AFP: Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday it has sentenced 54 members of the Bahai religious community, whose faith is banned in the Islamic republic, for anti-regime propaganda.
Iran sentences Bahais for ‘anti-regime propaganda’
Bush: US will ‘confront’ Iran if necessary
AFP: US President George W. Bush warned Iran Monday that the United States will “confront those who threaten our troops” and defend its allies and interests in the Gulf.
Iran offers aid to Egypt over Gaza crisis
Daily Telegraph: Iran has sought to use Gaza’s border crisis to increase its influence in the Middle East.
U.S. moves to keep F-14 parts from Iran
AP: President Bush signed legislation Monday prohibiting the Pentagon from selling leftover F-14 fighter jet parts, a move prompted by security gaps in the military’s surplus auction.
UN resolution on Iran to ‘open new directions’: Rice
AFP: A new UN resolution against Iran should deepen current sanctions and could pave the way for other action over its nuclear program, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday.
Iran sanctions vote at U.N. seen weeks away
Reuters: It will take weeks before the U.N. Security Council is ready to vote on a new round of sanctions against Iran proposed last week by six world powers, council diplomats said on Monday.
Two men hanged in central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 28 Iranian authorities hanged two men in public in the central province of Markazi on Monday, state media reported.
Two men hanged in central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 28 Iranian authorities hanged two men in public in the central province of Markazi on Monday, state media reported.
U.N. takes up further Iran sanctions
UPI: Talks began Monday at U.N. headquarters with some Western representatives seeking further international sanctions on Iran for its alleged nuclear secrecy.
Iran raises concerns with US about Iraq talks: FM
AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki said on Monday that Tehran had raised concerns with the United States over planned talks on the security of war-ravaged Iraq.
