The Scotsman – Leaders: Alex Salmond has lost no opportunity to promote Scotland and Scottish values round the world.
Iran mischief-making is a threat to our troops
Britain halts deportation move against gay Iranian
Washington Post: Britain halted deportation proceedings Thursday against a gay Iranian teenager who has said he would probably be hanged because of his sexual orientation if he is returned to Iran.
Iran’s girl fighter goes for gold
ABC News: She is a real Iranian fighter, fierce and focused on taking down an opponent. At 20 years old, tae kwon do champion Sara Khoshjamal is taking her fight to Beijing. This summer she’ll travel from her home on the outskirts of Tehran to the heights of the Olympic stage.
Hard-liners see victory in Iranian vote
AP: Ali Farahani smiles as he talks about Iran’s parliament elections Friday. The young cleric in this spiritual center of the Islamic revolution says the vote will sweep the country closer to hard-liners’ ideal of the Islamic state.
Iran fires artillery at Kurdish villages in northern Iraq
VOA News: Iraqi officials say Iranian forces have fired artillery at several northwestern Iraqi villages suspected of harboring Kurdish rebel bases.
Britain grants temporary reprieve to gay Iranian man
AFP: A gay Iranian man who says he faces death if forced to return to his home country was granted a temporary reprieve from deportation Thursday by British authorities.
Fallon’s resignation is not seen as step toward attack on Iran
Washington Post: The abrupt resignation of the Pentagon’s top Middle East commander has silenced one of the Bush administration’s fiercest opponents of a unilateral military strike against Iran, yet top administration officials themselves do not see real prospects for military action before the end of President Bush’s term, current and former U.S. officials say.
Nicaragua says Iran Centam power project on track
Reuters: Nicaragua said on Wednesday that Iran has approved financing to construct a power plant in the impoverished Central American country, hit hard in recent years by spiraling energy costs.
Iran bans make for flat election
BBC: The election rally was a desultory affair. It was the last one as campaigning ended in Iran ahead of Friday’s general election.
US not seeking war with Iran: White House
AFP: The White House said Wednesday that “there is no one” inside the US government who wants war with Iran, even though US President George W. Bush has not ruled out any options.
