AKI: Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Nicolas Sarkozy were a dangerous triangle, according to an Iranian website close to the government. Iran: European leaders ‘a threat’, says website
AKI: Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Nicolas Sarkozy were a dangerous triangle, according to an Iranian website close to the government. Iran official says dollar causes record oil
Reuters: The weak U.S. dollar is the main reason behind oil prices rising to record levels, not demand or supply factors, an Iranian Oil Ministry official was quoted as saying on Saturday. EU condemns Iran leader’s ‘unacceptable’ anti-Israel remarks
AFP: The EU presidency on Friday condemned "in the strongest possible terms" anti-Israeli remarks made by Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called the state of Israel "a stinking corpse". Lebanon: US accuses Iran and Syria
Press Association: The Bush administration has accused Iran and Syria of fuelling violence in Lebanon by inciting members of the radical Shiite Hezbollah movement to take up arms against the country's western-backed government. Israel will not tolerate nuclear Iran: Olmert
AFP: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated his warning that the Jewish state will not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran, but expressed hope the international community would be successful in checking Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Lebanon in turmoil as Hezbollah takes west Beirut
AFP: Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of deadly street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war. International alarm at Hezbollah “coup” in Beirut
Reuters: The takeover of the Muslim half of Beirut by Hezbollah triggered alarm in the Arab world and the West on Friday, and the embattled Lebanese government called it an armed coup by the Iranian and Syrian-backed group. Nuclear powers speak out against Iran
AFP: The five major nuclear powers on Friday put up a concerted proliferation front against Iran, insisting that its nuclear programme remains a grave concern. Rice blasts Syria, Iran on Lebanon violence
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Hezbollah, backed by Syria and Iran, is killing and injuring innocent civilians in Lebanon. Powers say atom control treaty at risk and cite Iran
Reuters: The five major nuclear-armed powers said on Friday the Non-Proliferation Treaty was under threat and cited Iran's uranium enrichment campaign in a rare joint call for action to shore up the NPT. 