Washington Post: The Bush administration will announce next week a series of arms deals worth at least $20 billion to Saudi Arabia and five other oil-rich Persian Gulf states as well as new 10-year military aid packages to Israel and Egypt, a move to shore up allies in the Middle East and counter Iran’s rising influence, U.S. officials said yesterday.
U.S. plans new arms sales to Gulf allies
Iran-arms importers captured in Iraq
Washington Times: Four terrorists linked to an Iranian smuggling operation responsible for targeting coalition forces with powerful bombs were captured yesterday in Iraq, according to Defense Department officials.
China-Iran trade surge vexes U.S.
Wall Street Journal: The U.S. government says a handful of Chinese companies have ramped up shipments of sensitive military technologies to Iran, part of a surge in China-Iran trade that is complicating efforts to apply pressure on Tehran to rein in its nuclear program.
Coalition nets 4 terrorists smuggling EFPs from Iran to Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 27 – Coalition Forces captured four suspected Special Groups terrorists affiliated with the Iranian lethal aide network in a pre-dawn raid on Friday in the Iraqi village of Qasarin, Diyala Province, the U.S. military said.
Coalition nets 4 terrorists smuggling EFPs from Iran to Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 27 – Coalition Forces captured four suspected Special Groups terrorists affiliated with the Iranian lethal aide network in a pre-dawn raid on Friday in the Iraqi village of Qasarin, Diyala Province, the U.S. military said.
Families claim Iranian student activists were tortured in prison
The Guardian: Fears that Iran is systematically mistreating political prisoners and dissidents have been further fuelled after the parents of three detained student activists claimed their sons had been tortured.
Iranian minister says sanctions are ineffective
Reuters: More U.S. or international sanctions will not persuade Iran to back down on its nuclear program and could lead to “confrontation” with the West, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in an interview published on Thursday.
Shell says economics, not politics, delay Iran deal
Reuters: The chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell Plc said rising industry costs and negotiation on deal terms had delayed a planned multi-billion dollar investment in Iran, rather than the threat of sanctions. “It is primarily project reasons … are the reasons for delay,” Jeroen van der Veer told a conference call with reporters.
Iran hangs man in public
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 26 Iranian authorities hanged a man in public in the northern province of Mazandaran on Thursday, state media reported.
Iran hangs man in public
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 26 Iranian authorities hanged a man in public in the northern province of Mazandaran on Thursday, state media reported.
