Reuters: Key members of the U.N. Security Council were close to agreement on a draft resolution demanding Iran suspend all nuclear enrichment and reprocessing work and threatening to consider sanctions if it refuses, diplomats said on Tuesday.
UN negotiators close to deal on Iran nuclear draft
Iran hands down 10 death sentences over ethnic unrest
AFP: A court in southwestern Iran handed down 10 death sentences Tuesday over a wave of ethnic unrest in the key oil province of Khuzestan, the state broadcaster’s website reported.
Top official threatens Iran will withdraw from nuclear treaty
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 25 Irans Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said on Tuesday that Majlis, or parliament, would reconsider its approach over its membership in the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if its nuclear dossier was sent before the United Nations Security Council.
Top official threatens Iran will withdraw from nuclear treaty
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 25 Irans Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said on Tuesday that Majlis, or parliament, would reconsider its approach over its membership in the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if its nuclear dossier was sent before the United Nations Security Council.
Iran: Lawyer denounces woman’s stoning
AKI: An Iranian woman convicted of killing her husband and of having extramarital sex has been sentenced to death by stoning. The sentence of Ashraf Kalhori could be carried out in the coming weeks, her lawyer said.
Iran president warns of hurricane in Middle East
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned on Tuesday that the conflict between Lebanon and Israel could sweep through the entire Middle East like a hurricane.
Iran’s Hezbollah publishes newspaper
AP: The first edition of a newspaper owned by the Iranian version of Hezbollah appeared on newsstands Tuesday with messages of support for its Lebanese cousins in their fight against Israel.
‘Dirty bomb’ shipment to Iran siezed
UPI: Bulgarian border guards seized a British truck bound for Iran after discovering it contained radioactive material that could be used to build a dirty bomb.
British FM calls for Iran, Syria to stop supporting Hezbollah
AFP: British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett called Tuesday for Syria and Iran to stop supporting the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon as a key part of efforts to end the current conflict.
In surprise, Rice’s trip to Mideast begins in Beirut
New York Times: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Lebanese officials here on Monday to try to prop up the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and to reassure Arab allies who have become increasingly impatient with the Israeli bombardment, which has killed close to 400 people, mostly Lebanese civilians.
