Reuters: Israel's Avigdor Lieberman began his first European tour as Israeli foreign minister on Monday by describing Iran's nuclear programme as "a destabilising factor for the entire world." Lieberman says nuclear Iran destabilises world
Reuters: Israel's Avigdor Lieberman began his first European tour as Israeli foreign minister on Monday by describing Iran's nuclear programme as "a destabilising factor for the entire world." Journalist group: US reporter hospitalized in Iran
AP: Reporters Without Borders says the American journalist on a hunger strike for two weeks to protest her imprisonment in Iran was briefly hospitalized after she intensified her fast by refusing to drink water. 28 people killed in Iran bus crash
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 04 – At least 28 people were killed on Monday when a bus veered off a road and crashed into a building in western Iran.
28 people killed in Iran bus crash
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 04 – At least 28 people were killed on Monday when a bus veered off a road and crashed into a building in western Iran.
Gates plans to reassure allies on Iran outreach
AP: Defense Secretary Robert Gates, seeking to soothe Mideast allies worried about Tehran's reach, said Sunday that efforts to bolster U.S. relations with Iran may still ultimately face what he called "a closed fist." Pentagon chief to reassure Saudis on Iran outreach
Reuters: U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday he would reassure Saudi Arabia this week that the kingdom would not suffer from Washington's efforts to improve its relations with Iran. Israel faces a hard sell in bid to shift policy
New York Times: The new government of Israel is seeking to reorient the country’s foreign policy, arguing that to rely purely on the formulas of trading land for peace and promising a Palestinian state fails to grasp what it views as the deeper issues: Muslim rejection of a Jewish state and the rising hegemonic appetite of Iran. Nearly 20,000 infected with HIV in Iran
AFP: At least 19,435 Iranians have been infected with the HIV virus, with more than 1,000 new cases recorded since December 2008, the ISNA news agency reported on Sunday, quoting the health ministry. The Ipsen-Iran connection
Washington Times – Editorial: French pharmaceutical company Ipsen objects to The Washington Times focusing a spotlight on their well-documented relationship with the University of Tehran and Pasteur Institute, both of which are on the U.S. and British lists of organizations with suspected links to terrorism.
Japan says shares concerns on Iran nuclear drive
AFP: Japan said on Saturday it shared the concerns of world powers over Iran's controversial nuclear programme and urged the Islamic republic to take "positive" steps towards resolving the dispute. 