AFP: At least 26 people were killed and 13 others injured in southern Iran when a truck driven by a drug addict collided with a passenger bus, state television reported Thursday.
At least 26 killed in Iran bus accident
Iran meeting at UN postponed
AFP: Six major powers on Thursday postponed a meeting on Iran’s nuclear programme, with diplomats linking it to the UN Security Council’s failure to pass a statement on the deaths of four UN peacekeepers this week.
OPEC’s Daukoru arrives in Iran for talks
Reuters: OPEC President Edmund Daukoru arrived in Iran on Thursday to discuss how the cartel should deal with high prices and how to solve a thorny dispute between Iran and Kuwait over the OPEC secretary-generalship.
EU blasts Irans human rights violations
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 27 The European Union blasted on Wednesdays Iran human rights violations and urged Tehran to refrain from punishing individuals for expressing their thoughts.
EU blasts Irans human rights violations
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 27 The European Union blasted on Wednesdays Iran human rights violations and urged Tehran to refrain from punishing individuals for expressing their thoughts.
Rice tells Iran, Syria not to “torpedo” cease-fire
Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned Syria and Iran on Wednesday that they faced further isolation if they tried to scupper U.S.-led attempts to get a cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel.
Text of Rice, Annan press conference on Lebanon
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 27 – The Following is the text of remarks on Wednesday by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema, and Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora at a press conference in Rome following a summit of world powers to discuss the crisis in Lebanon:
Text of Rice, Annan press conference on Lebanon
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 27 – The Following is the text of remarks on Wednesday by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema, and Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora at a press conference in Rome following a summit of world powers to discuss the crisis in Lebanon:
Druze Leader: Iran testing Israeli military, Syria reasserting influence
New York Sun: Tehran is using Hezbollah’s confrontation with the Jewish state to test its weapons capabilities and to observe Israeli military tactics, Lebanon’s Druze leader, Walid Jumblatt, said yesterday.
Iran’s evil influence
Daily Telegraph: As the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, comes West for the first time, the Middle East is in turmoil. All its problems have one common feature – Iran. Teheran’s mullahs have spread their evil influence in all areas, directly and indirectly.
