The Independent: Italy was wrestling yesterday with the problem of what to do about a one-man diplomatic nightmare known as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, who is making his first trip to western Europe this week.
Italy grapples with Iranian leader’s visit
McCain to urge nations to cut funds to Iran
USA Today: Presidential hopeful John McCain Monday will call on corporations and government institutions worldwide to pull their money out of Iran as a way to pressure the regime into giving up its nuclear ambitions.
Iran and Syria sign missile pact
UPI: Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps has created an independent missile command to be integrated with a Syrian missile program, military sources said.
The axis of weakness
Wall Street Journal (Europe): In a Middle East full of dissenters and conspiracy theorists, there are usually at least ten interpretations of any noteworthy event. So perhaps most remarkable about Hezbollah's recent power play in Beirut is how uniform commentary has been.
Iran arrests 11 behind deadly bus ambush
Reuters: Iran's Intelligence Ministry said on Sunday it had arrested 11 members of a terrorist group with foreign links behind an ambush in which a cleric was killed and seven other people were wounded, a news agency said.
Iran warns IAEA on nuclear cooperation
Reuters: Iran said on Sunday it might have to limit its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, criticising the agency's report which said Tehran's alleged research into nuclear warheads was a matter of serious concern.
IAEA meets to discuss Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons work
AFP: The UN atomic watchdog will meet this week to discuss what its inspectors term "alarming" indications that Iran may have been working to build a nuclear bomb until just a few years ago.
France calls on Iran to open nuclear plants for scrutiny
Reuters: Iran should open its nuclear installations to international scrutiny to clear suspicions about its nuclear ambitions, French Defense Minister Herve Morin said on Sunday.
Iran FM calls on Muslims to ‘erase’ Israel
AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki called on the world's Muslims on Sunday to work to "erase" Israel, in the latest verbal attack by Tehran against the Jewish state.
Pope avoids Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Telegraph.co.uk: Benedict XVI has cancelled meetings with seven world leaders to avoid an encounter with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran.
