AFP: The United States praised Japan Friday for imposing new sanctions on Iran that include an asset freeze and tighter restrictions on financial transactions, part of a global response to Tehran’s contested nuclear program.
US lauds Japan for new Iran sanctions
Iran could strike Israeli nuclear site if attacked
AP: Iran’s military chief of staff says Tehran could strike Israel’s nuclear facility if the Jewish state were to attack Iran’s nuclear sites.
Anti-government protest in north-east Iran city
Iran Focus: Mashhad, Sep. 3 – From the Grapevine… Dozens of people in the north-eastern city of Mashhad early on Friday chanted “death to the dictator” and “Neither Gaza, nor Lebanon; I give my life for Iran” in opposition to the government-organised Qods (Jerusalem) day marches, eye witnesses said.
Mideast people ‘capable of removing’ Israel: Ahmadinejad
AFP: Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that the people of the Middle East are “capable of removing the Zionist regime from the world scene” in an annual Palestinian solidarity day address in Tehran.
Iran detains opposition supporters on Quds day, Arabiya says
Bloomberg: Members of Iran’s Basij militia detained opposition supporters during Quds Day, the annual state-organized event to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, al-Arabiya television reported.
Son of Iranian ‘stoning’ woman urges global pressure
AFP: The son of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, pleaded Friday for sustained international pressure to save her life.
Iran’s Karroubi attacked, son says
Wall Street Journal: Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi was attacked on Thursday night when a group of militiamen broke into his residential building and fired on his bodyguards, according to a family member.
Son of Iranian woman sentenced to death pleads to Lula
AFP: The son of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, pleaded Thursday for Brazil to keep up its campaign to try to save his mother’s life.
Iran stoning lawyer reunited with family
AP: The lawyer defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran has been reunited with his family in Norway.
Egypt halts Iran FM visit over peace talks comments
AFP: Egypt said Thursday it has postponed a visit to Cairo by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki over comments criticising the role of some Arab leaders in facilitating Middle East peace talks.
