AFP: An Iranian airliner overshot the runway and slammed into a perimeter wall killing 17 people in the second city of Mashhad on Friday in the country's second air disaster in 10 days, state media said.
Iran plane slams into perimeter wall killing 17
Iran cleric says Khamenei wants new VP sacked
AFP: A leading Iranian hardline cleric on Friday urged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to sack his controversial first vice president, saying this was the wish of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
U.S., Israel abort missile test
Wall Street Journal: Israeli and U.S. military officials this week aborted a test of a missile-defense shield under development by the two countries, raising questions about the reliability of Israel's defenses against a potential Iranian attack.
U.S. officials negotiated with Iraqi insurgent groups twice in spring
Washington Post: U.S. officials engaged in negotiations with Iraqi insurgent groups in two meetings this spring that culminated in an agreement to organize talks intended to bring the groups into Iraqi political life, an insurgent leader and Turkish and American officials said Thursday.
Man hanged in southern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 24 – A man was hanged in Fars Province, southern Iran, state media reported on Thursday.
Man hanged in southern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 24 – A man was hanged in Fars Province, southern Iran, state media reported on Thursday.
Clinton says Iran unable to respond to overtures
Reuters: The United States is still willing to 'reach out' to Iran but political turmoil there means Tehran is not now in a position to respond, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the BBC on Thursday.
EU calls on Iran to release French teacher
AFP: Senior European Union diplomats called Thursday on Iran to immediately release a French woman lecturer jailed on charges of spying linked to riots over last month's presidential election.
Man hanged in Semnan
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 – A man was hanged in northern Iran on Wednesday morning.
Man hanged in Semnan
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 – A man was hanged in northern Iran on Wednesday morning.
