Reuters: Saudi Arabia is expanding its military arsenal to counter what it sees as Iran’s growing influence in a region convulsed by violence.
ANALYSIS-Saudi military spending rising to meet Iran threat
Suicide armies launched
The Sun: Teams of Iranian suicide bombers were heading for Lebanons war zone last night in a terrifying bid to spark meltdown in the Middle East.
Iran leader’s warning to Israel
BBC News: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned Israel that it has “pushed the button of its own destruction” because of its actions in Lebanon.
Iran guarded on quitting NPT over atomic pressure
Reuters: Iran responded cautiously on Sunday to suggestions it would follow North Korea out of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if the U.N. Security Council passed a tough resolution against its atomic work.
Iran asks Switzerland to host nuclear meeting – paper
Reuters: Iran has asked Switzerland to organise an international conference to resolve its stand-off with the West over its nuclear programme, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday.
Teheran must be dealt with too
Sunday Telegraph – Leaders: The Iranian Hydra has many heads. The ayatollahs sponsor militias and political movements across the Muslim world and beyond. Hezbollah is, in reality, the Lebanese branch of the Islamic Revolution. Lop off that head and another will grow in its place. It is in Teheran that the monster’s heart beats.
U.S. plan seeks to wedge Syria from Iran
New York Times: As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to Israel on Sunday, Bush administration officials say they recognize Syria is central to any plans to resolve the crisis in the Middle East, and they are seeking ways to peel Syria away from its alliance of convenience with Iran.
Girl, 19, to hang in Iran
Sunday Mirror: A girl of 19 faces being hanged in Iran for a crime she didn’t commit.
Hanged from a crane aged 16
Sunday Mirror: It was exactly 6am and the start of another blisteringly hot summer day when 16-year-old Atefeh Rajabi was dragged from her prison cell and taken to be executed.
Iran sentences man to jail, lashes for attending major demo
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 22 Irans judiciary has sentence a man to 50 lashes and six months in prison for taking part in a massive anti-government rally in the north-western city of Tabriz earlier this year.
