Reuters: Canadian police, acting on a tip from the United States, charged an Iranian-born man on Friday with trying to illegally export nuclear technology to Iran. Canada says man tried to send Iran uranium devices
Reuters: Canadian police, acting on a tip from the United States, charged an Iranian-born man on Friday with trying to illegally export nuclear technology to Iran. Gates cool to Iran proposal to train Afghan police
AFP: US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on Thursday was cool to an Iranian proposal to train Afghan police, suggesting that Tehran should first stop arming the Taliban. U.S. pushes for U.N. censure of Iran, Syria on arms
Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration is pushing for a formal censure of Iran and Syria at the United Nations over an arms-smuggling case that U.S. officials see as highlighting the risks that Iranian weapons shipments pose to regional stability. US asks Iran to free reporter
AFP: The United States called Thursday on Iran to free a US-Iranian journalist accused of espionage, saying the Islamic republic would earn goodwill as the new US administration tries to engage it. VOA rejects Iran “bias” claim
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 16 – The US media giant Voice of America (VOA) which broadcasts into Iran rejected Thursday claims of "bias" in its program.
VOA rejects Iran “bias” claim
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 16 – The US media giant Voice of America (VOA) which broadcasts into Iran rejected Thursday claims of "bias" in its program.
Iran’s latest U.S. hostage
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: In 2003, an Iranian-born Canadian photojournalist named Zahra Kazemi was arrested in Tehran, jailed in its notorious Evin prison and charged with espionage. Less than three weeks later, Kazemi was dead.
Israel’s Peres says no to military option on Iran
AFP: Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Thursday that there was no military solution to arch-foe Iran's controversial nuclear programme. Iran sanctions would be frozen by U.S. for talks, envoys say
Bloomberg: The Obama administration won’t impose additional sanctions on Iran if it freezes nuclear development work and joins talks over the future of its program, European diplomats said. Gates warns against Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities
Los Angeles Times: Amid increasing suggestions that Israel might attack Iran's nuclear facilities, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned this week that such a strike would have dangerous consequences, and asserted that Tehran's acquisition of a bomb can be prevented only if "Iranians themselves decide it's too costly." 