Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 29 – Three people were hanged on Tuesday in central and south-eastern Iran, state media reported, the latest in the spiralling number of executions in the Islamic Republic.
Three hanged in Iran
Iranian president: ‘Big powers’ going down
AP: Iran's president on Tuesday blamed the U.S. and other "big powers" for nuclear proliferation, AIDS and other global ills, and accused them of exploiting the U.N. and other organizations for their own gain and the developing world's loss. Medvedev names Iran pointman as U.S. ambassador
Reuters: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Sergei Kislyak, a deputy Foreign Minister who represents Moscow in nuclear talks with Iran, as Russia's new ambassador to the United States. Commander of Gulf hostage warship HMS Cornwall loses his job
The Times: The commanding officer of the frigate involved in the Iranian hostage drama, when 15 sailors and Marines were captured by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, has been removed from his post.
Bye bye, captain
The Sun: The captain of the Royal Navy warship that lost 15 hostages to Iran has been fired.
Barak urges US to keep all options open against Iran
AFP: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has urged his US counterpart Robert Gates to keep all options open in dealing with Iran's nuclear programme, his ministry said on Tuesday. Capital markets in Iran nuclear row firing line
Reuters: Global markets already live in fear of an escalation of the dispute over Iran's nuclear ambitions which could shake an already fragile world economy. Video clip: Protest in Arak against Iran’s nuclear projects
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 28 – Residents of the central Iranian city of Arak, famous as the site of a heavy-water reactor the authorities are building, held a protest last week against the government's suspected nuclear weapons projects, Iran Focus has learnt.
Video clip: Protest in Arak against Iran’s nuclear projects
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 28 – Residents of the central Iranian city of Arak, famous as the site of a heavy-water reactor the authorities are building, held a protest last week against the government's suspected nuclear weapons projects, Iran Focus has learnt.
Iran orders jail for journalist over “lies”
Reuters: An Iranian court has sentenced the former head of a news agency to jail for publishing lies and also fined him, another news agency reported on Monday. 