Iran has sentenced to death three men convicted of a mosque bombing which left 14 people dead in the southern city of Shiraz in April, Kayhan newspaper reported on Saturday.
Prosecutor Ali Akbar Heidari-Far said Mohsen Eslamian, 21, and Ali Asghar Pashtar, 20 - both university students - and Rouzbeh Yahyazadeh, 32, would be hanged in Shiraz once the sentence was confirmed by the supreme court. "A revolutionary court in Tehran has found the three main accused of the case to be 'mohareb' (enemies of God) and 'corrupt on the earth'," he said, without disclosing when the verdict was issued.
The three men were tried over the bombing of a packed mosque during evening prayers in Shiraz and also faced charges of "belonging to a terrorist group," co-operating with hostile armed groups, seeking to overthrow the Islamic system and planning to launch other attacks. "This verdict has been sent to the supreme court for validation and as soon the confirmation of the sentence returns they are going to be hanged in Shiraz," Heidari-Far added.
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The Iranian Air Force will be the 'ultimate bulwark' against foreign threats in the event of war, says a senior military commander. "Today our Air Force is carefully guarding national interests and is capable of defending the country in the face of foreign threats," said the Chief Commander of Iran's Air Force, Hassan Shah-Safi on Saturday.
Brigadier General Shah-Safi said the Iranian Air Force has concentrated efforts to upgrade its defense capabilities following calls by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Iran's military developments come at a time when the Israeli Air Force is reportedly devising contingency plans for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
Recent reports of Israeli military preparations have fueled speculation that Tel Aviv intends to stage its third attack on Middle Eastern countries over nuclear allegations. Israel had earlier attacked Iraq and Syria, claiming that they sought to attain nuclear weapons technology.
The Hurriyet quoted US political strategist Charles Krauthammer as saying that Israel would strike the Islamic Republic in the same manner it bombed Syria in September 2007. "The Israelis would not attack (Iran) over Iraq. The way to go is through Turkey...When Israel attacked the reactor in Syria, it went up the Mediterranean and through Turkish air space," Krauthammer said.
The Iranian armed forces have repeatedly warned that any attempted violation of Iran's territorial integrity would be a 'suicidal folly'. "After failure in its 33-day-war on Lebanon, Israel has realized that any effort or movement against Iran would have devastating consequences," the top Iranian military commander Yahya Rahim-Safavi said in November.
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IIRC, the Russians were reportedly interested in dev a new advanced version of their venerable MIG21???
Again, IRAN had warned that any ISRAELI attck on IRAN would be interpreted as a US strike on Iran and VICE VERSA, and thus would justify either a formal IRANIAN MIL RESPONSE ANDOR AN IRAN-SPONSORED "THIRD-PARTY/PROXY" = TERROR RESPONSE AGZ US-ISRAELI INTERESTS IN REGION AND AROUND THE WORLD.
IOW, any MIL STRIKE AGZ IRAN WOULD SIGNAL A GENERAL WAR WID IRAN + PRO-IRAN ISLAMIST TERROR GROUPS. As before, and regardless of ISRAELI FORMALLY JOINING NATO, THE EU, ANDOR THE PROPOSED MEDITERRANEIAN UNION, ETC. THE BEST SCENARIO FOR ISRAEL REMAINS TO LET THE USA ATTACK AND INVADE IRAN SINCE IRAN WOULD CONSIDER ANY ISRAELI-ONLY STRIKE AS A US STRIKE ANYWAY [ + vice versa].
* E.g. IRANIAN.WS/OTHER > Iran desires to have as many as 50,000 centrifuges [NUCENERGY?] running in FIVE YEARS [NLT 2012-2013]???
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The Iranian Air Force will be the 'ultimate bulwark' against foreign threats in the event of war, says a senior military commander. "Today our Air Force is carefully guarding national interests and is capable of defending the country in the face of foreign threats," said the Chief Commander of Iran's Air Force, Hassan Shah-Safi on Saturday. 
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