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.
Iran sentences man to jail, lashes for attending major demo
In Irans streets, aid for an ally stirs resentment and anxieties
New York Times: There is a huge amount of anger here about what is happening in Lebanon, but it is not all the result of Israeli bombs, missiles and artillery.
Russia now opposes key parts of Iran draft
AP: Russia is unexpectedly opposing key parts of a U.S.-backed Security Council draft resolution on Iran’s nuclear program, threatening international unity on how to handle Tehran’s defiance, U.N. diplomats said Saturday.
Rice to seek pressure on Iran, Syria: Bush
AFP: US President George W. Bush said Saturday that one of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s chief goals on her upcoming Middle East trip would be to try to isolate Iran and Syria.
U.S. speeds up bomb delivery for the Israelis
New York Times: The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, American officials said Friday.
Blair to visit White House to discuss Middle East, Iran, Iraq
Bloomberg: President George W. Bush and his closest ally, U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, will meet in Washington next week to discuss the crisis in the Middle East, the Iraq war and Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the White House announced.
Merkel strongly rejects Iranian leader’s letter
Reuters: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday forcefully rejected a letter from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seeking cooperation with Germany, saying it did not even deserve an answer.
Iran: Giving up uranium enrichment is tantamount to defeat
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 21 Iran said on Friday that accepting the Wests demand that it freeze uranium enrichment was tantamount to accepting surrender.
Iran: Giving up uranium enrichment is tantamount to defeat
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 21 Iran said on Friday that accepting the Wests demand that it freeze uranium enrichment was tantamount to accepting surrender.
Behind Hizballah’s war machine
TIME: Last Friday there was no real reason to believe that an Israeli warship plying the Mediterranean to enforce the Israeli Defense Force’s naval blockade of Lebanon was in danger. Hizballah may have been busy shooting rockets primarily 122mm Kaytushas with an estimated range of 12 to 17 miles at towns in northern Israel, but Israel’s intelligence agencies had no indication that the militant Shi’ite group had anything in its arsenal that could hit a ship at sea. That all changed when an Iranian-supplied C802 missile slammed into the deck and killed four soldiers.
