AFP: Four Iranians who tried to reach Britain aboard an inflatable raft were intercepted early Monday by French police near the Channel port of Calais, officials said.
The four men, aged 17 to 32, were found on a raft made for
just two people, police said.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 25 – Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, reported disturbances in the north-western Kurdish town of Sardasht, Western Azerbaijan, on Sunday evening.
“Gatherings and disturbances took place on Sunday evening in the border town of Sardasht. The town returned to normal after State Security Forces intervened”, the news agency said in a dispatch on Monday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 25 – Clashes erupted between protesters and security forces in the southern city of Ahwaz Sunday night after the authorities tried to prevent anti-government demonstrations from escalating. A number of police vehicles and state banks were set on fire, according to eye-witness reports.

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 25 – The Italian government has turned down an offer by Tehran to send the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister to Rome for an official visit, a website run by the entourage of ex-President Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani reported on Monday.

AFP: An Iranian court was hearing an appeal Monday over the murder in custody two years ago of Iranian-Canadian photographer Zahra Kazemi, following the acquittal of an intelligence agent in the case. The foreign media was not admitted to the tiny Tehran courtoom where the case was being heard, with one official declaring “there is no room.”