Reuters: Iran's first Olympic basketball campaign for 60 years has been tinged by tragedy after one of their players was killed in a car accident last year. Iran’s campaign tinged by tragedy
Reuters: Iran's first Olympic basketball campaign for 60 years has been tinged by tragedy after one of their players was killed in a car accident last year. Iran: 2 accused as rebels are executed
New York Times: The government executed two men on Monday who were convicted of having ties with an armed opposition group in the southeastern city of Zahedan, the newspaper Etemad Melli reported Tuesday. Isolated Iran risks the same fate as Iraq – Gaddafi
Reuters: Iran risks going the same way as Saddam Hussein's Iraq in its confrontation with the West and is too weak to meet the challenges it faces alone, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday. Journalist hanged in eastern Iran
BBC: Iran has executed a journalist accused of involvement with a Sunni militant group blamed for a spate of attacks in the south-east, officials have said.
Closing Hormuz strait not in Iran’s interest -U.S.
Reuters: Any attempt by Tehran to close the Strait of Hormuz would not be in Iran's interest but prove self-defeating to the country's oil-dependent economy, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday. US: Iran reaction to nuclear offer not acceptable
AP: Iran's response to an incentives package aimed at defusing a dispute over its nuclear program is unacceptable, U.S. officials said Tuesday, making the prospects of new sanctions against the country more likely. Kadhafi warns ‘arrogant’ Iran of military humiliation
AFP: Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Tuesday warned "arrogant" Iran that it faces military humiliation on the scale of Iraq for its refusal to respond to western powers over a nuclear impasse. Iraq says civilian hurt by shelling from Iran
Reuters: One Iraqi civilian was wounded by rockets launched from Iran on Monday, an Iraqi border guard commander said. Iran again fails to give final nuclear reply
AFP: Iran on Tuesday again ignored calls to give a final answer to a package presented by world powers to end the nuclear standoff, prompting calls for new sanctions to punish its defiance. Top U.N. atom official due in Iran at sensitive time
Reuters: A top U.N. nuclear watchdog official will go to Iran on Thursday, the agency said, amid tension between Tehran and big powers over its failure to address demands that it freeze sensitive nuclear work. 