Sunday Telegraph: They smuggle arms to kill our troops, they encourage Shi’ite Muslim clerics in Iraq to set up their own independent state, and now they want to build an atom bomb. More than 25 years after the ayatollahs first seized power in Teheran, the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to pose agrave threat to Western security.


Time Magazine: The U.S. military’s new nemesis in Iraq is named Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani, and he is not a Baathist or a member of al-Qaeda. He is working for Iran.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 14 – The following is the final list of ministerial nominations presented by Irans new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Majlis (parliament) on Sunday. The list includes 13 ministers-designate who have been officers and officials in the Revolutionary Guards and its affiliated paramilitary agencies. At least five of the nominees have background in the notorious secret police, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), and revolutionary prosecutors offices …
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 14 Hundreds of hard-line members
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, August 14 Iran’s new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presented a cabinet to the countrys Majlis (parliament) on Sunday that was dominated by prominent hard-liners earmarked for the key portfolios of foreign affairs, interior and security. Former commanders and officials of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and other radical Islamist institutions have swept the other ministries.
Sunday Telegraph: An Iranian foreign policy official has boasted that the regime bought extra time over its stalled negotiations with Europe to complete a uranium conversion plant. In comments that will infuriate EU diplomats, Hosein Musavian said that Teheran took advantage of the nine months of talks, which collapsed last week, to finish work at its Isfahan enrichment facility.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 13 Last-minute horse trading and political deals over ministerial appointments continued on Saturday among political factions within the ultra-conservative camp, as the newly-installed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad put the final touches on his cabinet list. Aides to the president said he would formally present the list to the countrys hard-line parliament (Majlis) in the next 48 hours. 