Boston Globe: The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board invests hundreds of millions of public employees' pension dollars in foreign oil companies that do business with Iran's energy industry. These investments are a bad deal for Massachusetts and should be sold.
Iran investments are a bad deal for Mass.
Iran oil minister says OPEC will not increase output
Reuters: Iran dismissed on Saturday Saudi Arabia's decision to boost oil output as a "political move" and said any OPEC production hike would only lead to an increase in reserves, an Iranian news agency said.
Plea to free forgotten British hostages
The Times: The former Archbishop of Canterbury has broken a year-long government news blackout to appeal directly to the group holding five “forgotten” British hostages who were abducted in Baghdad last May.
Iran’s arrest of Baha’is condemned
CNN: Six Baha'i leaders in Iran were seized and imprisoned this week, the religious group said. The act prompted condemnation and concern from the movement and a top American religious freedom panel.
Diplomats unmoved by Iran overture in nuclear row
Reuters: An Iranian overture to defuse a standoff with world powers over its uranium enrichment programme will not be addressed unless Tehran suspends sensitive nuclear activity first, Western diplomats are signaling.
World powers work out details of new offer to Iran
AFP: Six world powers have completed the details of a "refreshed" offer they will present to Iran in an effort to persuade it to halt its controversial nuclear activities, a US official said Friday.
Bush to press Saudi king on oil prices, Iran
Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush heads for Saudi Arabia on Friday to renew his appeal to help tame record oil prices and try to shore up Arab support for containing Iran's growing regional clout.
4.1 Richter-scale quake jolts northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 16 – An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted parts of northern Iran on Thursday.
4.1 Richter-scale quake jolts northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 16 – An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted parts of northern Iran on Thursday.
Iran once again rejects halt to uranium enrichment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 15 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has warned the United States to recognise Tehran's nuclear ambitions and not to create an “unwise political atmosphere”, state media reported on Wednesday.
