BBC News: Israel says it will launch a “diplomatic offensive” following calls by the president of Iran for the Jewish state to
be obliterated.
Israel cranks up pressure on Iran
A president’s hate speech
Washington Post – Editorial: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used words Wednesday that have not been heard from a senior Iranian official in some time. “Israel,” he declared, “must be wiped off the map.” What’s more, “anyone who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation’s fury.”
Blair hails UN chief’s Iran rebuke
Press Association: Prime Minister Tony Blair has applauded United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan for rebuking Iran over its president’s call to “wipe Israel off the map”.
Thousands demonstrate in volatile Kurdish town in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 26 Thousands of people demonstrated Tuesday afternoon in the Kurdish city of Mahabad, northwest Iran, against an execution sentence handed down to a young Kurdish activist.
Thousands demonstrate in volatile Kurdish town in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 26 Thousands of people demonstrated Tuesday afternoon in the Kurdish city of Mahabad, northwest Iran, against an execution sentence handed down to a young Kurdish activist.
Irans Supreme Court gives go-ahead for execution of woman
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 26 – Irans State Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against a 35-year-old woman, the Iran daily reported on Wednesday.
Irans Supreme Court gives go-ahead for execution of woman
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 26 – Irans State Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against a 35-year-old woman, the Iran daily reported on Wednesday.
Iran’s leader says Jewish state ‘should be wiped from map’
The Independent: Iran’s hardline President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has stirred up a diplomatic storm and risked further isolating his country by saying that Israel should be “wiped off the map”.
U.S.: Syria, Iran play ‘unhelpful roles’
AP: The top American diplomat in Iraq said Wednesday that the insurgency there remains formidable and will take longer to defeat if neighboring countries such as Syria and Iran continue to play “unhelpful roles.”
Iran: Revolutionary Guard backs president over Israel
AKI: In a gesture of support for Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Islamic Revolutionary guards on Thursday joined his recent and controversial call for Israel to be “wiped off the map”. “If this cancer (Israel) is not removed from the Islamic world, Muslims will sustain immense harm,” said their spokesman, Seyyed Massoud Jazayeri.
