AFP: Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike if Israel prepares to attack it, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander told broadcaster Al-Alam on Sunday, a day after his boss warned that conflict was inevitable.
Strike on Iran would trigger ‘World War III’: Guards
Iran commander says could launch pre-emptive strike on Israel
Reuters: Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike on Israel if it was sure the Jewish state were preparing to attack it, a senior commander of its elite Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Iran inaugurates new currency trading center
AP: Iran’s state radio is reporting that the country has inaugurated a new hard currency trading center to undercut the black market.
Iran arrests daughter of ex-president Rafsanjani: reports
AFP: The daughter of Iran’s former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been arrested and jailed under a six-month sentence for “propaganda against the regime,” the Tehran prosecutor’s office said in a statement carried by official media on Sunday.
Iran accuses Siemens of nuclear sabotage
AP: Iran accused Germany’s Siemens on Saturday of implanting tiny explosives inside equipment the Islamic Republic purchased for its disputed nuclear program, a charge the technology giant denied.
Israel war on Iran ‘will happen’: Guards chief
AFP: An Israeli war on Iran “will eventually happen” but the Jewish state will be destroyed as a result, the head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards reportedly said in comments published on Saturday, the first time that Iran has acknowledged the probability of open armed conflict.
Iranian dissidents convince U.S. to drop terror label
New York Times: The Iranian opposition group that attracted that A-list of Washington backers, many of them generously compensated for speeches, learned Friday that it had achieved its goal.
Lift restrictions on women’s education, rights group tells Iran
Reuters: Thirty-six universities across Iran have banned women from 77 different majors, including accounting, counseling, and engineering, for the school year that begins on Saturday, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported in August.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad heads to New York for UN meet
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was to leave Tehran for New York on Saturday for the UN General Assembly, where he will deliver his final speech to the world gathering, state television reported.
Senate approves resolution on Iran
AP: The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a resolution that reaffirms U.S. efforts to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon and says containment of a nuclear-capable Iran is not an option.
