AP: Iran's top diplomat in Bolivia says the Islamic republic has approved a $280 million low-interest loan for President Evo Morales' government to use as it sees fit. Gas and oil exploration are possibilities.
Iran approves $280 million loan for Bolivia
Iraqi police in stand-off with Iran camp residents
AFP: Hundreds of Iraqi police and soldiers were in a tense stand-off with residents of a camp housing Iran's main exiled opposition on Wednesday, after violence a day earlier left more than 400 wounded.
Iraqi forces attack Iranian opposition camp
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 28 – Iraqi forces on Tuesday are attacking the base of the main Iranian opposition group situated north-west of Baghdad. More than a thousand armed Iraqi police and soldiers using batons, water cannons and pepper spray attacked members of the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran in Camp Ashraf.
Iraqi forces attack Iranian opposition camp
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 28 – Iraqi forces on Tuesday are attacking the base of the main Iranian opposition group situated north-west of Baghdad. More than a thousand armed Iraqi police and soldiers using batons, water cannons and pepper spray attacked members of the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran in Camp Ashraf.
Iraqi police crack down on opposition camp
Washington Post: Iraqi police officers and soldiers on Tuesday raided a camp near Baghdad that is home to an Iranian opposition group that has supplied intelligence information to U.S. forces but that has long been an irritant to Iran.
Iran bans opposition mourning ceremony
AFP: Iran has denied the opposition a permit for a ceremony to mourn people slain in protests over last month's presidential election, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
Court finds Iran minister guilty of fraud
AP: An appeals court found Iran's industry minister guilty of fraud, newspapers reported Monday, in a new embarrassment for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad even as he faces new disputes with his own hard-line camp over his government.
Gates warns of tough sanctions if Iran rebuffs US overture
AFP: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warned on Monday that tough sanctions will follow if Tehran fails to respond to Washington's offers of dialogue on its controversial nuclear programme.
Iran’s Mousavi says protests will continue: website
Reuters: Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said on Monday the pro-reform protests which erupted after the country's disputed June presidential vote will continue, his website reported.
Ahmadinejad under fire after minister sacked
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was on Monday grappling with a fresh political crisis that has weakened his standing even among hardline supporters as he prepares to unveil a new government.
