TEHRAN: Iran’s parliament has given preliminary approval to a bill requiring the government to sue the US for its involvement in the 1953 coup that overthrew the country’s democratically elected prime minister.
The bill calls for setting up a committee to study the issue and provide a report within six months before legal action is launched against the US government in an international court.
Of 196 lawmakers attending Wednesday’s session of parliament, 167 voted in favor of the bill while five opposed it. The session was broadcast live on state radio.
New declassified documents offer more details of how the CIA orchestrated the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh 60 years ago.
The coup restored the despotic regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was overthrown in the 1979 Iranian revolution.
Iran approves bill to sue US over 1953 coup
Iran approves bill to sue US over 1953 coup
Israeli settlers uproot 500 trees south of Hebron
- Settlers approached area protected by Israeli soldiers, according to anti-settlement activist
- They vandalized Palestinian properties, smashed windows, destroyed fences
LONDON: Israeli settlers have uprooted 500 trees near Yatta, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, and vandalized Palestinian properties.
Anti-settlement activist Osama Makhameh confirmed on Tuesday that armed settlers from the illegal settlement of Susya uprooted and destroyed 500 olive, fig, and almond trees belonging to the Rumi family in the Al-Farsh area of Khirbet Wadi Al-Rakhim, south of Yatta.
Makhameh added that settlers had approached the area protected by Israeli soldiers, according to the WAFA News Agency.
Settlers destroyed the fence surrounding Mohammad Rumi’s property, damaged his belongings, smashed the windows of Rasmi Shriteh’s home, and spray-painted racist slogans on the walls of Palestinian houses.
They also cut a fence around Ayed Abu Murir’s land in Wadi Abu Shaban, east of Yatta, and released livestock into crop areas, added WAFA.
