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.
The axis of weakness
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.
Look whos tough on Iran now
New York Times: In the annals of role reversal, the switch by the United Nations’ atomic sleuths in Vienna and the American intelligence community has been striking. Having long taken a back seat to the Bush administration in publicly challenging Iran’s nuclear program, the global inspectors last week moved into the driver’s seat, demanding that Tehran come clean on any progress it has made toward building a bomb.
Iranian gas supplies to Turkey resume after pipeline blast
AFP: Iran said on Saturday it has resumed supplying natural gas to Turkey five days after an explosion damaged a pipeline between the two countries, state media reported.
Iran: Suspending enrichment not an option
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 01 – Iran’s top envoy to the United Nations emphasised that Tehran’s desire to fulfil its nuclear ambitions has become even greater, state media reported on Saturday.
