[Al Arabiya Latest] Iran's judiciary has launched a legal case against reformist cleric Mehdi Karoubi over his allegations that some imprisoned opposition supporters were raped, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
A special investigative committee had prepared a file into the case and sent it to the prosecutor's office, IRNA said.
"Karoubi is a cleric and his remarks should be studied at the special court for the clergy," said Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi. "Some people have also been summoned in connection with the case."
IRNA said: "A legal case prepared by the judicial investigative committee has been sent to the Tehran prosecutor over Karoubi's claims."
Karoubi, who finished fourth in the disputed June presidential election, angered hardliners in August by saying some people held in the street unrest that followed had been raped and abused in detention. Last month, the same judicial committee rejected Karoubi's allegation and called for libel charges to be considered against anyone making such claims.
Karoubi and another defeated candidate Mirhossein Mousavi say the poll was rigged to secure President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election. Officials reject the charge.
The election and its turbulent aftermath plunged Iran into its deepest internal crisis in the past three decades. Rights groups say thousands of people, including senior reformers, were arrested after the poll, though most have been freed.
Karoubi said in September he would not give up fighting for rights of dozens of people complaining of mistreatment after being jailed. Hardliners have called for Karoubi to be arrested or charged if he fails to back up his accusations.
The opposition says more than 70 people were killed in post-election unrest. Officials estimate the death toll at up to 36 people including members of the Islamic Basij militia.
The authorities have portrayed the opposition protests as a foreign-backed bid to undermine the Islamic government system.
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[Al Arabiya Latest] The Lebanese army said on Tuesday one person was wounded after a shell exploded in a home in the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Filsi on Monday.
Hezbollah lawmaker Hussein Haj Hassan said the explosion happened in the garage of a Hezbollah member, wounding one person. "We are concerned with finding out the reasons for this explosion," Hassan said.
Lebanese security sources said on Monday five people had been killed in a munitions explosion in a house in Tayr Filsi, just inside U.N. peacekeepers' area of operations.
Hezbollah denied anyone had died in a blast in the area.
Israel said the blast at a Hezbollah house showed munitions were being stockpiled in violation of a truce which ended a 2006 war between the Jewish state and the Shiite guerrilla group.
"Immediately (after the incident), security forces cordoned off the area and a specialized committee began an investigation into the circumstances of the incident," a statement from the army said.
A senior Israeli military source said the Israeli military has asked UNIFIL, the peacekeeping force that was reinforced after the 34-day war in 2006, to open an investigation. Deputy Israeli Defense Minister Matan Vilnai told Israel's Army Radio on Tuesday it was clear this was "a Hezbollah accident".
UNIFIL spokeswoman Yasmina Bouziane said a U.N. peacekeeping patrol and a Lebanese army patrol visited the explosion site on Monday night. On Tuesday investigation teams from both parties "inspected the site and the surrounding area".
"According to the information from the Lebanese Army one person was injured and UNIFIL has no reports of other casualties," Bouziane said.
"We're still in the process of analyzing the information and the available evidence to ascertain the circumstances and establish the facts concerning the incident," she said.
Israel and the United States have accused Hezbollah of violating a U.N. weapons embargo in southern Lebanon after a weapons cache exploded in a village there in July.
The United Nations said at the time there were signs the stockpile belonged to Hezbollah, and added that the presence of these arms were a violation of Security Council resolution 1701 which ended the war.
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[Iran Press TV Latest] The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the German charge d'affairs in Tehran to protest a Berlin official's remarks regarding Iran's presidential election.
Iran voiced concern over 'the spread of Islamophobic movements and mounting pressure on Muslim communities in Germany'.
The Foreign Ministry voiced its protest to the 'unconventional and non-diplomatic' remarks made by the German deputy foreign minister about Iran's presidential vote, IRNA reported.
Iran voiced concern over 'the spread of Islamophobic movements and mounting pressure on Muslim communities in Germany'.
Tehran further called on Germany not to bolster 'extremist thoughts' about the minorities living in the country.
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[Al Arabiya Latest] Iran's judiciary has launched a legal case against reformist cleric Mehdi Karoubi over his allegations that some imprisoned opposition supporters were raped, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
