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Iran’s Ahmadinejad says Israel turned on key to own destruction

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 27 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Israel turned on the key to its own destruction by launching an attack on Lebanon, the official news agency reported on Friday.

Hezbollah leader said to be hiding in Iranian Embassy

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Washington Times: Intelligence reports indicate the leader of Hezbollah is hiding in a foreign mission in Beirut, possibly the Iranian Embassy, according to U.S. and Israeli officials.

Lebanon: a pawn in Iran’s power play

Christian Science Monitor: Lebanon is a struggle within a struggle. Most immediately, Hizbullah’s abduction of two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid on July 12 has triggered a huge Israeli response, so far short of a full-scale ground invasion.

US sanctions two India firms for transfers to Iran

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Reuters: The Bush administration has decided to impose sanctions on two Indian firms for missile-related transactions with Iran, U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday.

Key UN members said to reach informal deal on Iran

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Reuters: Key U.N. Security Council members agreed informally on Thursday on a resolution demanding Iran suspend nuclear enrichment and reprocessing work and threatening to consider sanctions if it refuses, diplomats said.

Mideast, North Korea, Iran top ASEAN talks

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Reuters: Asia’s main security forum attended by 25 top policymakers from around the world homed in on Friday on the Middle East war and the nuclear programs of North Korea and Iran.

Amnesty: Iran to stone woman to death by end of month

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Iran Focus: London, Jul. 27 – A young woman is at imminent risk of execution by stoning for adultery, according to the international human rights group Amnesty International.

Amnesty: Iran to stone woman to death by end of month

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 27 – A young woman is at imminent risk of execution by stoning for adultery, according to the international human rights group Amnesty International.

Student in restive Iran city gets 10 years behind bars

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 27 – A student from the restive Iranian city of Ahwaz has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to the state-run news agency ILNA.

Student in restive Iran city gets 10 years behind bars

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 27 – A student from the restive Iranian city of Ahwaz has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to the state-run news agency ILNA.