AP: A prominent Iranian lawmaker says the reported basing of America’s most sophisticated stealth jet fighters in the United Arab Emirates is a U.S.-Israel plot to create regional instability.
Iran lawmaker: Fighters in UAE are US-Israeli plot
Iran skeptical but open to U.S. overture on nuclear program
Los Angeles Times: An Iranian Foreign Ministry official says the Obama administration’s offer to consider allowing limited uranium enrichment ‘would be a good start.’
Iran’s appalling human rights record has not deterred organised opposition
The Independent: Another tragic political execution is regrettably imminent in Tehran, where the mullahs have already murdered 120,000 members and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), the main opposition movement.
UN nuclear watchdog to resume Iran talks in mid-May
Reuters: The United Nations nuclear watchdog confirmed on Saturday it will resume talks with Iran in mid-May, more than two months after the last meeting over concerns about the Islamic state’s atomic activities ended in failure.
Tehran police in new dress code crackdown
AFP: Police in Tehran are conducting a new crackdown on women wearing mandatory headscarves improperly or in “vulgar” dress, the city’s police chief said, according to media reports on Saturday.
Possibility of war ‘very, very weak’: Iran official
AFP: An Iranian foreign ministry official Friday in Warsaw played down the likelihood of a Western attack or invasion of his country, saying the “possibility of war is very, very weak.”
U.S. signals major shift on Iran nuclear program
Los Angeles Times: The Obama administration might support letting Iran continue enriching uranium up to 5% purity if it agrees to other U.N. restrictions.
US deploys F-22s to base near Iran
Fox News: The U.S. military has deployed several F-22s, the nation’s most advanced fighter jets, to an allied base less than 200 miles from Iran.
Abydos hedge fund prepares for Iran strike
Reuters: Abydos Capital, a new hedge fund run by a former partner at one of London’s most high-profile oil investors, is worried about a potential military strike against Iran and plans to use options to protect his portfolio.
Iran talks breakthrough has one-in-three chance, Carnegie says
Bloomberg: The chances of a breakthrough in talks over Iran’s disputed nuclear program are now as high as one in three, said Dmitri Trenin of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
