AFP: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have killed more than 50 rebels from the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) since beginning an assault nearly two weeks ago and will continue the operation until Iraq takes control of the region, media reported on Wednesday.
Iran Guards killed over 50 Kurd rebels, assault to continue
Iran hopes Bushehr nuclear plant will be operational by late August
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 27 – Iran expects its first nuclear power plant would be fully operational by the end of August, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said.
Iran opponents reject US plan to close Camp Ashraf
AFP: Iranian exiles Wednesday rejected a US plan to relocate thousands of outlawed regime opponents from Iraq’s Camp Ashraf to another Iraqi site pending a transfer to nations willing to accept them.
Iran Guards ‘kill’ Kurd rebels in fresh clashes
AFP: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards continued their offensive against rebels from the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), killing an unknown number of fighters, the Guards ground forces said Tuesday.
Iran’s Salehi to visit Russia for nuke talks
AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will visit Moscow at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to discuss Tehran’s controversial nuclear drive, an official said on Tuesday.
Iran says crude sales to China going well
Reuters: Iran is selling crude to China without any problems, an Iranian government spokesman said on Tuesday, dismissing reports Tehran may not be getting paid by its biggest oil buyer.
Saudi strikes India oil deal after Iran cuts supply
Reuters: Top exporter Saudi Arabia approved sales of 3 million barrels of extra crude to India for August to make up for a loss of shipments from Iran due to a payment dispute, sources with direct knowledge of the sale said on Tuesday.
US General says Iran may be seeking a mass-casualty event in Iraq
AP: Iran’s stepped-up arming of Shiite militiamen in southern Iraq who are targeting American troops may be designed to trigger a “Beirut-like moment” of mass U.S. casualties, the Obama administration’s nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Tuesday.
Iran police chief blames West for crime rise
AFP: Western powers are responsible for a recent spike in crime in Iran, the state television website on Tuesday quoted police chief Esmaeel Ahmadi Moghaddam as saying.
Iran shelling kills 2 in Iraq’s Kurdish region
VOA: Cross-border shelling by Iranian forces has killed two people and wounded at least two others in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
