the case at an "international level" because the U.S. and Britain allegedly supported the group "politically and financially." Iranian officials have alternated over whether the April 12 blast in the southern city of Shiraz was an attack or an accident. Iranian officials said Thursday an unnamed group connected to the U.S. and Britain carried out the attack. (Fox News)
* World News Quick Take May 9, 2008
Members of a terrorist group with links to the UK and the US who were behind a blast at a mosque last month that killed 14 and wounded 200 in Shiraz were arrested yesterday, a news agency said. Officials had previously said the April 12 blast, in the Shohada mosque during an evening prayer sermon by a prominent local cleric, was caused by explosives left over from an exhibition commemorating the 1980 to 1988 Iran-Iraq War. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Iran says April 12 blast at Shiraz mosque was terrorism May 9, 2008
Authorities said Thursday that a previously reported explosion in the southern city of Shiraz on April 12 that left 14 people dead and more than 200 injured was terrorist sabotage and that the United States and Britain had links to the group responsible. Skip to next paragraph Related Iranian Exiles Aren't Terrorist Group, British Court Says (May 8, 2008). (International Herald Tribune)
Afghanistan: Two Iranian Men Detained On Suspicions Of Spying May 8, 2008
In that recording, the man says he is from the town of Shiraz and entered Afghanistan from the Iranian border city of Mashhad. He says he arrived in Khost after passing through the Afghan cities of Herat and Kabul. (EurasiaNet.org)
Iran blames West for mosque blast May 8, 2008
Iran has arrested members of a terrorist group with links to Britain and the United States who were behind a blast at a mosque last month that killed 14 and wounded 200 in the southern city of Shiraz, a news agency said ... Shiraz is a southern city with more than one million inhabitants and is a popular tourist destination. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Learn about 'real' Iran, speaker urges May 8, 2008
Keshavarz was born and raised in Shiraz, Iran, and she is a published author and poet in both Persian and English along with being the head of the department of Asian and Near Eastern language and literature at Washington University in St. Louis. She was also invited to speak at the U.N. General Assembly in 2007. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Iran will not bow to Western pressure, leader says May 4, 2008
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at Shiraz, 895 km south of Tehran, April 30, 2008. (REUTERS/IRNA/Files). (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Skeptical voters head to the polls Apr 14, 2008
Iranian media initially quoted local officials as saying the explosion Saturday in the city of Shiraz was caused by a homemade bomb, but national officials gave a different account yesterday. "It was not because of bombing," said Abbas Mohtaj, deputy interior minister in charge of security. (Boston Globe)
Deadly Iran mosque blast reportedly not an attack Apr 14, 2008
Iranian media had reported that a bomb exploded in a crowded mosque in the southern city of Shiraz on Saturday evening ... "Last night's explosion in Shiraz was as a consequence of an accident and not the planting of a bomb," the official IRNA news agency quoted the deputy interior minister in charge of national security, Abbas Mohtaj, as saying ... The explosion took place in the male section of Shiraz's Shohada mosque during an address by a cleric. (International Herald Tribune)
Explosion Rips Through Iran Mosque Apr 14, 2008
The explosion, in the city of Shiraz, happened when around 1,000 worshippers were listening to a cleric deliver his weekly speech ... Shiraz is a major draw for foreign tourists who come to see the ruins of nearby Persepolis, the capital of ancient Persia ... Twelve worshippers have been killed and more than 200 injured by an explosion at a mosque in the Iranian city of Shiraz. (Sky News)
Confusion surrounds Iran blast Apr 14, 2008
Relatives gathered outside the mosque in Shiraz waiting for news of the victims [AFP. At least 11 people have been killed and almost 200 others wounded in an explosion in a mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz ... Television pictures showed shards of glass and piles of debris outside Shiraz's Mosque of the Martyrs as large crowds waited for news of relatives. (Aljazeera.Net)
Iran says blast at mosque could be accidental Apr 14, 2008
The death toll from a powerful explosion at a mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz on Saturday evening rose to 12, the state news media reported Sunday ... Shiraz is the capital of Fars Province and home to the ruins of Persepolis, a pre-Islamic city. (International Herald Tribune)
Officials: Sabotage possible in Iran blast Apr 14, 2008
The blast and fire occurred about 9 p.m. Saturday in the Rahpouyan-e Vessal cultural center section of Shohada Hosseiniyeh mosque in the city of Shiraz, Iran's state-run news agency reported ... Shiraz prosecutor Hojatoleslam Jaber Baneshi told Iran's official news agency, the IRNA, that a committee was investigating the cause ... Shiraz -- a historical city of more than 1 million people -- is known for being home to many scholars, artists and poets, and for local craftsmanship of rugs and... (CNN -- World)
Bomb Kills Scores In Iranian Mosque Apr 13, 2008
State Television Reports Many "Martyred" In Explosion In Shiraz ... "As a result of a bomb explosion at Rahpouyan Cultural Center in Shiraz, unfortunately scores of our countrymen were martyred," the state television report said. (CBS News)
Bomb blast in Iran mosque kills 9 Apr 13, 2008
The explosion shattered shop windows and damaged buildings in a 1-mile area of the ancient city of Shiraz ... Shiraz is an old southern city that once hosted famous Persian poets. (Boston Globe)
Report: Deadly bomb blast in Iran Apr 13, 2008
The semi-official Fars news agency said the explosion in the city of Shiraz went off as a cleric was delivering his weekly speech against extremist Wahabi beliefs and the outlawed Bahai faith ... City is major tourist drawBombings are unusual in Shiraz, a major draw for foreign tourists who come to see the ruins of nearby Persepolis, an ancient Persian kingdom that was a center for ceremonies and worship ... Weekly speech against Bahai, WahabismThe mosque targeted is part of the... (MSNBC -- International)
IN IRAN VOTE, A SILENT DISSENT Apr 13, 2008
A similar pattern was seen in Mash'had, Isfahan, Shiraz, Ahvaz and Rasht, provincial capitals where the Khomeinist establishment received a bloody nose. PAGE 1. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Toll from Iran mosque bomb rises to 10 Apr 13, 2008
Iranian news agencies had reported that a bomb exploded in a mosque in the southern city of Shiraz, also wounding more than 160 people ... State television urged people in Shiraz to donate blood for the wounded and said all nurses in the city had been called to report for work. (Reuters UK)
Blast kills 9 gathered to hear cleric speak in Iran Apr 13, 2008
template_bastemplate_bas Bomb targets Shiites in the city of Shiraz listening to a speech against Sunni extremism, news agency reports ... The explosion in the ancient city of Shiraz shattered shop windows and damaged buildings a mile away ... "We are trying to inform the people about the names of the wounded victims of the blast incident through cooperation with the medical centers where they are hospitalized," Ebrahim Azizi, the governor-general of Shiraz, told reporters, according to the... (Los Angeles Times)
Deadly blast strikes Iran mosque Apr 13, 2008
Television channels urged people in Shiraz to donate blood for the injured ... Authorities in the city of Shiraz were investigating the blast, which some early reports had blamed on a bomb ... Television channels urged people in Shiraz to donate blood for the injured, adding that all nurses in the city had been called in on duty. (BBC News -- Africa)
Deadly Explosion Rocks Mosque In Iran Apr 13, 2008
An initial television report said scores had been killed in the bombing in the city of Shiraz, but the death roll was later revised. State television says an unspecified number of people were injured in the blast. (KWTX.com, TX)
Iraqi doctors dismiss claims that Jessica Lynch was raped in hospital Apr 13, 2008
A bomb in a mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz has killed at least nine people, amid fears the death toll will continue to rise. At least 105 were injured by the explosion and many are in a critical condition, the Iranian Fars news agency reported. (Yahoo News -- Jessica Lynch)
Iran mosque blast kills 12, wounds over 200 Apr 13, 2008
Twelve people were killed and at least 202 wounded when an explosion ripped through a packed mosque in Iran's southern city of Shiraz during prayers by a prominent cleric, officials said on Sunday ... "A judicial probe has been launched to determine the cause of the explosion and the possibility of sabotage," Shiraz prosecutor Jaber Baneshi told IRNA. ... Shiraz MP Mohammad Nabi Roodaki said the explosion could have been caused by unknown people deliberately setting off the munitions used in the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Scores Killed In Southern Iran Blast Apr 13, 2008
Mosque In Shiraz Hit By Blast ... The mosque was part of a cultural center in the city of Shiraz, state television reported Saturday. (Click2Houston, TX)
Deadly blast tears through mosque Apr 13, 2008
The blast and subsequent fire occurred about 6 p.m. Saturday in the men's section of a mosque in the city of Shiraz, Iran's Fars news agency reported ... Shiraz -- a historical city of more than 1 million people -- is well known for being home to many scholars, artists, poets and local craftsmanship of rugs and metalwork. (CNN -- Law)
Fatal blast in Iran is termed an accident - International Herald Tribune Apr 13, 2008
Iranian media had previously reported that a bomb had gone off in a crowded mosque in the southern city of Shiraz on Saturday evening, leaving more than 160 people wounded in addition to the 10 killed. "Last night's explosion in Shiraz was as a consequence of an accident and not the planting of a bomb," IRNA, the official news agency, quoted the deputy interior minister in charge of national security, Abbas Mohtaj, as saying ... State television urged people in Shiraz, a city of more than one... (Nogales International, AZ)
Iran hard-liners winning vote Mar 15, 2008
In Tabriz in the northwest, Shiraz in the south and Sabzavar in the northeast, residents said the turnout appeared around the same or less than in 2004 elections, when hard-liners captured the parliament. But in the afternoon, state television said turnout among the estimated 44 million eligible voters was higher than that the 51 percent officially reported in 2004. (MSNBC -- International)
New project is bringing Vivier to the world Mar 15, 2008
The composer's travels through Asia had a huge influence on his work: One of the pieces in the Psappha concert is Shiraz, a piano composition from 1977, that Vivier wrote after visiting Iran. His time in Bali and Japan informed his works and the instruments used in them. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Iranian nights Feb 22, 2008
Next up is Shiraz, known both for its universities and its grapes, where you can visit a traditional teahouse, the Bagh-e Eram gardens, and, yes, more mosques. The group will make a guided side trip to Persepolis, the ancient Persian capital, and check out the rock-cut tombs at Naqsh-e Rustam, the burial site of Darius the Great, who ruled in the 6th century B.C.. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Welcome to the desert Feb 8, 2008
Yet for a city renowned for its religious conservatism, Yazd is far more tolerant and open-minded than cities more accustomed to tourists such as Isfahan and Shiraz. This may be because Yazd is also the birthplace of the Zoroastrian religion. (CNN -- International)
The state of the (Iraqi) union Jan 30, 2008
But in Baghdad, now virtually a Shi'ite city like Shiraz, Salafi-jihadi suicide bombers continue to attack Shi'ite markets or funerals - especially in mixed neighborhoods, even those only across the Tigris from the Green Zone. Sectarian militias - although theoretical allies of the occupation, paid in US dollars in cash - continue to pursue their own ethnic cleansing agenda. (Asia Times Online)
News in brief Jan 30, 2008
Fifty-one others were given suspended sentences of up to a year for similar offences in the southern city of Shiraz, Iran's judiciary department said yesterday. The sentences will renew concern among human rights groups, which say Iran systematically persecutes its 300,000-strong Baha'i community. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Iran jails Bahai 'propagandists' Jan 30, 2008
They were convicted for propaganda against the system in the southern city of Shiraz, a judiciary spokesman said, without giving details ... The authorities said they were proselytising in the southern city of Shiraz under the cover of helping the poor. (BBC News -- Africa)
Sneak peek at a desert Armageddon Jan 3, 2008
Even under a limited counterforce scenario where not more than 10 Iranian cities are attacked (Tabriz, Qazvin, Tehran, Esfahan, Shiraz, Yazd, Kerman. Qom, Ahwaz, Kermanshah), though Israel has the ability to attack all major Iranian cities, the casualties range from 16 to 28 million. (Asia Times Online)
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)
Iran: Protests Lend Momentum To Students' Struggle Dec 10, 2007
Similar protests spread the next day to the cities of Hamadan, Isfahan, Mazandaran, Shiraz, and Kerman, where students reportedly openly criticized Iran s disputed nuclear program. "Since the academic year began in October, the students movements and activities have not stopped," Iraj Jamsheedi, an independent journalist, told RFE/RL from Tehran. (EurasiaNet.org)
Disillusionment and anger Dec 8, 2007
A holy of holies in an ultra-conservative country, it is out of bounds to western tourists who catch only a blur of blue tiles from their coaches as they are escorted down the motorway to the archaeological sites of Esfahan, Persepolis and Shiraz. As the sun burns red, dozens of cranes and earthmovers move along the horizon. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Iranian Deception: IAEA's Nuclear... Nov 21, 2007
They included Sharif University of Technology, Amir Kabir, Tehran, Beheshti, Shiraz, and Science and Industry universities which were all used by the IRGC. As I revealed in The Iran Threat: President Ahmadinejad and the Coming Nuclear Crisis (Palgrave: 2007), in mid-1980s, Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezai, at the time in command of the IRGC, had approached a number of expert scholars, asking them to help the regime get the bomb, which it needed, as it does now, to dominate the region. (Fox News)
Iran's former nuclear negotiator charged with 'spying for Britain' Nov 16, 2007
Sharper business thinking from our award-winning team. Navigation - link to other main sections from here. (Yahoo News -- Iran)
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Tehran's Nuclear Ally Nov 14, 2007
By 1987, the IRGC had set up research and development centers at various universities throughout Iran, including at Tehran and Shiraz Universities as well as Sharif University of Technology. In 1987, the IRGC hired 14 Sharif graduates. (Fox News)
Iranian women tackle rugby Oct 27, 2007
Other women's rugby teams in the country are from Golestan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Semnan, North Khorasan, Shiraz and Isfahan. Source: Agencies. (Aljazeera.Net)
Iranian women tackle rugby in Islamic republic... Oct 26, 2007
Other teams in the country are from Golestan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Semnan, North Khorasan, Shiraz and Isfahan. Copyright AFP 2007, AFP stories and photos shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. (The Drudge Report)
Iran hangs 12 for rape and murder Oct 19, 2007
Three men were hanged for rape in the city of Shiraz ... The three men in Shiraz were hanged at the scene of their crime. (BBC News -- Africa)
Iran hangs three men in public for rape Oct 17, 2007
The convicted men were put to death at the site of their crime in the southern city of Shiraz, the Fars News Agency said, without giving details on the location. "These three criminals were charged with kidnapping, disturbing public security, rape and molestation," it quoted Shiraz Public Prosecutor Jaber Baneshi as saying ... "Disguised as taxi drivers, they kidnapped two women and molested them after taking them to gardens near Shiraz," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Iran dam sparks protest over ancient tomb Oct 3, 2007
The 2,500-year-old tomb of Cyrus the Great, a revered king of the Persian Empire, is seen at Pasargadae outside Shiraz, south of Tehran ... They say the project may increase humidity in the arid area near the city of Shiraz, which they believe could damage the limestone mausoleum ... Ringed by bare and tawny hills, Pasargadae is one of Iran's eight world heritage sites, though it is not as well preserved or famous abroad as Persepolis, erected by Cyrus' successors closer to present-day Shiraz. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Abolfath Ardalan; engineer fled Iran Sep 24, 2007
Based in Shiraz, the company became an acclaimed research, technology, and manufacturing center with an emphasis on developing advanced weapon systems for the military. The company had working agreements with many high-tech US firms, and Dr. Ardalan founded an English-language school in Shiraz for the company's 3,000 employees, many of whom were American or European. (Boston Globe)
Harvard scholar gets leader's OK to be buried in Iran Sep 14, 2007
His affection for Iran and its people grew during his scholarly pursuits, and he wants to be buried near Arthur Pope, his mentor and predecessor as director of the Asia Institute in Shiraz. Frye said he made similar requests to Ahmadinejad's predecessors. (Boston Globe)
Iran Hangs 21 People in One Day Sep 6, 2007
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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)
A quest concludes Aug 27, 2007
SHIRAZ, Iran -- After feasting on fried shrimp, lamb kebab and melon, I joined five Shirazi girls and their mothers to smoke keyloon (Farsi word for flavored tobacco), watch Persian music videos and drink tea. "What do people in America think of Iran?" 16-year-old Negin inquired. (Modesto Bee, CA)
IRAN BLACKS OUT DAY OF PROTEST Aug 14, 2007
Several other major cities saw similar demonstrations, including Ahvaz, Arak, Sanandaj, Shiraz and Tabriz. Everywhere, the protesters took care to keep their actions within the law. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Keshavarz: Khosmood Interviews Keshavarz Aug 5, 2007
In the regular Shiraz and Tehran bookstores, I purchased many translations of western books including the Davinchi Code, and Senator Hillary Clintons autobiography. This latter has the authors photo on the cover. (Zmag.org)
Many would endorse 'Velvet Revolution'or even foreign military intervention Jul 21, 2007
The results came from a random sampling of 600 responders from Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, Shiraz and Mahabad, with the male-female ratio split 320-280. The respondents were equally divided among the following age groups: 20-30, 30-50, and over 50. (WorldNetDaily)
Iranian riches, rags, and carpets Jul 17, 2007
In The Septembers of Shiraz set in 1981 Iran, Shirin Amin's father is grabbed at work by the Revolutionary Guards for the double crime of having lived well under the shah and for being Jewish ... Both "The Septembers of Shiraz" and "The Blood of Flowers" are first novels by talented Iranian-born writers now living in the United States, and both seem primed to enjoy the success among book clubs that helped turn "The Kite Runner" into a runaway bestseller ... But "The Septembers of Shiraz" by... (Christian Science Monitor)
More charges filed in U.K. terror case Jul 16, 2007
By night, he fell in with a crowd of young, smart radicals, said Shiraz Maher, a writer who knew him in Cambridge. 1. (International Herald Tribune)
Iran's Jews reject offer of Israel move Jul 13, 2007
In 2000 10 Jews in the southern city of Shiraz were jailed for spying for Israel, which Iran refuses to recognise. A Jewish businessman, Ruhollah Kadkhodah-Zadeh, was hanged in 1998, apparently for allegedly helping Jews to emigrate. (Guardian Unlimited)
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Iran in Flames Jul 1, 2007
In addition to the capital, Tehran, angry people took to the streets in Arak, the holy city of Mashhad, Ilam, Shiraz, Yasouj and Ahmadinejad's hometown, Garmsar. Other provinces including Azerbaijan, Mazandaran, Khuzistan, Ardebil, Hamedan and Isfahan were scenes of protests and clashes with the police. (Fox News)
Iran urged to end petrol rations after violent unrest Jun 29, 2007
Banks, supermarkets and fire engines were also attacked while further disturbances were reported in other big cities, including Isfahan and Shiraz. There were unconfirmed reports that three people were killed in the violence, which led to 80 arrests. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Store Faces Restoration Of Rugs Damaged In Blaze Jun 29, 2007
" Falasiri said. "We've just got to try to reorganize and get things taken care of. " "All we can do is dry them out and see what was done. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Professor who attended Holocaust conference blasts critics May 28, 2007
Writing in the influential Literary Review of Canada, Shiraz Dossa, a tenured professor at Nova Scotia's St. Francis Xavier University, said that his academic integrity and academic freedom were grossly impugned by the university administration, an assault on his reputation that he said has yet to be remedied. He accused the president and chancellor of authorizing a "small Spanish Inquisition" to denounce him - a campaign he said was initiated by two Jewish professors and the Christian chair of... (Globe and Mail -- National)
