Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 16 Iranian forces have shot down an unmanned United States spy plane, a government-run news agency quoted an Iranian Majlis (Parliament) deputy as saying on Tuesday.
Iran downs U.S. spy plane report
Iran downs U.S. spy plane report
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 16 Iranian forces have shot down an unmanned United States spy plane, a government-run news agency quoted an Iranian Majlis (Parliament) deputy as saying on Tuesday.
Iran ‘taking control of Basra by stealth’
Daily Telegraph: Iranian intelligence is preparing for complete dominance of southern Iraq when the British withdraw by penetrating Basra’s security network and political parties, it can be revealed.
Tehran largest donor in £500m Muslim pledges to Palestinians
The Guardian: Iran has become the single biggest donor to the Palestinian Authority, replacing the European Union, according to a senior official in the Hamas government.
Iran clears teenage woman sentenced to death
AFP: An Iranian court has cleared of murder charges a 19-year-old woman who was originally sentenced to death for killing a man she said tried to rape her, the press reported Monday.
Ahmadinejad under fire at home for LatAm trip
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s latest tour of Latin America came under fire Tuesday from a moderate newspaper and some MPs who charged it was badly-timed.
AP: Iran gets army gear in Pentagon sale
AP: The U.S. military has sold forbidden equipment at least a half-dozen times to middlemen for countries – including Iran and China – who exploited security flaws in the Defense Department’s surplus auctions. The sales include fighter jet parts and missile components.
The threat from Iran
Daily Telgraph – Leaders: It has been clear for many months that Iran has been actively involved in the Iraqi insurgency: by supplying arms and manpower to the militias who target American and British forces, and inciting sectarian violence, it has helped to maintain the state of chaotic instability which has persisted in spite of all attempts to bring order to the country. But as our report today makes clear, Iran is also engaged in a more sophisticated programme of political infiltration in Basra.
Defense Secretary, in Afghan capital, scolds Iran
New York Times: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Monday that Iran was acting in a very negative way in the Middle East and that the United States was building up its forces to demonstrate its resolve to remain in the Persian Gulf.
Iran denies urging Saudi to mediate with U.S.
Reuters: Iran has denied it asked Saudi Arabia to ease tension with Washington over a disputed nuclear programme and Iraq but analysts said on Tuesday Tehran may be trying to prevent U.S.-allied Arab states lining up against it.
