AP: British troops launched a crackdown Tuesday on Basra’s troubled police, arresting several officers in a force long believed infiltrated by extremist Shiite militiamen with ties to neighboring Iran.
Brits crack down on Basra’s police
Iran accuses foreigners of masterminding bombings
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 24 Iran accused foreigners on Tuesday of masterminding dual bombings in the southern oil-rich city of Ahwaz that left at least eight people dead and dozens injured.
Iran accuses foreigners of masterminding bombings
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 24 Iran accused foreigners on Tuesday of masterminding dual bombings in the southern oil-rich city of Ahwaz that left at least eight people dead and dozens injured.
Iran heading ‘in the wrong direction’ in nuclear row: EU presidency
AFP: Iran is “marching off in the wrong direction” in its nuclear standoff with the West, the European Union’s Austrian presidency said on Tuesday.
Iran blocks BBC Persian website
BBC: The Iranian authorities have started to block the BBC’s Persian language internet site, for the first time.
EU energy chief: Iran unlikely to use oil as weapon
Reuters: Iran is unlikely to use oil as a weapon in the dispute over its nuclear activities, but the world community has measures to deal with a disruption if one occurred, the European Union’s energy chief said on Tuesday.
Iran jails German, French tourists
AFP: An Iranian court has sentenced a French skipper and his German client who were arrested after straying into Iran’s Gulf waters to 18 months behind bars, a lawyer for one of the accused told AFP Tuesday.
UK to change envoy to Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 24 The British Foreign Office announced on Tuesday that it was changing its ambassador to Iran later on in the year.
UK to change envoy to Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 24 The British Foreign Office announced on Tuesday that it was changing its ambassador to Iran later on in the year.
China says favors more nuclear diplomacy with Iran
Reuters: China is “conscientiously studying” a draft EU proposal to threaten Iran with sanctions for its nuclear activities, but favors defusing the dispute through negotiations, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
