Iran: "Hizbollah won't disarm"; "We don't control them"

Monday, July 17, 2006.
Iran says Hezbollah won't disarm, but of course they don't control them.

• The Financial Times reported Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said that Hezbollah, a key ally of Tehran, would not disarm.

Middle East updates.

We have four article here. One by The Guardian, another by William Kristol at The Financial Times, the third at The Jerusalem Post, and last but definitely not least, Michael Ledeen at The Corner. Must reads.

Iran and the nuclear crisis.

Voice of America and RIA Novosti take on this issue.

Here are a few other news items you may have missed.

• Iranian.ws reported that once again, another Iranian woman, Malak Ghorbany, has been sentenced to death by the barbaric practice of public stoning. They have a petition to help me save her life.
• The New York Times finally reported on that Iran is struggling with the cost of its gasoline imports and debating on how to deal with the expected unrest from the lack of fuel.
• Potkin Azarmehr, azarmehr.blogspot.com reported on the final day of the hunger strike in London, which took place in solidarity with Iran's prisoners of conscience.

I would like to thank Doctor Zin for all his work in putting this information together for us. If you would like to read an article, just click on it. If you would like to see the entire list of articles, please click on the day of the week. That is where the link is for this list, plus more. Thank you.

Category: Iran.