Bloomberg: The U.S. and its allies in a program to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction prevented Iran from obtaining material for its nuclear weapons program within the past nine months, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. “The trans-shipment of material and equipment bound for ballistic missile programs in countries of concern, including Iran” was blocked as was the transfer of “equipment used to produce propellant” to a “ballistic missile program in another region” of the world, Rice said.
Intellectual Conservative: A recent report by Human Rights Watch has stirred controversy among experts on both sides of the Atlantic. The 28-page report of the New York-based watchdog titled “No Exit: Human Rights Abuses Inside the MKO Camps,” is devoted to portray alleged mistreatment of dissident members by the People’s Mujaheedin Organsation of Iran, also known as Mujaheedin Khalq (MEK or MKO) in their camp in Iraq. 
Reuters: Iran said on Tuesday it had upgraded its Shahab-3 missile, already capable of hitting Israel, with solid fuel which could increase its range and accuracy. Amid criticism from Washington over its nuclear programme, Tehran said last year it had begun a production line of Shahab-3 medium-range missiles, thought by military experts to have a range of 2,000 km (1,250 miles). 
AFP: Voting, the Iranian public has been told, is as important 
AFP: The United States may see oil and terrorism as Islamic Iran’s main exports, but many young people here will be quick to disagree. The Islamic republic, home to some of the most qualified young people in the Middle East, has been exporting its brain-power at an alarming rate — with an estimated 150,000 frustrated graduates taking flight every year. 
AFP: Iran has tested a new missile using solid-fuel technology that matches the more than 2,000 kilometre (1,280 mile) range of its Shahab-3 rocket, its defence minister was quoted as saying Tuesday. Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said the test, carried out on Sunday, was “100 percent successful.” Military experts contacted by AFP said the test, if true, was important for two reasons. 
Iran Focus: Washington, DC, May 30 – A United States Army colonel in charge of security for the enclave of the main Iranian opposition group in Iraq in 2004 joined a chorus of criticism directed at New York-based Human Rights Watch from academics, human rights activists, Parliamentarians, and Iranian exiles for its recent report that alleged the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK) abused some of its members. 
Iran Focus: Baghdad, May 30 Iraqi security forces in the city of Suleimaniya (Iraqi Kurdistan) yesterday arrested a drug ring that included six Iranians and confiscated large amounts of illegal drugs smuggled from Iran and Afghanistan, the Iraqi daily Al-Watan said today. A security official in the city announced that the group, who were also marketing the drugs, had been under police surveillance. 