Washington Times: A top Army commander in Iraq yesterday said Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is trying to disrupt U.S. military gains by ramping up weapons and training support for radical Shi’ite groups. General rips Iran as Iraq foe
Washington Times: A top Army commander in Iraq yesterday said Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is trying to disrupt U.S. military gains by ramping up weapons and training support for radical Shi’ite groups. Iraq Kurds accuse Iran of cross-border shelling
Reuters: Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq accused Iran on Friday of launching shells across the border, causing damage to farmland but no injuries. Iran’s hangmen work overtime to silence opposition
Daily Telegraph: Stonings, hangings, floggings, purges. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might claim that United Nations sanctions can’t hurt his country, but that is not how it feels for Iran’s long-suffering population which now finds itself on the receiving end of one of the most brutal purges witnessed since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Iran shuts ‘Western’ barber shops
BBC: Iranian police have closed more than 20 barbers’ shops in the capital Tehran.
Western-style barbers get the chop in Iran
The Guardian: Police in Tehran have closed two dozen barber shops and hairdressers in a fortnight in the latest phase of a “morals” crackdown aimed at enforcing Islamic dress codes among young Iranians. Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner sued over book
Reuters: Iran’s 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi was sued by a co-author on Thursday for pulling out of an agreement to publish a new book. Draft report logs bleak outlook for Iran
AP: A draft intelligence report on Iran suggests a change in the Tehran regime appears unlikely any time soon despite growing public anger over the country’s economic woes, U.S. officials said Thursday. US predicts further nuclear development in Iran
The Guardian: US intelligence agencies expect the Iranian administration to press ahead with its nuclear programme and continue its alleged interference in Iraq, officials said today. Man hanged in public in southern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 Iranian authorities hanged a man in public in the southern province of Fars, state media reported on Wednesday. Man hanged in public in southern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 Iranian authorities hanged a man in public in the southern province of Fars, state media reported on Wednesday. 