Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 21 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to visit the Republic of Azerbaijan on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit Azerbaijan Republic on Wed.
Tougher on Iran
Washington Post – Editorial: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps is a sprawling organization involved in myriad activities, including guarding borders, pumping oil, operating ports, smuggling, manufacturing pharmaceuticals, building Iran’s nuclear program — and supplying the weapons that are killing a growing number of American soldiers in Iraq.
Iran government dismisses top cleric’s criticism
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government has shrugged off unprecedented criticism from the head of the judiciary, telling the high-ranking cleric not to interfere, media reported on Sunday.
Sacked Iran minister warns of energy ‘catastrophe’
AFP: Iran’s sacked oil minister has issued a parting warning to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, predicting a looming “catastrophe” in the Iranian energy sector because of high consumption, media reported Sunday.
Pakistan hands over freed Iranian hostages
AFP: Pakistani authorities late Monday began handing over 21 freed hostages to Iranian officials after rescuing them from a kidnap gang who whisked them over the border the day before.
US ‘sinking in whirlpool’: Iran leader
AFP: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday launched a new attack on the United States, saying Iran’s arch enemy was “stuck in a whirlpool” and would sink deeper in the future.
Afghan general says Iranian engineers aid Taliban – report
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 20 – An Afghan army general said that four Iranian radio communication experts were helping the Taliban militia in southern Afghanistan, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported on Monday.
Afghan general says Iranian engineers aid Taliban – report
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 20 – An Afghan army general said that four Iranian radio communication experts were helping the Taliban militia in southern Afghanistan, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported on Monday.
Coalition captures smuggler of Iranian weapons in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 20 – Coalition Forces captured a weapons smuggler and “Special Groups extremist leader” in a pre-dawn raid on Monday near Qasirin, north of Baghdad, the U.S. military announced.
Coalition captures smuggler of Iranian weapons in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 20 – Coalition Forces captured a weapons smuggler and “Special Groups extremist leader” in a pre-dawn raid on Monday near Qasirin, north of Baghdad, the U.S. military announced.
