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August 2007
- Shops Closed in Iran for Giving 'Un-Islamic' Do's
  
  newser | AFP | Aug 25, 07 3:40 PM CDT
  
  Western or unconventional styles are officially out in Iran, where police shuttered over a dozen barbershops in the past 2 weeks for giving “un-Islamic” haircuts. Such practices are forbidden thanks to an edict issued in April through the barber’s union. Eleven salons for women were also closed for license violations, including tattooing, which is forbidden by the health ministry. More »
  
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  Iran • religion • hair • style • dress code • tattoos
- Intelligence Community Doubts Iraqi Leadership
  
  newser | CNN | Aug 23, 07 2:04 PM CDT
  
  A National Intelligence Estimate released today reveals that the US intelligence community doubts Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki has the ability to lead the country effectively, CNN reports. Coming one day after President Bush defended Maliki in a speech, the report by US intelligence agencies also expresses worry over a possible large-scale, coordinated offensive by insurgents in the coming weeks. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iran • Nouri al-Maliki • insurgents • Syria • security • Iraq government • intelligence • National Intelligence Estimate • extremism
- American Scholar to See Release From Iranian Prison
  
  newser | Associated Press | Aug 21, 07 9:53 AM CDT
  
  One of two Iranian-American scholars jailed in Iran on charges of conspiring with the US government to foment revolution will be freed from prison today if bail is posted. Held in Teheran’s infamous Evin prison since May, Haleh Esfandiari will be released on a $333,000 bail, the AP reports. More »
  
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  Iran • prisoners • conspiracy • release • Haleh Esfandiari • scholar • revolution • Evin
- Iran Attacks Kurdish Villages in Northern Iraq
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Aug 20, 07 2:39 AM CDT
  
  Iran's Revolutionary Guard, which the Bush administration is about to declare a terrorist organization, have been shelling mountain villages in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq for several days. The fighting near the border involves thousands of Guards and guerrillas of the Kurdistan Free Life Party, which is stepping up its campaign for Kurdish rights against Tehran, the Guardian reports. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iraq war • Iran • terrorist • Kurds • Kurdistan • Revolutionary Guards • guerrilla
- Iran Executes 30 in Past Month
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Aug 19, 07 1:18 PM CDT
  
  Iran executed up to 30 people in the past month, mostly in public hangings, in a nationwide crackdown on murderers, sex offenders, drug traffickers, and other threats to "social security," reports the Observer . Human rights advocates say the sweep, also advertised as countering an alleged surge in US-backed plots to subvert the government, is intended to silence political activists. More »
  
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  Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • human rights • capital punishment • Tehran • execution • political activism • hanging
- US to Label Iran's Elite Force Terrorists
  
  newser | Washington Post | Aug 15, 07 6:37 AM CDT
  
  Iran's elite military branch, the Revolutionary Guard, will be officially designated a terrorist organization by the US, the Washington Post reports. The declaration will allow Washington to block assets and disrupt the operations of businesses linked to the unit worldwide. The 125,000-member Guard, a powerful political force, is increasingly supporting terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon, officials say. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iran • Afghanistan • terrorist • Lebanon • sanctions • Shiite militia • Revolutionary Guards
- Maliki Calls Summit to Heal Iraqi Cabinet
  
  newser | BBC | Aug 12, 07 4:27 PM CDT
  
  Iraq’s PM says he will try to salvage his disintegrating government by holding an emergency summit of cabinet members over the next couple of days. The BBC reports that Nouri al-Maliki is even warning Sunnis that he could refill his government with “alternative” ministers if they refuse to join. Sunnis accuse al-Maliki of having close ties with Iran, which has started "an unprecedented genocide campaign” in Iraq. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iran • United Nations • Nouri al-Maliki • Shiite • Sunni • genocide • Kurds • Iraq government • Security Council • Sunni Accordance Front • political factions
- Hillary to Barack: 'Don't Even Do as I Say'
  
  newser | Associated Press | Aug 10, 07 2:45 PM CDT
  
  A year before Hillary Clinton blasted Barack Obama’s prohibition on nukes against Pakistan, she made one on using them in Iran. The AP reports the frontrunner’s head-shaking rebuke last week—no “president should make any blanket statements” about nuke use—doesn't jibe with her own position last year. “I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table,” Clinton said in April 2006. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • election 2008 • Pakistan • Iran • presidential campaign • nuclear weapons
- US Kills 30 in Baghdad
  
  newser | BBC | Aug 8, 07 5:21 PM CDT
  
  The US killed 30 militants and detained another dozen in an overnight air strike on a military stronghold in a Shiite district of Baghdad. Witnesses counted women and children among the slain, though the US claims all 30 were insurgents linked to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. More »
  
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  Iraq war • Iran • US military • Baghdad • Nouri al-Maliki • insurgents • Muqtada al-Sadr • Mahdi Army • Sadr City • Shia
- US Blames Iran for Bomb Toll
  
  newser | New York Times | Aug 8, 07 12:31 PM CDT
  
  A sophisticated bomb that the US military has tracked to Iran was used in a record number of attacks on American-led troops last month, the New York Times reports. The bombs—called explosively formed penetrators—fire a semi-molten copper slug that can break through the armor of a Humvee. They were responsible for 99 strikes and a third of the 69 combat fatalities in July, according to the military. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iran • US military • Lebanon • war • Hezbollah • bomb • roadside bomb • militant
- Bush, Karzai Diverge on Iran
  
  newser | Washington Post | Aug 6, 07 4:14 PM CDT
  
  President Bush and Hamid Karzai emerged from today's Camp David meetings together, but they've clearly parted ways on the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and Iran's role in Afghanistan. Bush put the onus on Iran to demonstrate that it's not a "destabilizing force," the Washington Post reports, but Karzai is already on the record praising Tehran. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Pakistan • Iran • Afghanistan • al-Qaeda • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • Camp David
- Ortega Snubs US, Seals Iran Trade Pact
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Aug 6, 07 4:19 AM CDT
  
  Nicaragua has finalized a trade deal with Iran worth hundreds of millions of dollars despite bitter opposition from Washington, the Guardian reports. The deal will exchange Nicaraguan bananas, coffee and meat for farm equipment and Iranian funds for infrastructure projects, including a hydroelectric dam, milk-processing plants, housing and a health clinic. More »
  
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  Iran • North Korea • Cuba • trade • Libya • Algeria • Nicaragua • Daniel Ortega
- Iranian Shakes Woman's Hand, Drops Prez Bid
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Aug 3, 07 5:56 AM CDT
  
  Iran's opposition leader has dropped out of the race to unseat Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president after the circulation of a Youtube video that appears to show him shaking hands with a woman, says the Guardian . The video and several photographs of Mohammad Khatami also show the reform-minded former Iranian president speaking to several women without head coverings while leaving a speech in Italy in May. More »
  
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  Iran • YouTube • election • women • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Mohammad Khatami
July 2007
- Russia Reportedly Strikes Fighter-Jet Deal With Iran
  
  newser | Jerusalem Post (Israel) | Jul 30, 07 4:19 PM CDT
  
  Israel is investigating reports that Russia will supply Iran with $1 billion in long-range fighter jets and aerial fuel tankers, the Jerusalem Post says. Israeli officials say the pact could be a partial response to a billion-dollar US arms deal with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. More »
  
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  Iran • Israel • Russia • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • arms deal • fighter jet • fuel tankers
- White House Proposes $43B in Mideast Military Aid
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 30, 07 3:48 PM CDT
  
  More than $43 billion in US military aid is earmarked for the Middle East, Reuters reports, part of a strategy to fight terrorism and counterbalance Iran. The outlays, which require congressional approval, include $13 billion to Egypt, $30 billion to Israel, and an unspecified amount to Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf states, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced today. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iraq war • Iran • Israel • al-Qaeda • Condoleezza Rice • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Robert Gates • Hezbollah • Egypt • arms race
- Iranians Get Dressing Down for Dressing Up
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jul 25, 07 4:22 PM CDT
  
  Iran’s vice police are back patrolling the streets of Tehran to curb outfits they deem too Western. Women are forbidden to wear body-fitting clothes or expose their hair or skin. Men are targeted for tight jeans, T-shirts and spiky haircuts. Offenders are usually put on trial, fined or jailed, and forced to sign a document promising to follow Islamic norms. More »
  
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  Iran • dress code • Islamic dress code
- Iran Talks Raise Tension, But Not Consensus
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 24, 07 6:09 PM CDT
  
  The United States and Iran began their first day of diplomatic talks on Iraq today, but the Times reports that the summit is still tangled over US allegation that Iran is funding armed militias inside Iraq. Iran vehemently denied the charge today; an American official who attending the meeting said little progress was made. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iran • United States • diplomacy • militia
- US Envoy Won't Raise Fate of Imprisoned Americans
  
  newser | Bloomberg | Jul 24, 07 4:15 AM CDT
  
  The fate of four Iranian-Americans imprisoned in Tehran won't come up in today's talks between the US and Iran for fear of scuttling the negotiations, Bloomberg reports. US ambassador Ryan Crocker will focus on Iraq and Iran's nuclear program in the Baghdad meeting, only the second direct talks between the two nations in 27 years. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iran • Ryan Crocker • Haleh Esfandiari • Kian Tajbakhsh
- US, Tehran to Hold Fresh Talks
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jul 23, 07 4:43 AM CDT
  
  The US and Iran will hold further talks on Iraq beginning tomorrow—despite new accusations the Iranians are arming and abetting Iraqi insurgents. The talks were announced by Iran's foreign minister yesterday just hours after two men linked to Iran were arrested near Baghdad for smuggling EFPs—the armor-penetrating bombs targeted at US soldiers. More »
  
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  Iran • insurgents • roadside bomb • Hoshyar Zebari • Iranian Revolutionary Guard
- SEC Shuts Down Online Terror List
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 22, 07 10:42 AM CDT
  
  The SEC is taking down an online list used to expose companies that do business with countries affiliated with terrorism after critics charged that the Web tool made false accusations and wasn't up to date. "It was basically a word-search list," a US official tells the Wall Street Journal. "There was nothing the least bit sophisticated about it." More »
  
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  list • Iran • terrorism • SEC • Sudan • counterterrorism

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