Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 16 A man accused of murder was publicly hanged in the town of Ardebil, northwest Iran, at dawn on Thursday, according to a state-run daily.
The daily Etemaad reported that Eyvazali Hosseinzadeh was hanged in public in the towns Gaz Square foe killing a man in 1999.
Man publicly hanged in northwest Iran
Man publicly hanged in northwest Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 16 A man accused of murder was publicly hanged in the town of Ardebil, northwest Iran, at dawn on Thursday, according to a state-run daily.
The daily Etemaad reported that Eyvazali Hosseinzadeh was hanged in public in the towns Gaz Square foe killing a man in 1999.
Iraq taps Iran for security, commerce
The Washington Times: The Iraqi government, frustrated with the slow pace of reconstruction, is increasingly turning to Iran for investment, refined oil products, electricity and other needs. Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari is to lead a top-level delegation to Iran today to boost security and economic relations between the two Shi’ite-majority nations.
Shia neighbours improve ties
The Times: Baghdad’s increasingly close ties with Tehran accused by Washington of interference in Iraqs internal affairs will receive an important boost today when Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iraqs interim Prime Minister, leads a high-level delegation to Iran. The visit by the conservative religious Shia leader and seven of his senior ministers is aimed at boosting trade and collaboration on water resources, as well as border security and military co-operation.
Iran cleric: London bombings part of US incitement of religious war
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 15 Echoing an accusation that has become a familiar refrain in public pronouncements by Irans officials, the Friday prayers leader in Ardebil, northwest Iran, accused the United States and its allies of being behind the June 7 London bombings to instigate a religious war.
Iran cleric: London bombings part of US incitement of religious war
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 15 Echoing an accusation that has become a familiar refrain in public pronouncements by Irans officials, the Friday prayers leader in Ardebil, northwest Iran, accused the United States and its allies of being behind the June 7 London bombings to instigate a religious war.
Arabs see Iran election result as bad for Middle East peace: Survey
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 15 A recent survey conducted by a research and studies website run in the United Arab Emirates found that the majority of Arabs believe that the rise of ultra-conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Irans presidency will have a negative impact on stability in the Middle East, the prominent UK-based Arabic-language website Elaph reported
yesterday.
Arabs see Iran election result as bad for Middle East peace: Survey
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 15 A recent survey conducted by a research and studies website run in the United Arab Emirates found that the majority of Arabs believe that the rise of ultra-conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Irans presidency will have a negative impact on stability in the Middle East, the prominent UK-based Arabic-language website Elaph reported
yesterday.
Gloomy EU to press on with Iran initiative
Reuters: European Union foreign ministers will agree on Monday to press on with a diplomatic initiative to try to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions despite gloom since the election of an Islamic hard-liner as president. EU diplomats said Britain, France, Germany and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana would brief their colleagues on a package of economic and political incentives they plan to offer Tehran next month if it gives up uranium enrichment activities that could give it the atom bomb.
Iran to head agenda at foreign ministers talks
DPA: European Union foreign ministers meet in Brussels next week for a review of the bloc’s relations with Iran, Middle East nations and China. The talks on July 18 will be chaired for the first time by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw following Britain’s take-over of the rotating E.U. presidency from Luxembourg on July 1.
