Oil Well Standoff Between Iraq, Iran Continues – CBS News
(AP) BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq deployed troops Saturday to monitor an oil well seized by Iranian forces along the disputed border between the two countries, an Iraqi official said, as Baghdad demanded once again that Iran withdraw. The diplomatic standoff …
Iran Rejects Iraqi Incursion Claim (CommonDreams.org)
Iran has rejected Iraqi demands that it withdraw its soldiers from an oil well, the ownership of which is disputed by Baghdad. Iran’s Armed Forces Command issued a statement on Saturday making clear that, in Tehran’s view, there had been no incursion into Iraq as the oil well is within Iranian borders. “Our forces are on our own soil and, based on the known international borders, this well …
Iran admits prisoners were beaten to death (MalaysiaNews.net)
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s hard-line judiciary acknowledged for the first time Saturday that at least three prisoners detained after June’s disputed presidential election were beaten to death by their jail…
Fifth juvenile offender hanged in Iran this year – iranian.com
… authorities to uphold their international obligations, they have executed someone who was under 18 at the time of his alleged crime,” Philip Luther, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme said Friday …
Iraq demands Iran withdraw from seized oil well as standoff continues (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
BAGHDAD – An Iraqi official said Saturday that a number of Iraqi troops were monitoring an oil well seized by Iranian forces along the disputed border between the two countries, as Iraq demanded once again that Iran withdraw.
Iran Seeking Registration Of Fars Carpet Art On UNESCO List (Bernama)
TEHRAN, Dec 19 (Bernama) — Iran has recently submitted documents for registering the art of carpet weaving as uniquely practiced in the Fars region on UNESCO’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Iranian news agency, Mehr News (MNA) reported.
Iran acknowledges prisoners were beaten to death (MalaysiaNews.net)
FILE – An Iranian supporter of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is beaten by government security members as fellow supports come to his aid during riots in Tehran, Iran, in …
Iran blasts hikers (Brisbane Times)
THREE American hikers who entered Iran illegally were caught in a ”sensitive military zone”, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said. ”The Americans have kidnapped more than 10 of our citizens in other countries … But three Americans entered illegally into our territory in a sensitive military zone and they make a noise round the world,” Mr Ahmadinejad said.
Iraq sends troops in Iran oil well standoff (Detroit News)
Baghdad — Iraq deployed troops Saturday to monitor an oil well seized by Iranian forces along the disputed border between the two countries, an Iraqi official said, as Baghdad demanded once again that Iran withdraw.
US: Iraq not ‘pushed around’ by Iran (AP via Yahoo! News)
Iraq is “not going to be pushed around” by Iran, the top U.S. diplomat in Iraq said Saturday following an Iranian takeover of an oil well along the two nations’ disputed border.
Iran Admits Prisoners Were Beaten to Death by Jailers – FOX News
June 14: An Iranian supporter of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is beaten by government security members. TEHRAN, Iran — After months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the …
