Reuters: Iran's latest missile test is a "step in the wrong direction" and though the United States wants to engage with Tehran to help make the region more stable, its patience is "not infinite", a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
US: Iran test “step in wrong direction”
Italian foreign minister cancels trip to Iran
AP: Italy's foreign minister canceled a trip to Iran on Wednesday for talks on regional security issues, the ministry said.
Italian foreign minister cancels trip to Iran
AFP: Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Wednesday cancelled a planned visit to Iran after Tehran changed the venue from the capital to the missile test site of Semnan, the foreign ministry said.
Iran tests missile with range that can hit Israel
AP: Iran test-fired a new missile Wednesday it claimed had a range capable of reaching Israel and U.S. bases in the Middle East, sending a provocative message days after President Barack Obama pressured Tehran to accept his offer for dialogue.
EXCLUSIVE: U.S., Israel forming working group on Iran
Washington Times: The United States and Israel are quietly forming a high-level working group to assess the progress of President Obama's outreach to Iran and to share intelligence about the Islamic Republic's nuclear weapons program, officials familiar with the two countries' deliberations said Tuesday.
Netanyahu presses Congress over threat of nuclear Iran
CNN: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his concern over the potential of a nuclear-armed Iran during meetings with top congressional leaders Tuesday.
Pentagon says Iranian weapons still coming to Iraq
AP: The Pentagon says U.S. soldiers are still finding large numbers of Iranian-made weapons in Iraq, despite's Iran's denials.
U.S. gasoline sanctions on Iran seen as last resort
Reuters: Proposed U.S. sanctions on companies supplying gasoline to Iran would be so damaging to the Iranian economy they would only be passed as a last resort, although Tehran says such measures could be bypassed with ease.
Ahmadinejad accused of trying to buy votes in Iran
AP: Opponents of Iran's hard-line president have accused him of trying to buy votes before the June presidential election by handing out checks to the poor.
Ahmadinejad says Iranians to be offered oil bonds
Reuters: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seeking re-election next month, said his government planned to issue bonds that would give ordinary people a share in Iran's oil income, media reported on Tuesday.
