AFP: The US government agrees that Iran's nuclear ambitions pose an "existential threat" to Israel but that only reinforces the need for Middle East peace, a top official said Sunday.

AFP: Iran are to prepare for their next World Cup qualifier with friendly games against Syria, Vietnam and China, the ISNA news agency reported quoted in local newspaper on Saturday.

Reuters: An Iranian court will hear Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi's appeal against her eight-year prison sentence for espionage on Sunday, her lawyer said on Saturday.

AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in favour of Iran attending a meeting on Afghanistan in June when G8 foreign ministers gather in Italy, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Saturday.

Washington Times: In September 1988, the Indian-born British writer Salman Rushdie published "The Satanic Verses," a novel containing what some saw as an irreverent depiction of the prophet Muhammad. In February 1989 – exactly 10 years after leading Iran's Islamic Revolution – the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling the book "blasphemous" and offering a bounty for Mr. Rushdie's murder.

AFP: Finland summoned Iran's ambassador in Helsinki Friday to express concern at the execution of a juvenile offender and its plans to execute two others, the Finnish foreign ministry said.

AFP: Mehdi Karroubi, the ex-parliament speaker of Iran, has formally registered to stand in the June 12 presidential election, according to an AFP correspondent.

Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday officially declared his candidacy for a second term in an election that is expected to pit him against a moderate former prime minister.

Iran Focus: London, May 8 – Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF) confiscated 84,000 satellite dishes during the Persian calendar year that ended March 20.