AFP : An Iranian man convicted of murdering his wife was hanged in the northern town of Sari, an Iranian newspaper reported on Saturday.
Man hanged in Iran
Blair doing lasting damage to UK, says Iranian leader
The Guardian : President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has urged British voters to throw Tony Blair’s government out of office to prevent Britain being drawn into new foreign policy “disasters” in the Middle East.
Romanians accuse Iran over rig
AME Info : Romanian drilling company Grup Servicii Petroliere is threatening to take the Petro Iran Development Company to the International Court of Justice at The Hague in order to retrieve an oil rig which it claims has been seized in an act of piracy, reported Gulf News.
Turkey-Iran:Gas pipeline talks suspended
Alarab online : Turkey and Iran on Friday broke off talks on the construction of a gas pipeline linking Iranian gas fields to Europe.
Iran mortars Kurd camp in north Iraq, official says
Reuters: An Iraqi Kurdish official accused Iranian forces on Friday of firing a prolonged barrage of mortar shells at a camp of Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq, killing two civilians and wounding three others.
Iran to send nuclear delegation to Russia report
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 18 Iran will send a senior delegation to Russia next week to hold talks with Russian officials on nuclear cooperation by the two states, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported on Friday.
Iran to send nuclear delegation to Russia report
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 18 Iran will send a senior delegation to Russia next week to hold talks with Russian officials on nuclear cooperation by the two states, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported on Friday.
Top Iranian cleric warns US over nuclear standoff
AFP: Top Iranian cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani warned the United States Friday not to seek confrontation with Tehran over its nuclear program and to learn from the war in Lebanon.
Oil picks up on Iran after slump on high US stocks
Reuters: Oil rebounded on Friday as worries over Iran’s nuclear row with the West resurfaced, after prices slumped to the lowest level in nearly two months on healthy fuel stocks in top consumer the United States.
Bus crash leaves 17 Iranians dead in Turkey
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 18 – At least 17 Iranians were killed and 26 others injured on Friday when their bus collided with a truck in eastern Turkey, the official news agency IRNA reported.
