Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 21 – Iranian authorities reported on Saturday that 11 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) had been killed during clashes with rebels in south-eastern Iran.
11 Revolutionary Guards killed in clashes in south-east Iran
Iraq army detains 46 near Iran
AP: Iraqi troops have detained 46 suspected militants and killed five others in a new operation in eastern Diyala, the army said Saturday, while a U.S. soldier was reported killed in an explosion in the volatile province.
Odierno: Quick change unwise for Iraq
AP: Any change of military strategy in Iraq should be done slowly and deliberately or U.S. troops and the Iraqi population will be put in danger, a top U.S. commander said Thursday.
Petrodollars to flow into US Treasuries despite Iran
Reuters: Iran’s decision to switch some dollar-based oil revenues to the Japanese yen was negative for U.S. government bond market sentiment, but would not make a dent on the flow of petrodollars into Treasuries.
Iran cleric says detainees’ interview exposed US plot
AFP: A top Iranian cleric said on Friday that televised interviews of jailed US-Iranian academics Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh had exposed a US plot to topple the Islamic republic.
Coalition captures high-value terrorist tied to Iran military
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 20 – Coalition Forces captured a suspected terrorist with “close ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)” in a raid on Thursday in Kharnabat near the Iraqi town of Baqubah, the U.S. military said on Friday.
Coalition captures high-value terrorist tied to Iran military
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 20 – Coalition Forces captured a suspected terrorist with “close ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)” in a raid on Thursday in Kharnabat near the Iraqi town of Baqubah, the U.S. military said on Friday.
More Iran sanctions not before September: diplomats
Reuters: Western powers have quietly put off efforts to toughen United Nations sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program until September in hopes of improved cooperation with U.N. inspectors, European diplomats say.
Man hanged in public in south-east Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 20 – A man was hanged in public in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan, state media reported.
Man hanged in public in south-east Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 20 – A man was hanged in public in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan, state media reported.
