Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan
These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:
- Iran slams new sanctions imposed by the US over its missile program saying they have “no legal or moral legitimacy”.
- Turkish prosecutors launch a probe against Turkey's main opposition party leader after he called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “tinpot dictator”.
- Amnesty International warns that female asylum seekers face physical assault and sexual harassment on their journeys through Europe, urging European governments to offer more protection.
- An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan, acquits former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the 2006 murder case of a Baloch separatist leader.
- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization is calling for an emergency 50-million-dollar aid package to help drought-hit Ethiopians.
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