Iran Focus: London, Dec. 13 Several hundred British lawmakers called Tuesday on the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair to abandon engagement with Irans religious leaders and remove the main Iranian opposition group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK), from the United Kingdoms proscribed organisations list.
British lawmakers announce support for Iran opposition group
Ex-general says Iranian led torture of detainees
Washington Times: An Iraqi general formerly in charge of special Interior Ministry forces said yesterday that a senior Iranian intelligence officer was in charge of a network of detention centers where suspected insurgents were routinely tortured and sometimes killed.
Irans Supreme Leader urges Jihad in Middle East
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 13 Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed on Tuesday the United States-backed roadmap to peace in the Middle East and called for resistance against the state of Israel as the only path to liberation in the troubled region, state television reported.
Irans Supreme Leader urges Jihad in Middle East
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 13 Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed on Tuesday the United States-backed roadmap to peace in the Middle East and called for resistance against the state of Israel as the only path to liberation in the troubled region, state television reported.
Rafsanjani defends Iran Presidents anti-Israel stance
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 13 Irans former president and strongman Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani joined other senior officials of the Islamic Republic on Monday in defending remarks by the countrys hard-line President against the state of Israel.
Rafsanjani defends Iran Presidents anti-Israel stance
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 13 Irans former president and strongman Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani joined other senior officials of the Islamic Republic on Monday in defending remarks by the countrys hard-line President against the state of Israel.
Iraqi group blames mortar attack on offices on Iran
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 13 An Iraqi group, whose offices in the town of Diwaniya underwent a mortar attack, in a statement blamed Iran for being behind the operation.
Iraqi group blames mortar attack on offices on Iran
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 13 An Iraqi group, whose offices in the town of Diwaniya underwent a mortar attack, in a statement blamed Iran for being behind the operation.
Iran gaining influence, power in Iraq through militia
Knight Ridder Newspapers: The Iranian-backed militia the Badr Organization has taken over many of the Iraqi Interior Ministry’s intelligence activities and infiltrated its elite commando units, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
State Dept. rules out guarantee on Iran
AP: The Bush administration is ruling out a guarantee not to attack Iran to induce it to halt development of nuclear weapons.
