Former
Iranian President Daughter Seek Asylum
The
daughter of a top adviser to Iranian President, Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, has applied for asylum in Germany.
Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival spokesman, Matthias Rued
said that Narges Kalhor, the daughter of Mahdi Kalhor, adviser
to the president on cultural and media affairs, submitted her
asylum application to the authorities in southern Germany,
Narges Kalhor had been at the Nuremberg festival to present her
film "Darkish," or "The Rake," which condemns the use of torture
and the barbarity of totalitarianism.
Denial
Mahdi Kalhor has said that he knew nothing about details of his
daughter's films or her plans to leave the country.
He blamed the Iranian opposition for supporting her attempts to
challenge the government.
Probing Opposition
Iranian authorities have opened an investigation into former
Presidential candidate Mahdi Karroubi, a step towards unleashing
the hard-line judiciary on the opposition's top leaders.
Although no formal charges have been filed, the probe signals
that Iran's Islamic leadership could use the courts against the
most senior rebels, whose claims include widespread vote fraud
in June's disputed presidential elections and abuses by security
forces against protesters.
The Revolutionary Guard and other pro-regime groups have urged
for charges against the top opposition figures, including
Karroubi, fellow reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and
former President Mohammad Khatami.
More than 100 activists and political figures have already been
tried on charges that include seeking to overthrow the Islamic
system.
Tehran prosecutor, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said an investigative
file has been opened on Karroubi and the case is under review by
a special cleric court.
AP/Qasim / Ahaziah
