Crimes charges against Iran sought
Payam Akhavan, a former UN war crimes prosecutor at The Hague and co-founder of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, is working on a petition to send to the UN Security Council and The Hague – that will look into Iran’s post-election violence.
In an interview to Al Jazeera from New York, Akhavan said: “the Iranian regime can’t continue to suppress people unless they resort to mass murder”.
Payam Akhavan, a former UN war crimes prosecutor at The Hague and co-founder of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, is working on a petition to send to the UN Security Council and The Hague – that will look into Iran’s post-election violence.
In an interview to Al Jazeera from New York, Akhavan said: “the Iranian regime can’t continue to suppress people unless they resort to mass murder”.
US bankers’ face scrutiny over perks
Barack Obama, the US president, has said he fears there are more hard times ahead for the economy as the recession deepens.
But executives from big banks still get perks even after they received bailout funds.
Al Jazeera’s John Terrett reports from New York.
US cuts interest rates to lowest level
The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, has cut interest rates to their lowest level to try to turn around the ailing economy but knock-on effects persist
