Iran Focus: London, Apr. 20 United States President George W. Bush accused Iran on Thursday of transferring arms to outlawed militias inside neighbouring Iraq. He described the Islamic Republic as a serious problem.
Bush: Iran transferring arms to militias in Iraq
Bush: Iran transferring arms to militias in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 20 United States President George W. Bush accused Iran on Thursday of transferring arms to outlawed militias inside neighbouring Iraq. He described the Islamic Republic as a serious problem.
McCain sings “bombs” to Iran
Reuters: Republican 2008 presidential hopeful John McCain crooned the words “Bomb Iran” to a Beach Boys’ tune in joking response to a question about any possible U.S. attack over Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons program.
Iran dam said to threaten ancient sites
AP: Iranian engineers began filling a new dam Thursday as archaeologists warned that its reservoir will flood newly discovered antiquities and could damage Iran’s grandest site, the ancient Persian capital of Persepolis.
Iranian court overturns death sentence
AP: Iran’s Supreme Court has overturned a death sentence against a hard-line Islamic vigilante for murdering a couple for immoral behavior in southeastern Iran, one of the victims’ lawyers said Thursday.
Iran denies US claims on weapons in Afghanistan
AFP: Iran on Thursday vehemently denied claims by a top US general that Iran has sent mortars and explosives to Afghanistan destined for the Taliban, Iranian media reported.
NATO highlights Iran threat in missile message to Russia
AFP: The 26 NATO allies said Thursday that Europe faces a potential missile threat from Iran as they sought to reassure Russia that a planned US missile shield was not a threat to Moscow.
Iran tells U.S. it has no details on ex-FBI agent
Reuters: Tehran has told the United States it has no idea of the whereabouts of a former FBI agent who went missing in Iran last month, the State Department said on Thursday.
US general says Iran backs Iraqi Shi’ites and Sunnis
Reuters: Iranian intelligence forces are supporting Sunni insurgents in Iraq, in addition to Shi’ites, to destabilize the country and tie U.S. forces down, a U.S. general said on Thursday.
US doubts Iran enriching uranium in expanded nuclear site
AFP: US experts doubt that Iran has begun enriching uranium in a recently built line of some 1,300 centrifuges, believing the expanded operation is still at the testing stage, a senior US official said Thursday.
