U.S. enlists others to help find ex-FBI agent in Iran
Reuters: The United States said on Wednesday it is asking other countries to help find out what may have happened to a former FBI agent missing in Iran.
Watchdog: Iran moves ahead nuke program
AP: Iran has started enriching small amounts of uranium gas at its underground nuclear plant and is running more than 1,300 of the centrifuges used in the process, according to a U.N. nuclear watchdog document obtained Wednesday. Signs point to Iran’s “unhealthy” Afghan role: U.S.
Reuters: Iran may be becoming involved in Afghanistan in an “unhealthy way”, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday, pointing to signs of Iranian arms supplies to the Taliban and other contacts. Iran making nuclear fuel in underground plant: IAEA
Reuters: Iran has begun producing nuclear fuel in its underground uranium enrichment plant, a confidential U.N. atomic watchdog document said on Wednesday, ratcheting up its defiance of the United Nations. Iran FM holds talks in Syria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 18 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived on Tuesday in Damascus, where he met and held talks with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moallem, state media reported on Wednesday. Iran FM holds talks in Syria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 18 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived on Tuesday in Damascus, where he met and held talks with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moallem, state media reported on Wednesday. Jailed Swedes return home from Iran
AFP: Two Swedish nationals arrived home Tuesday, a day after Iran unexpectedly released them after jailing them last year for espionage. Russia unable to finish Iranian nuclear plant by 2007 deadline
AFP: Russian nuclear contractor Atomstroiexport cannot complete work on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant this year due to a cash crunch and technical problems, a senior Russian official said Tuesday. U.S. links Iran to arms in Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times: U.S.-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan recently intercepted Iranian-made weapons that were being shipped to fighters for the Taliban, historically regional rivals of Tehran, the Pentagon’s top general said Tuesday. General: Afghan arms made in Iran
AP: U.S. forces recently intercepted Iranian-made weapons intended for Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, the Pentagon’s top general said Tuesday, suggesting wider Iranian war involvement in the region. 