Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 – A senior Iranian MP has accused the Argentine Judiciary of taking bribes following anger over the nomination of Revolutionary Guards Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi as Iran’s Defence Minister.
Iranian MP accuses Argentine Judiciary of bribery
In Iran, report of secret burials brings call for inquiry
Los Angeles Times: An Iranian lawmaker vowed Saturday to examine allegations that dozens of unidentified people killed in the recent post-election unrest were secretly buried last month in the country's largest cemetery.
Iranian authorities are accused of secret burials
New York Times: As Iranians celebrated the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, they were confronted Saturday with new charges of reform movement supporters being tortured in prison and of bodies being secretly buried in a cemetery on the outskirts of Tehran. Yemen seizes Iranian-made weapons in rebel caches
AFP: The Yemeni army has seized Iranian-made weapons used by Shiite rebels who are locked in fighting with government forces in the north of the country, a security official said on Saturday. Iran clerics object to women ministers
AFP: Iran's conservative clerics have objected to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to include three women in his new cabinet, a report said on Saturday, dealing a blow to the hardliner's bid to secure parliament's nod for his ministerial line-up. Iranian boy who defied Tehran hardliners tells of prison rape ordeal
The Times: The 15-year-old boy sits weeping in a safehouse in central Iran, broken in body and spirit. Reza will not go outside — he is terrified of being left alone.
Ahmadinejad nominee is wanted in 94 bombing
New York Times: The man nominated to serve as Iran’s defense minister is wanted by Interpol in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires, confronting Iran with yet another challenge to its international reputation after an electoral dispute undermined its legitimacy at home and abroad. Argentine outrage as Iran names bomb suspect minister
AFP: Argentina expressed outrage over Iran's nomination of a man wanted in connection with a 1994 Buenos Aires bombing that killed 85 people as the next defense minister. Iran’s Rafsanjani urges factions to end turmoil
AFP: Powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani urged Iran's warring political groups on Saturday to follow the orders of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for ending the present political turmoil. Senators seek info on Iran’s gasoline suppliers
Reuters: Two U.S. senators have asked the Government Accountability Office to update its list of companies that export gasoline to Iran just in case Congress moves to impose sanctions on the suppliers to punish Tehran for its nuclear program. 