New York Times: When Chancellor Angela Merkel plays host to President Bush on Tuesday and Wednesday, it will be well away from the bright lights of this capital.
Bush, in German visit, will discuss Iran with Merkel
Iran withdrawing assets from Europe banks: report
Reuters: Iran is withdrawing assets from European banks in the face of tightening international sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its disputed nuclear program, an Iranian daily said on Tuesday.
EU’s Solana ‘probably’ going to Iran Sunday for nuclear talks
AFP: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana will probably travel to Tehran on Sunday for talks aimed at convincing Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment activities, he told AFP Monday.
EU, U.S. to say ready for extra Iran sanctions: text
Reuters: The European Union and the United States will warn Iran on Tuesday they are ready to go beyond agreed U.N. sanctions if it shuns demands to suspend sensitive nuclear work, according to a draft summit communique.
Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad orders banks to move assets to beat EU
Daily Telegraph: The president of Iran has ordered the country's leading banks to transfer billions of dollars of assets from Europe to the Central Bank to prevent them being frozen by international sanctions, according to Western diplomats.
Man hanged in north-east Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 9 – Iranian authorities hanged a man in North Khorrasan Province, north-eastern Iran, state media reported on Monday.
Man hanged in north-east Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 9 – Iranian authorities hanged a man in North Khorrasan Province, north-eastern Iran, state media reported on Monday.
Iran’s annual inflation tops 25 pct in May-c.bank
Reuters: Iran's annual inflation rate rose to more than 25 percent in May, the central bank said, highlighting a growing economic problem facing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of next year's election.
Iran, Iraq agree to boost defense cooperation
Reuters: Iran and Iraq agreed to boost defense cooperation during a visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Tehran on Monday, Iran's official IRNA news agency said, giving few details on the content of the agreement.
Iran leader warns Iraq against US troop deal
AFP: Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Iraq's visiting prime minister on Monday against signing an agreement with the United States keeping foreign troops in the country beyond 2008.
