AP: A judge Monday ordered three men extradited to the U.S. to face charges in an alleged plot to attack New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, and a confidential U.S. document said they planned to seek help from Iran.
3 to be extradited in alleged JFK plot
Iran shuts leading reformist paper
AP: Iran’s leading reformist newspaper was shut down Monday for the second time in a year after publishing an interview with a poet who called for greater gender equality, authorities said.
Bush challenges Karzai on Iran
AFP: US President George W. Bush challenged Monday his ally Afghanistan President Hamid Karzi’s contention that Iran played a positive role in his country, maintaining that Tehran was “not a force for good.”
Bush calls Iranian leadership “big disappointment”
Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday called Iran’s leadership a “big disappointment” for the Iranian people and said Tehran continues to defy the international community over its nuclear ambitions.
More ministers pull out of crumbling Iraq cabinet
Reuters: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s unity government plunged deeper into crisis on Monday when four secularist ministers withdrew from cabinet meetings, less than a week after the main Sunni Arab bloc quit.
In Brief: Irans Ahmadinejad visits Algeria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 06 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Algiers on Monday on a state visit to Algeria, state media reported.
In Brief: Irans Ahmadinejad visits Algeria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 06 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Algiers on Monday on a state visit to Algeria, state media reported.
Iran hangs three men
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 06 Iranian authorities hanged three men in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan on Monday, state media reported.
Iran hangs three men
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 06 Iranian authorities hanged three men in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan on Monday, state media reported.
Nicaragua defies US with Iran trade deal
The Guardian: Nicaragua has signed contracts with Iran worth hundreds of millions of pounds in defiance of warnings from the United States.
