AKI: Four young people, who were minors at the time their alleged crimes were committed, are expected to be hanged in the next few days.
Iran: Four young people face execution
U.S. says expects militia leaders to return to Iraq
Reuters: A top U.S. military commander said on Monday he expected Shi'ite militia leaders who fled to Iran for training and equipment to return to Iraq soon to try to foment instability.
Iran, IAEA hold more nuclear talks
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 19 – A senior official from the United Nations nuclear watchdog is holding talks with Iranian officials in Tehran.
Iran, IAEA hold more nuclear talks
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 19 – A senior official from the United Nations nuclear watchdog is holding talks with Iranian officials in Tehran.
Top Iran cleric chides Ahmadinejad aide over Israeli remarks
AFP: A top Iranian cleric has chastised a leading aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his controversial remarks that Iranians are "friends with Israelis," the press reported on Tuesday.
Pentagon doubts Iranian rocket test succeeded
CNN: The Pentagon does not believe an Iranian rocket test over the weekend was successful, despite reports in the official Iranian media saying the Islamic Republic had launched its first vehicle capable of placing a satellite in orbit.
Iran proposes guarantees to attract German firms
AFP: Iran is ready to offer investment guarantees to German companies, an official said Monday, as authorities in Berlin try to curb their plans to work in the controversial Middle Eastern country.
Analysis: Saudis ‘all or nothing’ on Iran
Middle East Times: As Iran's close neighbor, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia feels the threat of a nuclear-powered Iran probably as much as the Islamic Republic's archenemy, Israel. Indeed, the very thought of Iran — a Shiite state under the control of the country's militant clergy — is ample reason to worry the bastion of Sunni orthodoxy as much as it worries the Jewish state, if perhaps not more so.
Iran says rocket can carry low-orbit satellite
AFP: Iran said on Monday that a home-built rocket sent into space in a move that triggered US concern over possible military use will be able to take a satellite into low orbit around the earth.
Turkey hopes for Iran energy talks outcome in 1 mth
Reuters: Turkey will hold major talks with Iran on energy sector cooperation in the next month and hopes that their negotiations will yield fruit within that period, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said on Monday.
