Reuters: Freed U.S.-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi thanked U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in person on Wednesday for pressing Iran to release her from a Tehran jail where she was held on charges of spying.

The Times: Britain is looking to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to reach out to the West over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said yesterday, playing down the effect of a likely election victory for the country's fiery President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday warned his rivals in June's election that their heavy criticism amounted to "insulting" the Iranian people, the state news agency IRNA reported.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 27 – Guards at a prison in Isfahan, central Iran, earlier this week beat and flogged a prisoner to the point that he had to be transferred to hospital, human rights groups say.

AFP; Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom is keen to participate in a pipeline to carry Iranian gas to Pakistan, the Kommersant daily reported on Wednesday, citing company and government officials.

Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in Riyadh next week to seek his support over the nuclear standoff with Iran and reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.