AFP: A car bomb killed four Iranian Shiite pilgrims and an Iraqi citizen travelling on a bus northeast of Baghdad on Monday with women among nine others wounded, a police commander said.
Four Iranian pilgrims on bus among five killed in Iraq bomb
Iran sets timetable for third uranium plant
AFP: Iran is to start building its third uranium enrichment plant in early 2011, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad signed a new law Monday binding Tehran to pursue the controversial work of refining uranium to 20 percent.
Iran satellite launch delayed
AFP: The launch of a new Iranian satellite has been pushed back by months as it is still undergoing development.
Iraq weighs new post to help form government
Wall Street Journal: Senior Iraqi politicians involved in forming a new government said they are weighing the creation of a new federal position that could break the nearly-six-month logjam over which faction gets the coveted premiership.
Final verdict postponed for Iranian woman facing stoning
CNN: An Iranian court has delayed the final verdict of a 43-year-old woman sentenced to death by stoning, a human rights group said Sunday, two days after the country announced she will not be executed during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Iran to begin work on new uranium plant in 2011
AFP: Iran will begin building its third uranium enrichment plant in early 2011, a top official said, defying world powers who have imposed new sanctions on Tehran for pursuing the sensitive nuclear work.
Iran offers $3-bln bonds to fund gasfields
AFP: Sanctions-hit Iran will within days offer the first tranche of a three billion dollar domestic bond issue to fund the development of its South Pars gasfields, a top official said on Sunday.
Workers not paid at Iran factory
Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 15 – From the Grapevine… Workers at Sabalan textiles, which has been shut down for several months, have not received their salaries.
Iran beats Papua New Guinea in Youth Games soccer
AP: Iran has beaten Papua New Guinea 1-0 in girls soccer at the Youth Olympics tournament.
Iran footballer sacked for ‘not fasting in Ramadan’
AFP: Popular Iranian footballer Ali Karimi, sometimes described as “the Maradona of Asia,” has been fired by his club for not fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the club said on Sunday.
