 RFE/RL Iran Report 7/15/2010 6:25:27 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iran. For more stories on Iran, please visit and bookmark our Iran page . |
 Female Sufi Dance Performance Is A First For Tehran On July 16, a group of female musicians and dancers will perform the sama, a traditional dance of Sufi Islam, for the first time in Tehran. More  Sanctions Can't Curb Iran Stock Boom Tehran's stock exchange index, TEPIX, hit a record high on July 14. More  'Abducted' Scientist Arrives In Iran Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri has returned to Iran, repeating claims that he was taken to the United States against his will. More  Amiri's Return Iranian scientist, Shahram Amiri, is due to arrive in Iran in the early hours of July 15 from Qatar. His plane will land at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini’s airport where he is likely to be welcomed by Iranian officials and also his elederly father, his wife and his 7- year -old son he left behind more than a year ago. The 32-year-old scientist has apparently been through a lot of stress in the past few months and is likely to face tougher times once he gets home. More 'Kidnapped' Iranian Scientist Flies Home, With Many Questions Unanswered Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri arrives back in Iran having "escaped" his supposed U.S. captors. But was Amiri a kidnap victim, as he has claimed, or a defector who simply changed his mind? And has any U.S. embarrassment over the affair been offset by the acquisition of valuable intelligence? More  Russia To Sell Fuel To Iran Russia's energy minister says Russian companies could supply Iran with refined oil products, despite unilateral U.S. and EU sanctions targeting Iran's oil and gas sectors. More  Approved Hairstyles To Be Named After Iranian Cities Yes, coming to an Iranian barber shop near you… Ali Abedi, the secretary of the Hijab and Chastity conference held in Tehran, has said that the country's newly approved men’s hairstyles are to be named after Iranian cities and provinces. More  Iranian Women's Rights Activist Recounts Decision To Cast Off Hijab When Fariba Davoodi Mohajer, a well-known Iranian journalist and women's rights activist, removed her hijab for the world to see, the act came under immediate attack by the Iranian regime, which accused her of immorality and depravity. More  Iran Blames Uzbeks For Energy Delay Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's chief of staff has blamed an Uzbek rail blockade for delaying the completion of a hydroelectric plant in southern Tajikistan that Iran is helping to build. More  Religious Figures Support Iranian Speaker Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani has received support from religious figures in the holy city of Qom. More  Iran Scientist At Center Of 'Abduction' Dispute Said To Have Left U.S. Iran's Foreign Ministry says an Iranian nuclear scientist at the center of an alleged "abduction" dispute has left the United States. More  Russia Warns On Iran Nukes The warning marks one of the rare occasions that the Kremlin has publicly joined the Western chorus alleging that Iran may be moving toward a nuclear weapon. More  Iran To Review Stoning Execution The lawyer for an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned to death for an adultery conviction has expressed cautious optimism after authorities on July 9 said they will review the decision. More  Tehran Bazaar Dispute May Herald New Regime Crackdown Tehran's sprawling Grand Bazaar, a giant trading market and long a bastion of traditional conservatism, has erupted into open discontent against President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's government. Wary of the bazaar's symbolic importance, the government has backed down -- for now. More  Iran Halts Woman's Stoning Execution Iranian authorities say a woman will not be stoned to death after being convicted of adultery. More  Iran: U.S. Must Speak On Israel Nukes Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad says he is ready to resume talks with the United States on Tehran's nuclear program as long as certain conditions are met. More  Iran Activist Still Missing Parvin Tajik, the sister of activist Abdolreza Tajik, told Radio Farda on July 7 that her brother was arrested on June 12 after being summoned to Tehran's Intelligence Ministry Office. More  U.K., U.S. Condemn Planned Iran Stoning Officials in the United States and Britain have condemned in harsh terms the reported plan in Iran to execute a woman by stoning her to death. More Ahmadinejad Meets Fellow D-8 Leaders Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has met fellow leaders of seven predominantly Muslim countries at a one-day summit in Nigeria of the so-called D-8 group. More  Ahmadinejad Attends Muslim Summit Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad joins other fellow Muslim leaders at a one-day summit in Nigeria. More |
