AFP: A group of rights activists, including Nobel laureates and US actress Mia Farrow, have called for the release of three US hikers held in Iran on the occasion of Iranian Mother’s Day.
Nobel winners join call for release of US hikers in Iran
Iran’s nuclear progress
Wall Street Journal: Even the U.N. now says Iran has enough fuel for two weapons.
End Iran’s nuclear charade
Wall Street Journal Europe: Time is no longer on our side in keeping the atom bomb away from Tehran.
MEP condemns invitation to Iranian
Press Association: A Scottish MEP has attacked a decision to invite Iran’s foreign minister to address a European Parliament committee in Brussels.
US hopes for Iran sanctions vote at UN next week
AFP: The White House said Thursday it was confident the UN Security Council would back toughened sanctions on Iran in the next week, despite the furor over Israel’s Gaza flotilla raid.
US seeks UN vote on Iran sanctions by June 21
AFP: The United States hopes for a UN Security Council vote on a new Iran sanctions resolution by June 21, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said Wednesday.
Iran says enriching to higher levels as backup plan
Reuters: Iran is enriching nuclear material to higher levels as a backup plan because it fears it will not receive foreign fuel for a medical research reactor, Tehran’s envoy to the U.N. atomic watchdog said on Wednesday.
Iran cenbank to sell 45 bln euros -media
Reuters: Iran’s central bank will sell 45 billion euros from reserves to buy dollars and gold, state-owned media said on Wednesday, signalling a u-turn on a long-standing policy to limit exposure to the currency of its most powerful enemy.
New sanctions could mean confrontation: Iran
AFP: Fresh international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme could lead to confrontation, foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki warned during a visit to Brussels on Wednesday.
Iran court confirms jail, lashes for film maker
Reuters: An Iranian court has confirmed a sentence of three-and-a-half years in jail and 50 lashes for a journalist and film maker found guilty of anti-state propaganda and insulting the supreme leader, media reported.
