Washington Times: America’s allies must do more to cut commercial and energy ties with Iran if the international campaign to halt Tehran’s nuclear-weapons programs is to succeed, a top State Department official said yesterday.
U.S. chides allies for trade deals with Tehran
Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit Azerbaijan Republic on Wed.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 21 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to visit the Republic of Azerbaijan on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit Azerbaijan Republic on Wed.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 21 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to visit the Republic of Azerbaijan on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday.
Tougher on Iran
Washington Post – Editorial: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps is a sprawling organization involved in myriad activities, including guarding borders, pumping oil, operating ports, smuggling, manufacturing pharmaceuticals, building Iran’s nuclear program — and supplying the weapons that are killing a growing number of American soldiers in Iraq.
Iran government dismisses top cleric’s criticism
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government has shrugged off unprecedented criticism from the head of the judiciary, telling the high-ranking cleric not to interfere, media reported on Sunday.
Sacked Iran minister warns of energy ‘catastrophe’
AFP: Iran’s sacked oil minister has issued a parting warning to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, predicting a looming “catastrophe” in the Iranian energy sector because of high consumption, media reported Sunday.
Pakistan hands over freed Iranian hostages
AFP: Pakistani authorities late Monday began handing over 21 freed hostages to Iranian officials after rescuing them from a kidnap gang who whisked them over the border the day before.
US ‘sinking in whirlpool’: Iran leader
AFP: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday launched a new attack on the United States, saying Iran’s arch enemy was “stuck in a whirlpool” and would sink deeper in the future.
Afghan general says Iranian engineers aid Taliban – report
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 20 – An Afghan army general said that four Iranian radio communication experts were helping the Taliban militia in southern Afghanistan, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported on Monday.
Afghan general says Iranian engineers aid Taliban – report
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 20 – An Afghan army general said that four Iranian radio communication experts were helping the Taliban militia in southern Afghanistan, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported on Monday.
