AFP: Iraqi Vice President Ibrahim al-Jafari made a surprise visit to Iran on Tuesday to meet officials of the Islamic republic, state television announced. 
The Times: MY ENEMYS enemy isnt always my friend. Sometimes hes just another enemy, as Jack Straw is now painfully discovering. 
Iran Focus: News of the execution of a sixteen-year-old girl in northern Iran, first broken by Iran Focus, has been met with shock and outrage around the world. In a press statement on Monday, Amnesty International expressed outrage at the execution of Ateqeh Sahaleh on Sunday, August 15, in the town of Neka in Mazandaran Province. 
Iran Focus: A religious court in Tehran sentenced two men to execution, bringing to more than 110 the number of people hanged since January 2004. Thet two were identified only by their first names as Mohammad and Fereidoon.
Chicago Sun Times: A leading human rights group on Tuesday denounced Iran’s reported public execution of a teen girl in a controversial chastity case.
Washington Times: Since the battle of Najaf suddenly erupted about two weeks ago, with fierce fighting raging between followers of Shi’ite maverick cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and the U.S. military, the question often arose as to why this battle was taking place. 
Voice of America: Iran says its first nuclear reactor, being built with the help of Russia, will not go on line until October 2006, a year later than planned. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s governing body will be discussing the question of Iran’s nuclear program at a meeting in September, amid international concern about Iran’s nuclear ambitions. 
Sunday Times: IRAN has warned British officials that it could produce enough enriched uranium in a year for a nuclear weapon significantly raising the stakes in its stand-off with the West. 
Daily Telegraph: The past fortnight in Najaf marks the end of the affair between Britain and Iran.
