AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she had no plans to meet Iranian officials at an international conference in Kuwait next week aimed at stabilizing and developing Iraq. Rice has no plans to meet Iranian at conference on Iraq
AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she had no plans to meet Iranian officials at an international conference in Kuwait next week aimed at stabilizing and developing Iraq. Iran central bank sanctions in US “toolbox”: Treasury
Reuters: U.S. sanctions banning transactions with Iran's central bank is among options in the Bush administration's "toolbox" to pressure Iran to limit its nuclear program, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Thursday. Britain denies fault over capture of sailors by Iran
AFP: The defence ministry on Thursday rejected a report that Defence Secretary Des Browne misrepresented details of the seizure of 15 British troops by Iran last year. Man hanged in northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 17 – Authorities have hanged a man in the city of Gonbad Kavoos, northern Iran, state media reported.
Man hanged in northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 17 – Authorities have hanged a man in the city of Gonbad Kavoos, northern Iran, state media reported.
Iran says region does not need foreign forces
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday "satanic" foreign forces had failed in their bid to dominate the Middle East's energy resources and did not dare threaten Iran. Report reveals Iran seized British sailors in disputed waters
The Times: Fifteen British sailors and Marines were seized by Iran in internationally disputed waters and not in Iraq’s maritime territory as Parliament was told, according to new official documents released to The Times.
U.S. plans to protect Green Zone
UPI: The U.S. military plans to create a buffer zone in the southern part of Sadr City to prevent militants launching rockets into the Green Zone in Baghdad. Ahmadinejad says Iran world’s ‘most powerful nation’
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday proclaimed Iran was the "most powerful nation" in the world as the country's air force boasted of its prowess at a time of mounting tension with the West. Clinton, Obama tackle Iran issue in debate
Reuters: The United States should offer to protect countries in the Middle East from Iran if those countries forgo nuclear weapons of their own, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday. 