AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will travel to Kuwait on Wednesday to discuss bilateral and regional issues, ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said.
Iran top diplomat to visit Kuwait Wednesday
US studies UN report Iran, NKorea sharing missile know-how
AFP: The United States said it is studying a UN sanctions report alleging North Korea and Iran are sharing ballistic missile technology.
Iran denies getting missile technology from NKorea
AP: Iran on Tuesday denied a U.N. panel report saying that North Korea and Iran appear to have been regularly exchanging ballistic missiles, components and technology in violation of U.N. sanctions.
US, EU demand Iran return to nuclear talks
AP: The United States and the European Union demanded Tuesday that Iran return to international talks over its nuclear program and prove to the world that its atomic intentions are peaceful.
Senators press Pentagon on Russo-Iran missile work
AFP: Four US senators frequently critical of the White House on national security issues pressed the Pentagon on Monday to say whether Russian entities were helping Iran develop ballistic missiles.
US lawmakers aim for tighter Iran sanctions
AFP: US lawmakers unveiled legislation Monday to tighten economic sanctions on Iran, looking to drag Tehran to talks on its suspect nuclear programs and to punish alleged human rights violators.
Detained Al-Jazeera journalist had committed offences – Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 17 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said that an Al-Jazeera journalist who recently went missing in Syria and is believed to be in detention in Iran had committed a number of offences.
The British government must act now to help those at Camp Ashraf
Daily Telegraph: The story of my daughter’s murder needs to be heard by the families of British and US troops, writes Reza Haftbaradaran.
In brief: Iran’s Larijani meets Iraq’s al-Hakim
Iran Focus: Tehran, May 16 – Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani on Monday met with the head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Ammar al-Hakim in Tehran, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported.
Iran president dismisses criticism of appointments
AP: Iran’s president on Sunday dismissed criticism of appointments and dismissals from his Cabinet without parliamentary approval.
