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Iran threatens to sue Western nations

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ImageAP: Iran is threatening to sue countries that it says have damaged its reputation and pushed to have U.N. Security Council involvement in its nuclear program.

Iran to build cross-country oil pipeline

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 05 – Iran plans to build a cross-country pipeline capable of transporting oil from the Caspian region to the Persian Gulf and world oil markets, state media reported.

Iran to build cross-country oil pipeline

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 05 – Iran plans to build a cross-country pipeline capable of transporting oil from the Caspian region to the Persian Gulf and world oil markets, state media reported.

Senate: Iranian intel concealed from CIA, DIA

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ImageAP: Pentagon officials in late 2001 and 2002 concealed from the CIA and other intelligence agencies potentially useful information gleaned from Iranian agents, said a Senate report released Thursday.

Sombre Barack Obama aims opening salvo at Iran

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ImageThe Times: Barack Obama strode on to the international stage for the first time as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee-elect and vowed to use “all elements of American power” to eliminate Iran’s nuclear threat.

Pelosi calls for tightened Iran sanctions

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ImageUPI: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Wednesday called for tightening sanctions against Iran.

Iraqi lawmakers wary of US security agreement

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ImageAP: 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

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ImageCNN: 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

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ImageNew 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

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ImageReuters: 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.