AP: Iran on Wednesday kicked off new war games and military maneuvers in the strategic Persian Gulf waters, the country’s second military show of force in less than a month.Iran begins new military maneuvers in Persian Gulf
AP: Iran on Wednesday kicked off new war games and military maneuvers in the strategic Persian Gulf waters, the country’s second military show of force in less than a month.China, Russia to discuss Iran in Moscow
AFP: Chinese President Hu Jintao will discuss the Iranian nuclear standoff with Russian leaders during a weekend visit to Moscow, a Chinese official said Wednesday, noting the two sides had “similar views”.New Iran sanctions needed now: Canada
AFP: Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Tuesday the time has come for the UN Security Council to press Iran with new tough sanctions to curb its nuclear ambitions.Iran says plans new war games, photographed U.S. ship
Reuters: Iran announced new naval war games on Tuesday and revealed that one of its military aircraft had photographed a U.S. aircraft carrier, a day after Washington said Tehran was challenging its sea power in the Middle East.US ‘increasingly skeptical’ about dialogue with Iran
AFP: The United States said Tuesday it was growing “increasingly skeptical” that dialogue will end the nuclear standoff with Iran even as Brazil, Turkey and other countries pursued mediation efforts.Iran invites North Korea’s Kim to visit – official
Reuters: Iran has invited North Korean’s leader Kim Jong-il to visit the Islamic republic to further economic ties, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.Iran spy cells operate in Gulf states: Kuwaiti MP
AFP: A spy network Kuwait busted for allegedly working for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards is operating in other Gulf Arab states, a hardline Islamist lawmaker said on Tuesday.
Clinton says Iran poses ‘global nuclear risk’
BBC: Iran’s nuclear ambitions are putting the world at risk, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.Reformist ex-official stabbed at Iran university
AP: A former Iranian government official who backs the opposition was stabbed Monday by a knife-wielding intruder at his university office in Tehran, a pro-reform website reported.Your U.N. at Work—V
Wall Street Journal Europe: Last week Iran won a seat at the U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women, the mission of which is to “set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and advancement of women worldwide.” Call it another example of your U.N. at work.