AP: Two Iranian-Americans accused of conspiring against the government were shown on state-run television for a second time Thursday with montages of separate quotes combined to form what could be interpreted as incriminating statements.
Weapons export arrest made in New York
AP: A Pakistani national was arrested Thursday on allegations he illegally shipped weapons to Malaysia, including fighter jet parts likely to end up in Iran.
Irans Ahmadinejad meets Syrias al-Assad, Hezbollah chief
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 19 – Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Damascus on Thursday, Iranian and Syrian state media reported.
Texas may divest from Iran-friendly cos.
AP: Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants state pension funds to divest from companies doing business in Iran, similar to a move the funds are taking with companies tied to Sudan.
Irans Ahmadinejad meets Syrias al-Assad, Hezbollah chief
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 19 – Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Damascus on Thursday, Iranian and Syrian state media reported.
Senior Iranian clerics state of health sharply deteriorates
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 19 One of Irans most senior clerics has been taken to intensive care after the state of his health sharply deteriorated, it was announced on Thursday.
Senior Iranian clerics state of health sharply deteriorates
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 19 One of Irans most senior clerics has been taken to intensive care after the state of his health sharply deteriorated, it was announced on Thursday.
Iran: 2nd round of talks with U.S. soon
AP: Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday that his government had accepted a U.S. request for ambassador-level talks on Iraq, to be held “in the near future.”
UN agency welcomes ‘positive’ Iran moves
BBC: The head of the UN’s atomic energy agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, has welcomed Iran’s decision to allow inspections of its heavy water reactor at Arak.
Iranian TV airs video of jailed American scholar
Washington Post: Shaul Bakhash, his daughter at his side, waited in front of the television screen yesterday for a glimpse of his wife, Haleh Esfandiari — the first time he would see her in the seven months since the local scholar traveled to Tehran to visit her 93-year-old mother and ended up facing house arrest, intense interrogations and now solitary confinement in Iran’s most notorious prison.
