AFP: Iran on Wednesday reiterated its rule over three disputed Gulf islands and rebuked the United Arab Emirates for comparing Tehran's control to an Israeli occupation.
Iran slams UAE comparison on Gulf islands row
US sanctions bill on Iran in ‘weeks’: top lawmaker
AFP: The US Congress could send President Barack Obama legislation imposing new sanctions on Iran "in a matter of weeks," Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday.
Explosion in Iran city near Iraq border kills two
BBC: Two people have been killed and several wounded when a car blast in the western Iranian city of Ilam, reports say.
UAE slams Iran over control of islands
AFP: The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday likened Iran's control of three disputed Gulf islands to Israel's occupation of Arab territories.
Turkey ready to be Iran nuclear deal intermediary
AFP: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday diplomacy is the best way to resolve the row over Iran's atomic programme and that Ankara is ready to mediate between Tehran and world powers.
Confused on Iran
Washington Post – Editorial: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates was the focus of one of those curious Washington kerfuffles over the weekend in which a senior official makes headlines by saying what everyone knows to be true.
Iran gives weapons, funds to help Lebanese Hezbollah re-arm
Bloomberg: Iran has provided weapons and as much as $200 million a year to help the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah re-arm itself to levels beyond those in 2006, when the group waged a war with Israel, the Pentagon said.
Iran, sanctions and the memo
New York Times – Editorial: Sometime this spring, but still months later than President Obama predicted, Iran may finally face new United Nations sanctions for its illicit nuclear program.
Iran bans the country’s two remaining official opposition parties
Washington Post: Iranian authorities banned the country's two remaining official opposition parties Monday after two of their leaders received prison sentences.
Iran demands $300,000 from British Museum over Cyrus Cylinder delay
The Times: Iran is demanding that the British Museum pay $300,000 (£197,000) after it refused to hand over the Cyrus Cylinder — a cuneiform tablet regarded as the first declaration of human rights.
