AP: Iranian media reports say hackers have shut down the Web sites of several hundred Shiite clerics and seminary schools.
Hackers shut down Iranian clerics’ Web sites
U.S. files charges on Iran exports
Wall Street Journal: Federal prosecutors on Wednesday unsealed charges against alleged members of a global network procuring potentially sensitive electronic components for Iran — including some, they said, that were used to make deadly roadside bombs used against U.S. troops in Iraq.
Material was sent to Iran for bombs, indictment alleges
Washington Post: A federal grand jury in Miami has indicted 16 foreign individuals and companies in a broad conspiracy to send restricted dual-purpose U.S. electronics and other items to Iran for use in roadside bombs against U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
America’s tough decision on Iran’s dissidents
Christian Science Monitor: In a dusty little enclave about 60 miles north of Baghdad, some 3,800 opponents of the Iranian regime present a difficult problem for the next American president.
Strong earthquake jolts southern Iran island
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 18 – A powerful earthquake struck the Iranian island of Qeshm on the southern coast on Wednesday, one week after another quake in the same region left at least seven people dead, state media reported.
Strong earthquake jolts southern Iran island
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 18 – A powerful earthquake struck the Iranian island of Qeshm on the southern coast on Wednesday, one week after another quake in the same region left at least seven people dead, state media reported.
Iran official says missiles can reach ships in Gulf
Reuters: A top adviser of Iran's supreme leader said that in the event of war no ship passing through the oil-rich Gulf region would be beyond the reach of the country's missiles, a government newspaper reported on Thursday.
Palin plans to visit U.N. and join anti-Iran rally
New York Times: Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska will have meetings at the United Nations next week, officials with Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign said on Wednesday. The campaign did say that Ms. Palin would attend a protest against Iran outside the United Nations on Monday.
Ahmadinejad warns against NATO talks
UPI: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says NATO should not interfere with the Caucacus states following Russia's recent incursion in the Republic of Georgia.
8 charged with exporting materials to Iran
AP: Eight people and eight corporations have been charged with illegally shipping to Iran electronic parts that could be used in weapons, including microchips that have been found in improvised explosive devices in Iraq, federal officials said Wednesday.
