AP: A news agency in Iran is reporting that a car crash involving Afghan migrants has killed 14 people. The semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Sunday that the crash between two cars happened late Saturday night on the outskirts of the town of Darab in southern Iran. The agency identified 13 of the dead as Afghan migrants who illegally crossed the border into Iran, as well as an Iranian driver of one of the cars.
Iran car crash kills 14, including Afghans
The struggle for human rights: remembering camp Ashraf
Christian Post: The worldwide struggle for freedom and democracy faces enormous challenges today. Despite the promise of the United States government to support that struggle wherever it can, the Obama administration is not standing tall on the world stage. The American Legacy, as a shining beacon for oppressed peoples everywhere in their time of darkness, is being abandoned.
At least 16,000 systems controlled by Iran outside of its borders
The Guardian: When Israel stepped up Operation Protective Edge in Gaza in July, a crew of hackers going under the name of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters readied their attack tools to show support for their Palestinian brothers. They attempted to flood a core piece of Israel’s internet infrastructure, the Domain Name System that acts as the web’s phone book for the country.
Iran president condemns US sanctions ‘invasion’
AP: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called Western sanctions an “invasion” on Saturday after Washington imposed penalties on 25 businesses, banks and individuals. “Sanctions are an invasion of the Iranian nation. We should resist the invasion and put the invaders in their place,” Rouhani told officials in remarks broadcast by state TV. “We should not allow the continuation and repetition of the invasion.”
Satellite firms’ return to Iran poses risks
Wall Street Journal: Satellite companies Intelsat and Eutelsat Communications are trying to win back business with Iran’s state-run broadcaster, after U.S. authorities allowed the companies to re-enter the country, WSJ reported. But human rights groups say Iran’s broadcaster still televises forced confessions, creating a risk to the reputations of firms that beam the broadcasts.
U.S. Adds penalties amid resistance by Iran to inspection of nuclear work
New York Times: Amid signs that Iran’s military is resisting efforts to open its nuclear program to deeper inspection, the Obama administration on Friday imposed sanctions on several Iranian organizations, including one run by the reclusive scientist who is widely believed to direct research on building nuclear weapons.
Iran’s forgotten Crime Against Humanity
Townhall: With all of the back and forth between Congress and the White House on the Iranian nuclear deal, it is critically important for all involved in the debate – and all Americans – to remember with whom we are dealing when making deals with the Iranian regime. August marks anniversary of the massacre of tens of thousands of political prisoners by the Iranian regime in 1988.
Iraq’s new leader must heal sectarian divides
Chicago Tribune: The coming days and months are critical. Only an assertive U.S. stance that calls for an inclusive and independent Iraqi government can stop the cycle of sectarian bloodshed. With the introduction of a new prime minister-designate, Haider al-Abadi, Washington has an opportunity to ensure that all of Iraq’s diverse political voices are embodied in a democratic political order.
Deadline passed, no sign of breakthrough in Iran nuclear probe
Reuters: Iran may have failed to meet a deadline for addressing U.N. concerns about suspected nuclear bomb research, but it could still act to influence a key report due next week, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday. The sources said they had seen no indications so far that Tehran had replied in substance to questions from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by the agreed Aug. 25 date.
Iran chemical sales still restricted by sanctions, official says
Bloomberg: Iran’s petrochemical exports are still hampered by western sanctions even as an embargo on sales of the products are suspended during negotiations with global powers to limit the country’s nuclear program, an official said. Transferring payments for sales and securing insurance for exports remain the biggest hindrances for petrochemical producers.
