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May 2012

Lake Urmia, the Destruction

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Mana Neyestani

Ahmadinejad defends nuclear position in interview

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran is forced to enrich uranium because the International Atomic Energy Agency and the world powers have refused to provide the country with the fuel it needs for its reactors.

Notorious former prosecutor to be indicted

Saeed Mortazavi, the former Tehran Prosecutor and a suspect in the torture and death of detainees at Kahrizak Prison, will reportedly be indicted by the end of June.

Ministry of Health alarmed about smoking rates for children

Iran’s Health Minister has warned that Iranian students are taking up smoking at increasingly younger ages.

Moderate cleric lauds internet and Facebook

Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has praised Facebook, saying internet social media are a “blessing for the world.” ISNA reports that the head of Iran’s Expediency Council, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, at a recent gathering to discuss developments in the Middle East, said the role of the internet in these developments is commendable.

Iran warns against foreign aggression against Syria

The head of Iran’s Parliament said on Wednesday that the U.S. must be wary of military intervention in Syria, which he claimed would spread into the Palestinian territories and affect Israel as well.

Iranian police restrict sale of neckties

Iranian security forces have forbidden retail stores from selling ties, ISNA reports.

Russia challenges U.S. sanctions on Iran

Russia’s Foreign Ministry says U.S. unilateral sanctions against Iran are contrary to international law, the Russian news agency Interfax reports.

Iran faced with growing brain drain

Iranian media report that close to 62 percent of Iran’s academic elite have left Iran to pursue their education at top foreign universities.

“We want to be first-class citizens!”

Thirteen Khuzestani Arabs were put on trial on May 21 in branch two of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Ahwaz, with Judge Seyyed Bagher Mousavi presiding. This is the fourth trial for these defendants, and there was only enough time for the court to process two of their cases: Hadi Rashedi, 38, and Hashem Shaabani, 31.