Press Association: Prime Minister Tony Blair has applauded United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan for rebuking Iran over its president’s call to “wipe Israel off the map”.
Blair hails UN chief’s Iran rebuke
Thousands demonstrate in volatile Kurdish town in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 26 Thousands of people demonstrated Tuesday afternoon in the Kurdish city of Mahabad, northwest Iran, against an execution sentence handed down to a young Kurdish activist.
Thousands demonstrate in volatile Kurdish town in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 26 Thousands of people demonstrated Tuesday afternoon in the Kurdish city of Mahabad, northwest Iran, against an execution sentence handed down to a young Kurdish activist.
Irans Supreme Court gives go-ahead for execution of woman
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 26 – Irans State Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against a 35-year-old woman, the Iran daily reported on Wednesday.
Irans Supreme Court gives go-ahead for execution of woman
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 26 – Irans State Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against a 35-year-old woman, the Iran daily reported on Wednesday.
Iran’s leader says Jewish state ‘should be wiped from map’
The Independent: Iran’s hardline President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has stirred up a diplomatic storm and risked further isolating his country by saying that Israel should be “wiped off the map”.
U.S.: Syria, Iran play ‘unhelpful roles’
AP: The top American diplomat in Iraq said Wednesday that the insurgency there remains formidable and will take longer to defeat if neighboring countries such as Syria and Iran continue to play “unhelpful roles.”
Iran: Revolutionary Guard backs president over Israel
AKI: In a gesture of support for Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Islamic Revolutionary guards on Thursday joined his recent and controversial call for Israel to be “wiped off the map”. “If this cancer (Israel) is not removed from the Islamic world, Muslims will sustain immense harm,” said their spokesman, Seyyed Massoud Jazayeri.
Blair squares up to Iran
Channel 4 News: Tony Blair launched an unprecedented attack on Iran – after the country’s president called for Israel to be “wiped off the face of the earth”.
Europe condemns Iran call to wipe out Israel
Reuters: Europe strongly condemned Iran’s president on Thursday for saying Israel should be wiped out and said the call raised concerns about the aims of a country the West suspects is planning to build an atomic bomb.
