Sunday Telegraph – Leaders: The Iranian Hydra has many heads. The ayatollahs sponsor militias and political movements across the Muslim world and beyond. Hezbollah is, in reality, the Lebanese branch of the Islamic Revolution. Lop off that head and another will grow in its place. It is in Teheran that the monster’s heart beats.
Teheran must be dealt with too
U.S. plan seeks to wedge Syria from Iran
New York Times: As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to Israel on Sunday, Bush administration officials say they recognize Syria is central to any plans to resolve the crisis in the Middle East, and they are seeking ways to peel Syria away from its alliance of convenience with Iran.
Girl, 19, to hang in Iran
Sunday Mirror: A girl of 19 faces being hanged in Iran for a crime she didn’t commit.
Hanged from a crane aged 16
Sunday Mirror: It was exactly 6am and the start of another blisteringly hot summer day when 16-year-old Atefeh Rajabi was dragged from her prison cell and taken to be executed.
Iran sentences man to jail, lashes for attending major demo
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 22 Irans judiciary has sentence a man to 50 lashes and six months in prison for taking part in a massive anti-government rally in the north-western city of Tabriz earlier this year.
Iran sentences man to jail, lashes for attending major demo
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 22 Irans judiciary has sentence a man to 50 lashes and six months in prison for taking part in a massive anti-government rally in the north-western city of Tabriz earlier this year.
In Irans streets, aid for an ally stirs resentment and anxieties
New York Times: There is a huge amount of anger here about what is happening in Lebanon, but it is not all the result of Israeli bombs, missiles and artillery.
Russia now opposes key parts of Iran draft
AP: Russia is unexpectedly opposing key parts of a U.S.-backed Security Council draft resolution on Iran’s nuclear program, threatening international unity on how to handle Tehran’s defiance, U.N. diplomats said Saturday.
Rice to seek pressure on Iran, Syria: Bush
AFP: US President George W. Bush said Saturday that one of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s chief goals on her upcoming Middle East trip would be to try to isolate Iran and Syria.
U.S. speeds up bomb delivery for the Israelis
New York Times: The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, American officials said Friday.
