Iran Focus: Baghdad, May 05 Some 30 individuals arrested
AP: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has asked oil companies, including Total SA and Norsk Hydro ASA, to disclose commissions they may have paid while doing business in Iran, a person familiar with the inquiry said. 
Washington Times – Editorial: During the Vietnam War, critics of U.S. policy repeatedly demanded an “exit strategy” that would 
Reuters: Talks between Iran and the EU’s three biggest powers on the future of Tehran’s nuclear program are near collapse as Iran threatens to resume sensitive atomic activities, European diplomats said on Wednesday. In a deal reached with Britain, Germany and France last November, Tehran agreed to suspend all nuclear fuel-related activities while both sides tried to negotiate a long-term solution regarding Iran’s atomic ambitions. 
Reuters: Intense U.S. pressure has scuppered the possible acquisition of a European plastics firm by an Iranian state-owned company, Iran said on Wednesday, a day after it vowed to press on with its nuclear activities. 
Reuters: The United States said on Wednesday that a resumption in uranium enrichment by Iran would run contrary
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 04 – In an interview with a government-run website, Ali-Akbar Velayati, Irans former Foreign Minister and a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is also a candidate in the forthcoming June 17 presidential elections, hinted at official responsibility for terrorist operations abroad against its opponents. Iran Focus: Tehran, May 04 – In an interview with a government-run website, Ali-Akbar Velayati, Irans former Foreign Minister and a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is also a candidate in the forthcoming June 17 presidential elections, hinted at official responsibility for terrorist operations abroad against its opponents. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 04 One man was publicly hanged in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz, while four other prisoners were executed in the Iranian capital today, charged with armed robbery or murder. Reza H. was hanged in public in Ahwaz in the early hours of the day, accused of stabbing to death a man identified only as Hossein A. Iran Focus: Tehran, May 04 One man was publicly hanged in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz, while four other prisoners were executed in the Iranian capital today, charged with armed robbery or murder. Reza H. was hanged in public in Ahwaz in the early hours of the day, accused of stabbing to death a man identified only as Hossein A. 
