UPI: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Wednesday called for tightening sanctions against Iran.
Pelosi calls for tightened Iran sanctions
Iraqi lawmakers wary of US security agreement
AP: Iraqi lawmakers told Congress on Wednesday that they have serious misgivings about a long-term security agreement being negotiated this year with President Bush, putting themselves squarely in line with Democrats who say hashing out a deal before Bush leaves office is bad timing.
Iraqi Sunnis eager to move fight to ballot box
CNN: Mullah Nadhim preached open war on U.S. troops for years. He and many other Sunni Muslims in Iraq shunned elections and fought instead with roadside bombs and rocket-propelled grenades. With provincial elections scheduled for autumn, however, Nadhim and other Sunnis say, they made a mistake by sitting out the elections in January 2005.
Iran: Bahai arrests confirmed
New York Times: A government spokesman confirmed that a group of Bahai religious leaders had been arrested, but said that the charges against them related to security and not religion.
Bush: world must take Iranian threat seriously
Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush told visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday that Iran was an "existential threat to peace" and said the world must take that danger seriously.
EU “deeply concern” at planned executions in Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 04 – The European Union on Wednesday expressed its "deep concern" at the impending execution of an alleged juvenile offender in Iran.
EU “deeply concern” at planned executions in Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 04 – The European Union on Wednesday expressed its "deep concern" at the impending execution of an alleged juvenile offender in Iran.
Clinton, Obama warn against Iran
UPI: Democratic U.S. presidential rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sharply criticized Iran and its leaders in appearances before a Jewish lobbyist group.
US, EU criticize Iran’s defiance on nuclear work
AP: The United States urged Iran to abandon the pursuit of nuclear arms forever, saying Wednesday that the International Atomic Energy Agency had overwhelming evidence of an Iranian weapons program.
EU’s Solana plays down hopes of Iran breakthrough
Reuters: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana confirmed on Wednesday he would travel shortly to Iran to present a major powers' offer of incentives for it to suspend uranium enrichment, but played down prospects of a breakthrough.
