Reuters: Iran, the United States and Iraq will hold expert level talks next week to define the work of a security committee they agreed to set up in July to help restore security in Iraq, an Iranian news agency reported on Friday.
Iran-U.S. to hold expert level talks on Iraq: envoy
Iranian president to visit gas-rich Turkmenistan
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is set to visit the gas-rich Central Asian state of Turkmenistan on August 14 for a two-day visit, the official Neitralny Turkmenistan newspaper reported Friday.
Iran ‘not worried’ by US arms sales
AFP: Iran is not worried by US arms sales in the Middle East, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reported as saying by the ISNA news agency on Friday.
EU calls on Iran to stay execution of journalists
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 03 The European Union called on Iran on Friday to stay the execution of two Kurdish journalists accused of having ties to armed groups.
EU calls on Iran to stay execution of journalists
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 03 The European Union called on Iran on Friday to stay the execution of two Kurdish journalists accused of having ties to armed groups.
Arming Iran’s enemies
TIME: Twenty billion dollars in new U.S. arms shipments for Saudi Arabia and neighboring gulf states like Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the U.A.E. Another $13 billion in weaponry for Egypt. And Israel, ever mindful of maintaining an edge over its Arab neighbors, could get $30 billion worth of new U.S. equipment.
Pentagon sold plane parts sought by Iran: report
Reuters: The Pentagon has mistakenly sold the public about 1,400 aircraft parts that Iran is known to be seeking for its aging fleet of U.S. F-14 “Tomcat” fighter planes, according to a government report.
Gates ends Mideast tour with call for pressure on Iran
AFP: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates ended a Middle East tour on Thursday with an appeal to key Arab states to join the United States in stepping up pressure on Iran to end its nuclear programme.
Wife plans Iran trip to find husband
AP: Christine Levinson’s husband vanished while on a business trip to Iran. Five months later, she’s going there to try to bring him back.
Iraqi PM to visit Iran next week
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will travel to Iran next week for a state visit, Iranian state media reported.
