Washington Post: Arab nations in the Persian Gulf are snapping up new U.S. arms offers partly out of fear that U.S. military installations on their territory would make them targets in any American war with Iran, regional experts said.
Gulf states buy arms with wary eye on Iran
Britain names U.N. official as Middle East envoy
Reuters: Britain appointed U.N. official Michael Williams as its Middle East envoy on Friday, putting an experienced hand in charge of an area that is a foreign policy priority for new Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Iran pledges Senegal investment
BBC: Iran has agreed to build an oil refinery and petrochemicals plant in Senegal, according to a government statement issued in Dakar.
Iran-U.S. to hold expert level talks on Iraq: envoy
Reuters: Iran, the United States and Iraq will hold expert level talks next week to define the work of a security committee they agreed to set up in July to help restore security in Iraq, an Iranian news agency reported on Friday.
Iranian president to visit gas-rich Turkmenistan
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is set to visit the gas-rich Central Asian state of Turkmenistan on August 14 for a two-day visit, the official Neitralny Turkmenistan newspaper reported Friday.
Iran ‘not worried’ by US arms sales
AFP: Iran is not worried by US arms sales in the Middle East, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reported as saying by the ISNA news agency on Friday.
EU calls on Iran to stay execution of journalists
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 03 The European Union called on Iran on Friday to stay the execution of two Kurdish journalists accused of having ties to armed groups.
EU calls on Iran to stay execution of journalists
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 03 The European Union called on Iran on Friday to stay the execution of two Kurdish journalists accused of having ties to armed groups.
Arming Iran’s enemies
TIME: Twenty billion dollars in new U.S. arms shipments for Saudi Arabia and neighboring gulf states like Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the U.A.E. Another $13 billion in weaponry for Egypt. And Israel, ever mindful of maintaining an edge over its Arab neighbors, could get $30 billion worth of new U.S. equipment.
Pentagon sold plane parts sought by Iran: report
Reuters: The Pentagon has mistakenly sold the public about 1,400 aircraft parts that Iran is known to be seeking for its aging fleet of U.S. F-14 “Tomcat” fighter planes, according to a government report.
