AP: The Shiite alliance nominated a tough-talking Shiite politician, Jawad al-Maliki, as prime minister Friday in a move that breaks the long impasse over forming a new government aimed at pulling Iraq out of its sectarian strife.
Shiite alliance agrees on nominee for PM
U.S. says Russia must freeze arms deals with Iran
Reuters: Russia must stop any arms deals with Iran and other nations must bar the sale of dual-use technologies to Tehran to put pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
Iran shells Kurd positions in Iraq-Kurd official
Reuters: Iranian forces shelled Iranian Kurdish guerrilla positions inside mountainous northern Iraq early Friday morning to repel an attack, an Iraqi Kurdish official said.
Euro-MPs voice strong backing for Iran opposition
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 21 More than a dozen European lawmakers urged the European Union on Wednesday to cut all ties with Irans hard-line government and actively support the opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran.
Euro-MPs voice strong backing for Iran opposition
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 21 More than a dozen European lawmakers urged the European Union on Wednesday to cut all ties with Irans hard-line government and actively support the opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran.
Russia toughens opposition to UN sanctions on Iran
Reuters: Hardening its opposition to sanctions against Iran, Russia said on Friday only proof that the Islamic Republic was seeking atom bombs could justify consideration of such measures by the U.N. Security Council.
Iran president says oil prices “very good”: report
Reuters: Iran’s president said on Friday the rise in oil price was “very good,” Iran’s Mehr News Agency reported, emphasizing the hawkish position of the world’s fourth largest oil exporter as crude prices have hit record levels.
Iraq’s Shi’ite bloc to vote on PM Jaafari
Reuters: Iraq’s Shi’ite Alliance said on Thursday it would hold a new internal vote to name a prime minister, raising the possibility that Ibrahim al-Jaafari would be removed to end a months-long impasse over a unity government.
Young man flogged 74 times in public in Iran for drinking
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 20 An Iranian man was flogged in public in the city of Karaj, north-west of Tehran, for drinking alcohol, a state-run daily reported on Thursday.
Young man flogged 74 times in public in Iran for drinking
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 20 An Iranian man was flogged in public in the city of Karaj, north-west of Tehran, for drinking alcohol, a state-run daily reported on Thursday.
