Iran Focus: London, Aug. 29 A group of prominent European lawmakers chided Iran on Wednesday for repeatedly shelling parts of Iraqi Kurdistan near the Iran-Iraq border.
European lawmakers chide Iran for attack on Iraqi Kurds
Iran protests U.S. detentions in Iraq
AP: Iran on Wednesday summoned the Swiss diplomat representing American interests here to protest the U.S. forces’ detention in Baghdad of eight Iranians, including two diplomats, the Foreign Ministry said.
Iran to expand Senegal refinery, sell it oil
Reuters: Iran’s national oil company will take a stake in Senegal’s state-owned refinery and sell the West African country a year’s supply of crude oil on preferential credit terms, Senegal’s energy ministry said.
Bush warns of ‘holocaust’ if Iran gets nukes
AFP: US President George W. Bush raised the specter of a “nuclear holocaust” in the Middle East if Iran gets atomic weapons, and vowed he would not let that happen.
Iran forces lecturers to disclose all foreign trips
The Guardian: University lecturers in Iran are to be forced to tell security authorities of all foreign trips in advance in a move aimed at preventing them from being recruited as western spies.
Coalition detains highly-sought facilitator of Iranian weapons
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 29 U.S.-led troops captured a highly-sought facilitator of Iranian weapons in a pre-dawn raid in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, the Coalition announced.
Coalition detains highly-sought facilitator of Iranian weapons
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 29 U.S.-led troops captured a highly-sought facilitator of Iranian weapons in a pre-dawn raid in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, the Coalition announced.
US frees Iranians held overnight – Iraqi state TV
Reuters: U.S. forces freed a group of Iranians on Wednesday after holding them overnight in Baghdad, Iraq’s Iraqiya state television reported, but a U.S. military spokesman was not immediately able to confirm the report.
Bush threatens to confront Iran over alleged support for Iraqi insurgents
The Guardian: George Bush yesterday ramped up the war of words between the US and Iran, accusing Tehran of threatening to place the Middle East under the shadow of a nuclear holocaust and revealing that he had authorised US military commanders in Iraq to “confront Tehran’s murderous activities”.
U.S. troops reportedly detain Iranians
AP: U.S. troops raided a Baghdad hotel Tuesday night and detained about 10 people. A U.S.-funded radio station said the group included six members of an Iranian delegation here to negotiate contacts with the Iraqis.
