Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) top commanders close to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are warning him over information leaking from the regime’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) under its current secretary, Brig. General Ali Larijani who is also the top mullahs’ negotiator with the West over the nuclear dispute.

NCRI – The German daily, Hannoverche Allgemeine (HAZ) reported on Friday, ”Whether the Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) are terrorist is disputed in the EU. The EU Court of Justice does not hold this view but the Council of Ministers is insisting on its decision.

NCRI – Danish News Agency (Ritzau) Reported on Thursday: EU is presenting outdated evidence from six years ago to keep the Iranian opposition group in the terrorist list but the attorneys and politicians denote that these are old facts and this group must be de-listed.

NCRI – In a report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to food, expressed concern that the Iraqi government had suspended food, fuel and medicine rations to the residents of Ashraf City, Iraq, where 3800 Iranian dissidents are residing.

PARIS — Once home to Osama Ben Laden, Sudan is an invaluable ally in the US-led war on terror but the cooperation may be allowing Khartoum to resist pressure to end the bloodshed in Darfur, experts say.

TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran on Saturday urged Palestinians to stop infighting and respect election results after the Islamist Hamas-led government was dismissed following its bloody takeover of the Gaza Strip.

WASHINGTON (AFP) — An internal debate is under way in the administration of US President George W. Bush on whether the current diplomatic approach towards Iran has any hope of halting the country’s nuclear programme, The New York Times reported on its website Friday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — The decomposed bodies of at least 13 martial arts experts have been found more than a year after they were kidnapped in an Al Qaeda stronghold west of Baghdad, local officials and family members said on Saturday.

GAZA CITY (AFP) — Hamas has pledged in the wake of its bloody seizure of the Gaza Strip to work to free BBC reporter Alan Johnston, snatched by gunmen more than three months ago in the volatile territory.

BEIRUT (AFP) — The Lebanese government has set August 5 for by-elections to replace two assassinated MPs, despite opposition from the country’s pro-Syrian president, Information Minister Ghazi Aridi said Saturday.