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Iran military commander wants U.S. to withdraw from region

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 06 – The Supreme Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said that the Persian Gulf would become secure once United States-led forces left the region.

US: Iran may face sanctions after two UN warnings

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Reuters: The U.N. Security Council could give Iran only two chances to curb its nuclear programs before imposing sanctions, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. said on Thursday, while acknowledging winning support for that strategy would be difficult.

Iran-US talks on Iraq likely next week: report

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AFP: Talks between Iran and the United States on the situation in Iraq will probably take place in Baghdad next week, the state news agency IRNA quoted an unnamed official as saying Thursday.

Iran to use advance weapons in near future – military chief

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 06 – Iran will soon add modern and advanced weapons to its military arsenal, Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar told reporters on the final day of naval war-games in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).

Iran to use advance weapons in near future – military chief

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 06 – Iran will soon add modern and advanced weapons to its military arsenal, Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar told reporters on the final day of naval war-games in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).

Ten killed in Iraq holy city car bombing

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AFP: At least 10 people were killed, including four women, and 42 wounded when a car bomb blew up Thursday near a cemetery in Iraq’s holiest Shiite city of Najaf, medics and security officials said.

40,000 Sunnis killed in Iraq during al-Jaafari’s tenure – report

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Iran Focus: London, Apr. 06 – A prominent Iraqi Sunni politician said that some 40,000 Iraqi Sunni Muslims had been killed in sectarian fighting in Iraq since Ibrahim Jaafari took office as Prime Minister.

40,000 Sunnis killed in Iraq during al-Jaafari’s tenure – report

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Iran Focus: London, Apr. 06 – A prominent Iraqi Sunni politician said that some 40,000 Iraqi Sunni Muslims had been killed in sectarian fighting in Iraq since Ibrahim Jaafari took office as Prime Minister.

European states reject Iran’s envoys

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 06 – A number of officials appointed by the government of hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the posts of Iran’s ambassadors to European countries have been rejected by the host countries, a state-run daily reported on Wednesday.

European states reject Iran’s envoys

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 06 – A number of officials appointed by the government of hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the posts of Iran’s ambassadors to European countries have been rejected by the host countries, a state-run daily reported on Wednesday.