AFP: Iran and world powers Saturday failed to break the deadlock in the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear drive, with the EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton saying the positions were still “far apart”.
World powers, Iran ‘far apart’ in nuclear stalemate
Iraqi Shiite group says member killed in Syria
AP: A member of an Iraq Shiite militant group was killed in Syria, an official with the group said Saturday, highlighting how the increasingly sectarian conflict there is drawing in its fragile neighbors that already experience unrest among religious sects.
N.Korea crisis could spur action on Iran, say analysts
AFP: With North Korea issuing apocalyptic threats of nuclear war in recent weeks, Western powers have been reminded of what could happen if they fail to find a solution to Iran’s disputed nuclear programme, experts say.
No deal in sight on final day of Iran nuclear talks
Reuters: World powers and Iran began the second day of nuclear talks on Saturday with little hope of striking a breakthrough deal in the decade-old dispute that threatens to erupt into a new Middle East war.
Iran-6-power nuke talks resume, prospects unclear
AP: Iran and six world powers are meeting for a second day in attempts to find common ground over concerns that Tehran’s nuclear program might be used to make weapons.
Justin Elliot’s folly and journalistic McCarthyism
Stop Fundamentalism: Journalists are taught to be objective, impartial and balanced. But what do you call a so-called reporter who appears to have an axe to grind, and uses the guise of investigative journalism as a means to cover up his own agenda?
Egypt Islamists stone Iranian envoy’s house: police
AFP: Egyptian Islamist protesters threw stones at the house of Iran’s envoy in Cairo on Friday and tried to scale the villa’s walls but were blocked by police, a police official said.
Iran crude exports to rebound in April from March slump
Reuters: Iran’s April crude exports will rebound to above 1 million barrels per day (bpd), industry sources said on Friday, after falling in March to the lowest level seen since the West imposed sanctions to reduce the oil flow in 2012.
Pyongyang ‘forced’ to confront US: Iran general
The Nation: North Korea has no choice but to “confront” the United States which is to blame for tensions in the Korean peninsula, a top Iranian commander said in remarks carried on Friday by Fars news agency.
15 Afghans die in fiery Iran crash: reports
AFP: A pickup truck smuggling fuel crashed on Friday into a car carrying 15 Afghans in southeastern Iran, bursting into flames and killing all on board as well as three Iranians, media reported.
