Middle East
Iran: Updates as of August 30, 2010
Nuclear Reactor Iran loaded fuel into its Buchehr nuclear reactor and activated it on August 21, 2010. This is Iran’s first power-generating nuclear plant. ……Read More
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Iran: Updates for week ending August 8, 2010
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani This woman was sentenced to be stoned to death supposedly for adultery. First accused of killing her husband then found not guilty, ……Read More
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Bomb Blasts in Iran
On Thursday, July 14, 2010, in the evening, 2 bombs blasts occurred at a mosque in southeastern Iran killing at least 27 people and injuring ……Read More
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Canada urges Iran not to execute Mohammad Reza Haddadi and Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement urging the Iranian regime to halt the planned execution of Mohammad Reza ……Read More
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Canada expresses concern for human rights defender Muhannad al-Hassani jailed in Syria
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding Syria’s June 23 sentencing of prominent lawyer and human rights defender ……Read More
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Iraqi shoe-thrower apologises to al-Maliki
An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George W. Bush apologised to Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki for embarrassing him before the watching world, the ……Read More