TEHRAN (Reuters) - An editor seen as close to Iran's leadership said on Saturday that opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi should go on trial, and a lawyer said other reformists had already been accused of acting against national security. Mousavi and his supporters in last month's disputed presidential election had acted on the instructions of the United States in protesting against the results, said Hossein Shariatmadari, editor-in-chief of the hardline Kayhan daily. "An open court, in front of the people's eyes, must deal with all the terrible crimes and ...

An Israeli minister on Saturday said he was "very concerned" about the US response to North Korea's test-launch of a series of missiles and Washington's stance towards Iran's nuclear programme. "I am very concerned about the United States' reaction to North Korea's gross provocation," Trade and Industry Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said in a speech delivered outside Tel Aviv. The US State Department had warned Pyongyang not to "aggravate tensions" after North Korea test-fired seven missiles off its eastern coast earlier Saturday, according to South Korean officials ...

Iran on Saturday hanged 20 people for drug trafficking at a prison in Karaj, west of the capital, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. Fars said more than 700 kilos (1,540 pounds) of drugs, including heroin, cocaine and opium, were seized from the 20, who were aged between 35 and 48 and had been arrested over the past five years. According to human rights group Amnesty International Iran applied the death penalty to 346 people last year, carrying out more executions than any other country apart from China. But ...