Reuters: A senior Iraqi-Kurdish official accused Iranian forces on Thursday of shelling Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq.
Kurdish official says Iran shells Kurds in Iraq
US accuses Iran over North Korean missile tests
Reuters: Iran accused the United States on Thursday of trying to obstruct talks to end a standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme, while Washington said its fears had risen because Iranians had witnessed North Korean missile tests.
Iran: Suicide bombers joined Hezbollah in Lebanon, militant says
AKI: A spokesman for an Iranian militant group which claims to have 55,000 would-be suicide bombers among its members said on Thursday that 27 of its men have joined Hezbollah militias in Lebanon to fight against Israel.
Russia backs UN deadline on Iran: Lavrov
Reuters: Russia is prepared to back a United Nations resolution giving Iran a deadline to respond to a package of incentives on its nuclear program, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Thursday.
Iran sticks by nuclear plans despite U.N. pressure
Reuters: Iran on Thursday once again rejected international calls for it to scrap nuclear fuel production and accused the United States of trying to obstruct a diplomatic solution to its atomic dispute with the West.
Global sanctions on Tehran sought
Washington Times: Former senior U.S. and Israeli officials called yesterday for the United States to rally the international community to impose sanctions on Iran and push Arab allies to work against Hezbollah and Hamas.
Young Iranians find outlet in Internet
Washington Times: Young Iranians are turning increasingly to the Internet to voice their dissatisfaction with a hard-line regime that has placed nuclear development and confrontation with the West ahead of economic growth and jobs, according to a new analysis.
Moscow inches toward Iran sanctions
UPI: Russia will consider economic sanctions against Iran if Iran continues to rebuff U.N. agency requests on its nuclear program, Russia’s foreign minister says.
Iran pressures Iraq officials to crack down on opposition group
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 19 Iranian authorities have put pressure on Iraqi officials to crack down on the main Iranian opposition group, the Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), dissidents said in a statement faxed to Iran Focus.
Iran pressures Iraq officials to crack down on opposition group
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 19 Iranian authorities have put pressure on Iraqi officials to crack down on the main Iranian opposition group, the Peoples Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), dissidents said in a statement faxed to Iran Focus.
