Reuters: Iran has stayed the execution of a teenage boy convicted of murder for 10 days, Iran’s Students News Agency ISNA quoted his lawyer as saying on Wednesday.
Iran stays hanging of convicted teenager – report
Irans Ahmadinejad to go to Syria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 18 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make a state visit to Syria to meet and hold talks with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, state media reported.
Iranian militants demand return of British diplomatic compound
The Guardian: Britain’s tense relations with Iran are likely to be further strained next week by an officially linked campaign demanding the handover of the British embassy residence compound in Tehran.
U.S. ‘outraged’ at Iran for parading American citizens on TV
Bloomberg: The U.S. State Department said it’s “outraged” at the treatment of four American citizens detained in Iran, after two of them were shown on state television allegedly confessing to espionage charges.
U.S., Iran to hold more talks on Iraq’s future
Washington Post: The United States and Iran will hold a second round of critical talks on the future of Iraq in the next 10 days, possibly as early as Saturday, according to U.S. and Middle Eastern officials. The initiative comes despite mounting tensions between the two nations on such issues as Iran’s nuclear program and the fate of imprisoned Americans in Tehran.
U.S. says Iran knows its weapons reaching Taliban
Reuters: Iranian arms are entering Afghanistan and reaching Taliban insurgents in such quality and quantity that the Tehran government must know about it, the U.S. ambassador to Kabul said on Tuesday.
Iraq says new round of Iran-U.S. talks soon
Reuters: Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks about Iraq’s security shortly, to follow up a landmark meeting held in May, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Tuesday.
Irans terror war against the U.S. in Iraq
FOX News: Irans broad and destructive activities in Iraq are bringing renewed attention to the Iranian regimes longstanding role as the worlds leading state sponsor of terrorism.
US criticizes Turkey-Iran gas deal
AFP: The United States on Monday spoke out against a preliminary agreement between Turkey and its eastern neighbour Iran to carry natural gas from Iran and Turkmenistan to Europe, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Coalition arrests insurgent in Najaf for supplying Iranian arms
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 16 Coalition forces in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf detained an insurgent who they believe to be linked to the supply of Iranian-make roadside bombs to the outlawed Jaysh al-Mahdi or the Mahdi Army, headed by firebrand Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
