AFP: Bahrain has sentenced one of its citizens and two foreigners to 10 years in prison for spying for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Akhbar al-Khaleej newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Bahrain jails three for spying for Iran: report
Weapons prove Iranian role in Iraq, U.S. says
Washington Post: Iranian-backed militias in Iraq are using more sophisticated weapons than in the past to target U.S. troops and military installations in Iraq, according to senior U.S. officials.
Iran urges regional unity against Israel
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 06 – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Wednesday that the only way Muslim states could “combat the threat of Israel” was by increasing collective cooperation against the Jewish state.
India trying to ensure constant crude supply from Iran:oil min
Reuters: India is trying to ensure uninterrupted supplies of crude from Iran, Indian oil minister S. Jaipal Reddy told reporters on Tuesday.
Germany calls on Iran to release journalist
AP: The speaker of Germany’s parliament is appealing to his Iranian counterpart to release an Iranian female sports journalist arrested a day before she planned to leave for the women’s soccer World Cup in Germany.
Iran jails prominent lawyer for 9 years
AP: Iran’s hard-line judiciary has sentenced a prominent rights lawyer to nine years in jail and barred him from working as an attorney for 10 years after he was convicted of seeking to overthrow the ruling system.
Iran ready for nuclear collaboration with Egypt
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 05 – Iran’s nuclear negotiator announced in Tehran that the Islamic Republic was ready to share its “home grown” nuclear knowledge with other countries including Egypt.
Iran says Hezbollah’s power “growing”
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 05 – The advisor to Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) Speaker has announced that the Shiite Lebanese group Hezbollah had seen real growth in recent years and that no international sanctions or pressure would change this.
Ahmadinejad hits out at West over Sudan partition
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hit out at Western governments on Monday for “tearing apart” Sudan while rejecting the demands of separatists on their own soil, his website said.
Azerbaijani serviceman killed in Iran border clash: official
AFP: An Azerbaijani border guard was killed in a shoot-out when a group of armed men tried to enter the ex-Soviet state’s territory from neighbouring Iran, officials said on Monday.
