AP: France said Friday it is considering measures for a new U.N. Security Council resolution targeting Iranian leaders who have defied the international community over their country’s nuclear program.
France mulls new measures against Iran
Iran builds a presence in Lebanon
Los Angeles Times: Along the roadways of southern Lebanon, thousands of banners festoon street lights and utility poles. They feature a distinctive symbol, a red inscription from the center of Iran’s flag, protectively swathing Lebanon’s iconic green cedar.
U.S. envoy says Iraq report will sound warning on Iran
Reuters: Washington’s envoy to Iraq warned Americans on Thursday that pulling U.S. troops out of the country could open the door to a “major Iranian advance” that would threaten U.S. interests in the region.
US missile defence threatens Asia: Iran
AFP: A proposed US missile defence shield in central Europe would threaten Asia, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday at a regional summit in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek.
US assails Iran death sentences for journalists
AFP: The United States said Wednesday that Iran’s sentencing of two journalists to death demonstrated its willingness to “trample on the rights of its citizens.”
No EU plans to put Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on terror list
AFP: The European Union has no immediate plans to follow the US lead and classify Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard a “terrorist” group, diplomatic sources said Thursday.
Man hanged in public in northern Iran town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 16 A man was hanged in public in the northern Iranian province of Gilan on Thursday, state media reported.
Man hanged in public in northern Iran town
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 16 A man was hanged in public in the northern Iranian province of Gilan on Thursday, state media reported.
Iran arrests 2 Chinese on charges of spying
New York Times: Iran has arrested two Chinese citizens on charges of spying for taking pictures of a military complex in the central city of Arak, where Iran is building a nuclear reactor, the judiciary spokesman said Wednesday.
Iran Guards brush off U.S. threat: report
Reuters: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards will grow in strength despite U.S. efforts to isolate the force, a Guards official said in remarks published on Thursday after Washington’s threat to brand it a “terrorist” group.
