AFP: The West’s inaction days after threats to launch punitive action against Syria for a deadly chemical weapons attack could badly damage its credibility in tackling other global flashpoints, observers say.
Western dithering on Syria could hit credibility: observers
UN, Iraq probe deaths of 52 Iran exiles at camp
AFP: A UN team visited a camp housing Iranian exiles north of the Iraqi capital on Monday as investigators tried to establish how 52 members of the anti-Tehran group died over the weekend.
Rupee’s plunge prompts refiner to embrace Iran: Corporate India helps
Bloomberg: India is increasing imports of crude oil from Iran as policy makers risk flouting U.S. trade sanctions in their scramble to halt the slump in the rupee. India’s biggest buyer of Iranian crude plans to buy five cargoes of 85,000 metric tons each this month.
Iran releases six Slovak paragliders held for spying
AFP: Iran has released six of eight Slovak paragliders held since May for alleged spying, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Sunday. “Negotiations with Iran were very correct and led to the release of six out of eight Slovak citizens,” Fico told journalists.
Iranian exiles report deaths in Iraq camp
AP: Deadly violence erupted at a contentious Iranian exile camp inside Iraq early Sunday, leaving international observers scrambling to determine the cause of the bloodshed and the number of casualties.
Iranian dissidents killed in Iraq camp, U.N. demands inquiry
Reuters: At least 47 people were reported killed at an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq on Sunday, the United Nations said, urging Baghdad to investigate the “tragic events” at a site north of the capital.
Syrians mock Obama the ‘coward’
AFP: “He who talks a lot doesn’t act,” said Souad, a Damascus resident, mocking US President Barack Obama as a “coward” for delaying a decision to attack the Syrian regime.
US interests under threat if Syria attacked: Iran
AFP: A senior Iranian official warned in Damascus on Sunday that US interests in the region would be at risk if Washington launched a military strike against his country’s ally Syria.
Iranian agency drops Rafsanjani remarks critical of Syrian government
Reuters: An Iranian news agency quoted former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as saying Syria’s government had attacked its own people with chemical weapons, but later replaced the report with a different version that did not attribute blame for the raid.
Camp Ashraf massacre: Death toll 52 still 8 missing
Iran Focus: The death toll in Camp Ashraf massacre that took place this morning has reached 52 while still 8 residents are unaccounted for. Lord Carlile of Berriew called upon the UK Government “to make the strongest protest to Iraq against this human rights outrage and carnage.”
