AP: In a new overture to Iran, the Obama administration has authorized U.S. embassies around the world to invite Iranian officials to Independence Day parties they host on or around July 4th.

New York Times: Having sent the Iranian people a video greeting on their New Year, President Obama is now inviting them to help celebrate a quintessentially American holiday, the Fourth of July.

UPI: Iran commissioned three new Ghadir-class submarines for its naval fleet at a Monday ceremony, bringing the total number of the sonar-evading vessels to seven.

Iran Focus: London, Jun. 01 – The following are extracts of reports gathered from other Iranian news sources:

Reuters: Iran coach Afshin Ghotbi has called on Chinese officials to be impartial in their next 2010 World Cup qualifier, saying poor officiating led to a 1-0 upset loss to hosts China on Monday.

AFP: An Iranian Sunni insurgent group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in Iran last week that killed 25 people, a US group monitoring Islamist websites reported.

AFP: Five people were killed in an arson attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan on Monday, the second deadly incident there in the run-up to a presidential election this month.

Reuters: A U.S.-based nongovernmental group urged Tehran on Monday to release an employee jailed for nearly a year, appealing for the same "fairness" it showed by freeing Iranian-American reporter Roxana Saberi last month.