AFP: A top Iranian official on Sunday defended the use of execution by stoning after a sentence was carried out on an adulterer, saying the punishment was legal and in line with Iran’s rights commitments.
Top Iranian official defends stoning
24 Iranians, held for illegal entry, escape from Iraqi prison
New York Times: The Iraqi police acknowledged Sunday that 24 Iranians who had been detained for entering the country illegally and using fake passports had escaped from a prison on the Iraqi side of the porous border.
Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran
The Guardian: The balance in the internal White House debate over Iran has shifted back in favour of military action before President George Bush leaves office in 18 months, the Guardian has learned.
Coalition discovers dozens of Iranian rockets in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 15 – Coalition forces in Iraq discovered dozens of Iranian rockets during an aerial search operation, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
Coalition discovers dozens of Iranian rockets in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 15 – Coalition forces in Iraq discovered dozens of Iranian rockets during an aerial search operation, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
24 Iranian prisoners escape from a prison near Iran-Iraq border
DPA: Twenty-four Iranians being held in an Iraqi prison near the border with Iran succeeded in escaping Saturday night, the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) reported Sunday.
Iran police to make more Islamic dress checks
Reuters: Iranian police will intensify a crackdown on women flouting Islamic dress code, a police official told a newspaper on Sunday, in the first reinforcement of regular summertime campaigns.
Iran hangs woman in public in volatile city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 15 Iranian authorities hanged a woman in public in the north-western province of East Azerbaijan, state media reported on Sunday.
Iran hangs woman in public in volatile city
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 15 Iranian authorities hanged a woman in public in the north-western province of East Azerbaijan, state media reported on Sunday.
S Korean ship ‘sinks off Iran’
BBC: Thirteen people are feared missing after a South Korean-registered cargo ship sank on Thursday in Iranian waters, Iran’s state television says.
