Iran Focus: Iraqi police have arrested 200 Iranians and Afghans who were fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Najaf, an Iraqi minister announced.Provincial Affairs Minister Wa’il Abd al-Latif made the announcement to local journalists in Baghdad.
Iranian agents fighting U.S. forces in Najaf arrested
Iran Focus: Iraqi police have arrested 200 Iranians and Afghans who were fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Najaf, an Iraqi minister announced.Provincial Affairs Minister Wa’il Abd al-Latif made the announcement to local journalists in Baghdad.
Iranian agents fighting U.S. forces in Najaf arrested
Iran Focus: Iraqi police have arrested 200 Iranians and Afghans who were fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Najaf, an Iraqi minister announced.Provincial Affairs Minister Wa’il Abd al-Latif made the announcement to local journalists in Baghdad.
Tehran working to undermine Najaf truce
Official daily urges worldwide attacks on U.S. interestsIran Focus: Tehran, Aug 26 Alarmed by the return of Grand Ayatollah Sistani to Najaf and the improving prospects of restoring peace in the holy Shiite city, Irans clerical rulers are taking measures to undermine any truce and create new trouble for the Coalition and the Iraqi government.
In a strongly-worded speech yesterday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the United States that it would face “decades of hatred” from the Islamic world after the fighting in Najaf.
Iraqi deputy PM to visit Tehran Saturday
Iran Focus: Iraqs interim Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh is expected to visit Iran Saturday following a barrage of criticisms directed at the Tehran regime from Iraqs most senior government officials. Iran says can deter all enemies
Iran Focus: TEHRAN, Aug. 30 – Iranian Defense Minister Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani told a meeting of senior military officiers at the headquarters of the joint chiefs of staff, on Sunday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is the undisputable power in the region.Shamkhani said Iran has achieved an effective deterrent power” to confront its enemies in the region. He did not elaborate.
Thousands of Iranians to Rally in Brussels to Demand Removal of Terror Tag
Iran Focus: Thousands of Iranians will be heading to Brussels from across Europe on Monday, September 13, to take part in a huge rally outside the offices of the European Union as EU foreign ministers meet inside, Iranian exiles said.The rally is being organized by supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, a coalition of democratic opposition groups seeking to topple the theocratic regime in
Iran and establish a democratically-elected government in its place.
Iranian influence in Iraq essential – Khamenei
Iran Focus: In a meeting with university lecturers and students, Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged young people in Iraq to continue their struggle against U.S. forces in Najaf.He said that Iran is a “source of hope for the world due to its confrontational position” towards the United States. Khamenei urged Iraqis to follow Irans example of achieving an Islamic Republic.
Iran lambasts Canada’s “crocodile tears” for dead photographer
AFP: Iran again hit out at Canada for complaining about the murder in custody here of Canadian-Iranian photographer Zahra Kazemi, saying Ottawa was only crying “crocodile tears”. “We are confounded by him and his statements,” foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said of Canadian Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew.
In recent weeks Pettigrew has upped his tone against Iran.
Armed men beat Iran TV crew in Iraq, take cameras
Reuters – Armed men beat up an Iranian state television camera crew in Iraq and took their equipment, Iranian state radio reported on Sunday, as relations sour between the neighbours who fought a bitter 1980-88 war. It was unclear whether the assailants belonged to a particular faction, but Iranian state radio reported their equipment had been “confiscated” rather than stolen.
Iraq rejects Iranian assistance
UPI: Iraqi government officials said Sunday they have rejected an Iranian offer to rebuild destroyed sections of Shiite shrines in Najaf and Karbala. Shiite Property Department Spokesman Salah Abdul Razzaq said the government refused the offer to protest Iran’s role in recent clashes in Najaf.
