AP: Rogue Shiite militia fighters said to be armed and trained by Iran were responsible for nearly three-quarters of attacks that killed or wounded Americans in Baghdad last month, the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq said Sunday.
No. 2 U.S. cmdr says rogue Shiite militias attacking Americans more under Iranian influence
Iran authorities begin crackdown on motorcyclists in capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 05 Iranian authorities have launched a new crackdown on motorcyclists in Tehran, a semi-official daily reported.
Iran authorities begin crackdown on motorcyclists in capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 05 Iranian authorities have launched a new crackdown on motorcyclists in Tehran, a semi-official daily reported.
Iraq air force wants Iran to give back its planes
Reuters: Iraq’s air force commander said on Sunday he hoped Iran would return some of the scores of Iraqi fighter plans that flew there ahead of the Gulf War in 1991, but conceded many of them were probably beyond repair.
Iran says no to any nuclear suspension
AFP: Iran on Sunday reaffirmed it would not consider a suspension of uranium enrichment work under any circumstances, despite continued Western demands for a freeze to the sensitive nuclear activity.
Iran may consider American’s request
AP: Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday it would consider allowing the wife of an American man who vanished in Iran earlier this year to visit the Islamic country to search for him.
Iran shows off homegrown fighter jet
AFP: Iran on Sunday showed off for the first time a new fighter jet said to be modelled on the American F-5 but built using domestic technology, state media reported.
Rice defends 20 bln Saudi arms sale
AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended a 20 billion dollar arms sale to Saudi Arabia on Sunday, citing a brewing threat from Iran.
Iran detains scores at “satanic” rock gig: media
Reuters: Iranian police detained more than 200 people and seized alcohol and drugs in a raid on a “satanic” underground rock concert, media in the conservative Islamic state reported on Saturday.
Iran gives Taliban hi-tech weapons to fight British
Sunday Times: British troops in Helmand province fighting the Taliban face a new danger as sophisticated Iranian weapons and explosives are being smuggled into Afghanistan.
