Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 05 – Iranian authorities last week carried out a mass execution of 24 people west of Tehran, state media reported on Wednesday.
24 executed en masse in Iran
Iranian-Americans in Bay Area worry about loved ones in camp raided by Iraqis
Mercury News: When Iraqi police raided a remote refugee camp in the desert last week, hundreds of Iranian-Americans in the Bay Area feared for the lives of loved ones in the camp.
Defiant Ahmadinejad sworn in as Iran president
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term on Wednesday, vowing more defiance of the West at a ceremony boycotted by his rivals, as riot police broke up opposition protests.
British envoy Simon Gass to attend Ahmadinejads swearing-in despite election turmoil
The Times: Britain is to send its ambassador in Tehran to attend the President’s swearing-in ceremony today despite the regime’s brutal suppression of the opposition since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was named the winner of an election widely seen as fraudulent.
Exiled Iranians protest over Camp Ashraf
The Times: A group of Iranians in London vowed today to stay on a hunger strike to the death unless something is done to help thousands of fellow exiles living in a camp in Iraq following deadly clashes with the Iraqi security forces last week.
Iran: Spy charges considered against 3 Americans
AP: Iran has arrested three Americans for illegally entering the country from neighboring Iraq and a prominent Iranian lawmaker said Tuesday that authorities were investigating whether to charge them with spying.
Iran paper hails ‘divine’ Ahmadinejad presidency
AFP: Iranian hardline newspaper Kayhan, which has criticised Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over a controversial political decision that put him at odds with the supreme leader, welcomed on Tuesday his endorsement as president for a second term.
US calls on Iran to release Iranian-American scholar
AFP: The United States called Tuesday on Iran to release immediately Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, who was put on trial last weekend with around 100 Iranians accused of rioting.
Clinton asks Iran to ensure return of missing Americans
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Monday on Iran to ensure the safe return of three missing Americans thought to have been detained by Tehran after straying across the Iraq border.
US will do what it takes to keep Iran from getting nuclear arms
AFP: The United States will "do what has to be done" to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the White House said Monday, declining to comment on a media report about possible new sanctions.
