AFP : Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Friday to his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about Russia’s proposal for a UN resolution on the crisis in Lebanon, which was criticized by the United States and Israel.
Putin talks with Iran’s president about UN Mideast resolution
The war in Lebanon: Israeli prelude, Iranian finale
RIA Novosti : Moscow, Aug 11 – Lebanon, a harmless state that has always wanted to be an island of tranquility in the turbulent Middle East, has become the site of an Israeli-Iranian spat.
Iran likely to defy UN on nuclear package
The Guardian : Aug. 12 – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is preparing to confront the US and the UN security council over Iran’s nuclear activities, partly to divert attention from the country’s worsening economic problems, Tehran sources say.
U.S. ambassador says Iran is inciting attacks
The New York Times : Baghdad, Aug. 11 Iran is pressing Shiite militias here to step up attacks against the American-led forces in retaliation for the Israeli assault on Lebanon, the American ambassador to Iraq said Friday. Iran may foment even more violence as it faces off with the United States and United Nations over its nuclear program in the coming weeks, he added.
Militia attack offices of anti-Iran cleric
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Aug. 11 An armed militia launched a massive raid on the offices of a prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric vehemently opposed to Iranian regime in the southern city of Basra days after a bomb went off in his office in the holy city of Karbala, Iraqi television reported.
Militia attack offices of anti-Iran cleric
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Aug. 11 An armed militia launched a massive raid on the offices of a prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric vehemently opposed to Iranian regime in the southern city of Basra days after a bomb went off in his office in the holy city of Karbala, Iraqi television reported.
Six die in helicopter crash near Iran’s highest peak
AFP: Six Iranians were killed in a helicopter crash Friday as they tried to resupply a mountaineers’ hut on Iran’s largest peak, the 5,670 metre (18,600 foot) Mount Damavand, state radio reported.
Iran vows to rein in media in new morality clampdown
AFP: Iran’s conservative Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi vowed Friday to rein in the media as part of a new clampdown on “wicked manifestations in society”.
Iran threatens life of young man for apostasy – report
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 11 An Iranian man from the northern city of Rasht is facing prison and may be executed for converting from Islam to Christianity, a Christian news agency reported.
Iran threatens life of young man for apostasy – report
Iran Focus: London, Aug. 11 An Iranian man from the northern city of Rasht is facing prison and may be executed for converting from Islam to Christianity, a Christian news agency reported.
