AFP: Arab foreign ministers of the Gulf are to hold a special meeting in the Qatari capital on Tuesday to discuss the islands dispute between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, an official source said.
GCC to meet on Iran-UAE island spat
Iran and world powers play for a no-score draw in Istanbul
The Guardian: The diplomacy in Turkey brought no breakthroughs but it will keep the bombs at bay for another month and offers the best chance yet to avoid a new war altogether.
Iran has nowhere to hide in Baghdad talks: analysts
AFP: Iran’s agreement in talks Saturday with world powers for a more in-depth meeting in Baghdad on May 23 is the tiniest of steps in what will be a long and difficult road to restoring trust, analysts said.
Iran, big powers agree – to keep talking
Reuters: After a year of sanctions and sabre-rattling over Iran’s nuclear programme, negotiators from Tehran and six world powers finally resumed talks and found at least enough common ground to agree to meet again next month.
Iran spurns US request for bilateral nuclear talks: source
AFP: Iran’s delegation to crunch talks with world powers on its nuclear programme Saturday turned down a US request for what would have been a rare bilateral meeting on the sidelines, a source told AFP.
German ship carrying Iranian arms stopped en route to Syria, report says
Fox News: A German ship carrying Iranian arms was stopped by a shipping company after a tip-off about the concealed weapons, which were being ferried to a Syrian port, the German weekly Der Spiegel reported Saturday.
Iran tested nuclear bomb detonator, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reports
Bloomberg: Iran has tested detonators for a nuclear bomb, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported in an e-mailed preview of an article to be published today.
Nuclear talks between world powers and Iran start
Reuters: World powers and Iran launched a new round of negotiations in Istanbul on Saturday, aiming to resolve a long-standing dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme that threatens to spark a new war in the Middle East.
Tearing down Iran’s electronic curtain
Wall Street Journal: Three hundred and sixty seconds. That’s all it would take for Iranian security services to identify and track an encrypted message sent to a mobile phone somewhere inside Iran, kick in the door, and seize the phone.
Iran, 6 powers may make progress at nuclear talks
AP: After years of failure, Iran and the six world powers may finally make some progress on nuclear negotiations when they meet again Saturday if each side shows willingness to offer concessions the other seeks.
