New York Times: Undeterred by Iran’s pariah status in the United States and by the shortcomings of the country’s commercial climate, French companies have been increasing their presence in the country in the last few years.
U.S. expects Japan to stop oil deal if Iran case goes to U.N.
Kyodo News Agency: WASHINGTON The United States hopes Japan will suspend a major oil development deal with Iran if the International Atomic Energy Agency brings the case of Iran’s alleged nuclear arms ambitions to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions, a senior U.S. official indicated Tuesday.
Thousands of Iranians ready for suicide raids
Reuters: Thousands of Iranians have signed up for suicide attacks on Israel, U.S.-led forces in Iraq and British author Salman Rushdie, a recruiting group said on Saturday.
IRAN SEEKS CRUISE MISSILE TO SUPPORT SHIHAB
Middle East News Line: WASHINGTON – Iran has been developing a cruise missile capability to support its arsenal of Shihab-3 intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
Report casts doubt on Iran’s nuclear claims
Financial Times: Nuclear inspectors have cast doubt on Iran’s claim that components found at sites in the country were contaminated by enriched uranium before being imported, raising the suspicion that Iran’s enrichment programme may have been more widespread than it previously admitted.
Watchdog Blasts Iran On Nuclear Program
Washington Post: Iran repeatedly misstated details about its nuclear program and pursued uranium enrichment technology more aggressively than it initially admitted, the International Atomic Energy Agency concluded yesterday in a sharply critical assessment.
Iraq’s Top Cleric Gives Govt Conditional Approval
Reuters: Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Muslim cleric, gave his conditional approval to the interim government on Thursday but said it had “mammoth tasks” ahead.
Pachachi says he may seek Iraq presidency
Associated Press: Adnan Pachachi, passed over for the post of Iraq’s interim president, said he may run for the office when his country’s transition from U.S. occupation to democracy is complete.
Iran cracks down on summer dress
BBC: Iran’s government has launched a crackdown on women who flout the strict Islamic dress codes during the hot summer months.
Iran’s Sex Slaves Suffer Hideously Under Mullahs
Insight on the News – By Donna M. Hughes: A measure of Islamic fundamentalists’ success in controlling society is the depth and totality with which they suppress the freedom and rights of women. In Iran for 25 years, the ruling mullahs have enforced humiliating and sadistic rules and punishments on women and girls, enslaving them in a gender apartheid system of segregation, forced veiling, second-class status, lashing and stoning to death.
