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.
More ministers pull out of crumbling Iraq cabinet
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.
IAEA team arrives in Iran for talks
AP: A delegation from the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog arrived in Tehran on Monday to discuss future inspections of Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
U.S., Iran hold “frank” Iraq security meeting
Reuters: The United States and Iran held a “frank and serious” first meeting on Monday of a new committee set up by the arch foes to seek an end Iraq’s sectarian violence.
Iranian morals police arrest 230 in raid on ‘satanist’ rave
The Guardian: Iran’s drive to enforce Islamic morals netted revellers from Britain and Sweden after police swooped on a “satanic” concert organised over the internet.
No. 2 U.S. cmdr says rogue Shiite militias attacking Americans more under Iranian influence
AP: Rogue Shiite militia fighters said to be armed and trained by Iran were responsible for nearly three-quarters of attacks that killed or wounded Americans in Baghdad last month, the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq said Sunday.
