MSNBC: It comes as no surprise that Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force, the elite special operations unit, was involved in the January attack in Karbala that killed five American soldiers.
Two decades later its still about Iran
Mideast has an old Cold War look
Los Angeles Times: In the Gaza Strip, Islamists aided by Iran finish off forces loyal to Washington’s ally, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Iranian banks feel the heat
Daily Telegraph: It has been a long time coming, but unmistakable cracks are beginning to appear in the edifice of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s autocratic regime.
Iran’s proxy war
Wall Street Journal: Earlier this week, the U.S. military made public new and disturbing information about the proxy war that Iran is waging against American soldiers and our allies in Iraq.
Iranian official says ready for more U.S. talks
Reuters: Iran would be available to hold further talks with the United States over the issue of Iraq, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday during a visit to South Africa.
Iran nuclear plant will not open before 2008: Russia
AFP: Iran’s first nuclear power plant, which Russia is building in the town of Bushehr, will not be completed before 2008, Russia’s top nuclear official said Wednesday.
Iran detains three journalists rights group
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 05 – An international media rights group said that three journalists had been detained by Iranian authorities, one of them as recently as this week.
Iraqi PM to visit Iran – report
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 05 – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Iran in the coming weeks, Iranian state media reported.
Iran detains three journalists rights group
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 05 – An international media rights group said that three journalists had been detained by Iranian authorities, one of them as recently as this week.
Iraqi PM to visit Iran – report
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 05 – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Iran in the coming weeks, Iranian state media reported.
