Iran Focus: London, Oct. 05 U.S. forces in eastern Iraq killed 25 militants in an operation targeting a Special Groups commander tied to the Irans Revolutionary Guards Friday morning, the Coalition announced. U.S. kills 25 in operation against Iran Qods Force associates
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 05 U.S. forces in eastern Iraq killed 25 militants in an operation targeting a Special Groups commander tied to the Irans Revolutionary Guards Friday morning, the Coalition announced. General says 5 Iranians should stay in custody
Washington Post: Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the top commander of day-to-day operations in Iraq, said he will recommend that five Iranians captured by U.S. forces in January not be released when their case is reviewed this month, a move that could further increase tensions between Washington and Tehran. PM using troop pullout to distance himself from Bush, Iran claims
The Guardian: Iran has warmly welcomed Gordon Brown’s pledge to withdraw 1,000 British troops from southern Iraq by the end of the year, claiming the move represents an attempt by him to break a US stranglehold on British foreign policy. US ‘must break Iran and Syria regimes’
Daily Telegraph: America should seize every opportunity to force regime change in Syria and Iran, a former senior adviser to the White House has urged. Ahmadinejad defiant as EU worries over sanctions call
AFP: Iran offered a defiant response Thursday to French calls for EU sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear programme, while other European nations blew hot and cold on how best to press the Islamic republic. Parallel purposes
The Economist: Iran carries on enriching uranium regardless at its nuclear plant at Natanz. Diplomats from the five veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council (America, Britain, France, Russia and China) plus Germany, unable to agree on tougher sanctions in the face of such defiance, are left sucking their pencils. Iran oil spill may have killed dolphins
UPI: A recent wave of whale and dolphin deaths off the coast of Iran is being blamed on high pollution levels and a July oil spill.Britain backs France on Iran sanctions call
AFP: Britain said Thursday it “wholeheartedly” backs French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner’s call for the European Union to consider new economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear regime. Irans Majlis Speaker cancels trip to Europe in protest
Iran Focus: Tehran/Paris, Oct. 04 Irans Majlis Speaker cancelled at the last minute a trip to the Council of Europe (COE) in the French city of Strasbourg in protest to a visit there earlier this week by the clerical theocracys main foe, state media reported on Thursday. Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel was scheduled to address the Council at 3 p.m. Parisian time.Irans Majlis Speaker cancels trip to Europe in protest
Iran Focus: Tehran/Paris, Oct. 04 Irans Majlis Speaker cancelled at the last minute a trip to the Council of Europe (COE) in the French city of Strasbourg in protest to a visit there earlier this week by the clerical theocracys main foe, state media reported on Thursday. Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel was scheduled to address the Council at 3 p.m. Parisian time.