Reuters: Iranian lawmakers have urged the president to review ties with Denmark and the Netherlands over the reprinting of a satirical cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad in Danish and Dutch newspapers, Iranian media said on Monday.
Iran MPs want action on Dutch, Danes over cartoon
Iran summons Turkmenistan envoy
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 19 Irans Foreign Ministry summoned Turkmenistans envoy in Tehran on Monday, state media reported.
Hezbollah will soon destroy Israel, says Iran Guards
Reuters: The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday Israel would soon be destroyed by the “hands of Hezbollah”, the Lebanese group which is backed by the Islamic Republic, Fars News Agency reported.
Iran predicts Hezbollah will destroy Israel
AFP: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Monday predicted Hezbollah would destroy Israel, in a new verbal onslaught against the Jewish state after the murder of a top commander of Lebanon’s Shiite militant group.
Iran: Father ‘stones 14-year-old daughter to death’
AKI: A man known as Sharif has reportedly stoned his fourteen-year-old daughter to death in southeastern Iran because for allegedly having a relationship with a man.
Iran: Religious edict authorises crocodile meat consumption
AKI: Iranian Shia religious authorities have issued a fatwa, or religious edict allowing crocodile meat to be eaten by humans.
Iraqi delegation in Iran to discuss Algiers treaty
Reuters: An Iraqi delegation arrived in Iran on Monday to discuss the Algiers agreement which defines their common border, Iran’s students news agency ISNA reported.
Soccer-Clemente changes plans over Iran commute – report
Reuters: Prospective national coach Javier Clemente is expected to set up a home in Iran after the Islamic State’s soccer federation rejected his suggestion that he would commute there from his native Spain ahead of matches.
Government fights to keep ban on main Iranian opposition group
The Guardian: The government is to appeal today against a court ruling, won by 35 MPs and peers, that it should remove the People’s Mujahideen of Iran (PMOI), the main Iranian opposition organisation, from the list of banned terrorist organisations.
Iran hangs two in north-east province
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 18 Authorities in Khorassan Razavi Province, north-eastern Iran, hanged two men, state media reported on Sunday.
