Reuters: Iran will hand an official letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency chief on Monday about its nuclear fuel swap agreement with Brazil and Turkey, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday.Iran to hand nuclear deal letter to IAEA on Monday
Reuters: Iran will hand an official letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency chief on Monday about its nuclear fuel swap agreement with Brazil and Turkey, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday.Iraqi Kurds accuse Turkey and Iran of attacks
Reuters: Iraqi Kurds on Friday condemned air strikes and shellfire by Turkey and Iran on Turkish-Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq as violations of Iraqi sovereignty.Moms leave Iran, but jailed Americans not freed
AP: The mothers of three Americans jailed in Iran for 10 months left for home Friday, getting one last chance to embrace their children but failing to secure their immediate release.Commander: Iran capable of deploying smart arms on borders
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 21 – A senior Iranian commander boasted of Iran’s ability to deploy smart weapons along the country’s borders.Two Iranians detained in Iraq are freed as moms plea for release of American hikers in Iran
Washington Post: Two Iranians held for years in Iraq were unexpectedly freed on Friday, Iranian news media reported, just as the mothers of three arrested American hikers in Iran were visiting Tehran and asking for their release.Iranian film-maker to get bail hearing on May 22
AFP: Famed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, who has been held in Tehran since March 1 and on hunger strike for six days, is to hear on Saturday whether he will be granted bail, his wife and his lawyer said.Man hanged in central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 21 – Iran hanged a man in the central city of Isfahan, state media reported on Friday.Proposed Iran sanctions are significant, if imperfect
Wall Street Journal: A piece of paper can’t stop a bomb, and a United Nations resolution that hasn’t even been passed yet certainly can’t do the trick. Yet the announcement this week that the U.S. and the other permanent powers on the U.N. Security Council have agreed on a proposed new set of sanctions on Iran represents a significant moment in the tangled, long-running drama over Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran sanctions won’t stop missiles: Russian senator
Reuters: The head of a parliamentary foreign affairs committee was quoted on Friday as saying that sanctions on Iran being discussed by world powers would not stop Russia from delivering S-300 surface to air missiles to Tehran.American hikers jailed in Iran meet mothers
Wall Street Journal: Three Americans, detained in Iran for the better part of a year after crossing into the country on foot from Iraq, met their mothers Thursday in a stage-managed appearance in Tehran, raising hopes the two men and one woman might soon be released.