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Iran ‘paid Iraq insurgents to kill UK soldiers’

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ImageSunday Telegraph: Iran has secretly paid Iraqi insurgents hundreds of thousands of American dollars to kill British soldiers, according to a leaked government document obtained by The Telegraph.

Iran to raise domestic gas prices: senior official

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ImageAFP: Iran plans to hike domestic gas prices in order to encourage consumers to conserve and to help to free up supplies for export, officials said on Saturday.

UAE seeks Russian mediation in islands row with Iran

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ImageAFP: The United Arab Emirates has sought Russian mediation with Iran to persuade it to discuss the status of three Gulf islands controlled by Tehran and claimed by the UAE, an Emirati official said Saturday.

Iran says US anti-OPEC bill ‘inexpert’

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ImageAFP: A US bill authorising the federal government to sue OPEC in US courts over alleged price fixing is "inexpert" and "misleading," a senior Iranian oil official said on Saturday.

21 people killed in Iran bus crash

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 24 – At least 21 people were killed when a bus slammed into a truck on a stretch of road in western Iran, state media reported on Saturday.

21 people killed in Iran bus crash

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 24 – At least 21 people were killed when a bus slammed into a truck on a stretch of road in western Iran, state media reported on Saturday.

Swiss destroy evidence in nuclear smuggling case

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ImageAP: Switzerland destroyed nuclear arms plans seized as evidence in a case linking a Swiss family to Libya's now-abandoned atomic program. But President Pascal Couchepin stressed Friday it was to prevent them from falling into terrorists' hands.

David Miliband ‘queries’ Barack Obama’s Iran policy

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ImageThe Times: David Miliband has raised questions over Barack Obama’s policy on Iran, which officials in Washington and Europe fear threatens to undermine the tough stance adopted by the West towards Tehran over recent years.

Iran cleric blasts US-Iraqi military agreement

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ImageAFP: A senior Iranian cleric on Friday slammed as treachery to Islam a security accord due to be sealed between Baghdad and Washington on the presence of American troops in Iraq.

Iran troops kill nine Kurd rebels: reports

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ImageAFP: Iran's Revolutionary Guards have killed nine Kurdish rebels, five of them women, in clashes in West Azarbaijan province near the border with Turkey, reports said on Saturday.