Reuters: Iraq's once formidable Mehdi Army appears to be bowing to orders to lay down arms, but it is yet unclear if Shi'ite fighters are preparing another offensive with Iranian help, a U.S. intelligence official said.
U.S. sees Iraq militias dropping arms but Iran role unclear
Iran’s Ahmadinejad blames foreign powers for Georgia crisis
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday blamed foreign interference as well as Tbilisi's leadership for the crisis in Georgia and called on regional powers to come to a peaceful resolution.
Iran offers nuclear help to Nigeria’s power sector
Reuters: Iran on Thursday offered to share its nuclear technology with fellow OPEC member Nigeria to help revive its dilapidated power sector, considered the biggest hurdle to economic growth in Africa's most populous country.
Senior Iraqi official suspected of militia links
AP: A senior official in Nouri al-Maliki's government was in custody Thursday suspected of ties to Iranian-backed Shiite militias and plotting a June bombing that killed 10 people, including four Americans, Iraqi authorities said.
Iranian guards
Washington Times: A European-based Iranian exile group reports that there are major divisions within the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the Islamic shock troops that the U.S. government has linked to international terrorism.
Iran hangs four men, one woman
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 – Iranian authorities hanged five people, including a woman, in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on Thursday.
Iran hangs four men, one woman
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 – Iranian authorities hanged five people, including a woman, in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on Thursday.
Iran claims senior official holds cyber debate with U.S. State Dept
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 – Iran's state media is claiming that a senior aide to hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has held a "cyber debate" with a U.S. State Department official.
Iran claims senior official holds cyber debate with U.S. State Dept
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 – Iran's state media is claiming that a senior aide to hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has held a "cyber debate" with a U.S. State Department official.
Outcry as Iran executes child offender
The Scotsman: The number of Iranians facing execution for crimes they committed as children has reached "crisis levels", a human rights organisation warned yesterday.
