AFP: Opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi said that Iran’s Islamic regime was being ruined, after he faced the fury of hardliners when he appeared at the shrine of late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, reports said.
Iran regime being ruined: opposition leader Karroubi
General killed in ambush in north-west Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 04 – A Brigadier General, a warrant officer, and two members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in clashes in the border region of Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan Province, according to the police spokesman in the province.
“Death to Khamenei” chanted in central Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 04 – In apparent defiance of repressive measures put in place in the capital, some residents in Moniriyeh and Abu Saeed districts in central Tehran late on Friday chanted “Allah o-Akbar (God is the greatest)”, “Death to Dictator”, and “Death to Khamenei”, referring to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, from rooftops.
PREVIEW: Merkel, Medvedev to discuss Iran at talks in Germany
DPA: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to discuss Iran’s nuclear ambitions with Chancellor Angela Merkel during his two-day visit to Germany this weekend, the Kremlin announced Thursday.
Contraband trade in Iran worth $19 billion: report
AFP: Iranian contraband trade is worth 19 billion dollars a year, according to estimates by the head of Iran’s anti-smuggling department, cited by a local newspaper on Thursday.
Nobel winners join call for release of US hikers in Iran
AFP: A group of rights activists, including Nobel laureates and US actress Mia Farrow, have called for the release of three US hikers held in Iran on the occasion of Iranian Mother’s Day.
Iran’s nuclear progress
Wall Street Journal: Even the U.N. now says Iran has enough fuel for two weapons.
End Iran’s nuclear charade
Wall Street Journal Europe: Time is no longer on our side in keeping the atom bomb away from Tehran.
MEP condemns invitation to Iranian
Press Association: A Scottish MEP has attacked a decision to invite Iran’s foreign minister to address a European Parliament committee in Brussels.
US hopes for Iran sanctions vote at UN next week
AFP: The White House said Thursday it was confident the UN Security Council would back toughened sanctions on Iran in the next week, despite the furor over Israel’s Gaza flotilla raid.
