Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 24 – Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Pakistan next week to hold talks with senior officials on Tehran-Islamabad bilateral ties, state media reported on Thursday.
Irans Ahmadinejad expected in Pakistan next week
Martyrdom would solve Iran’s economic woes: Ahmadinejad
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said the country's economic woes can be solved by the "culture of martyrdom, the Mehr news agency reported.
Groups with Irans backing blamed for Baghdad attacks
New York Times: Nearly three-quarters of the attacks that kill or wound American soldiers in Baghdad are carried out by Iranian-backed Shiite groups, the United States military said Wednesday.
Iran booted from defense show for displaying missile systems
AP: Malaysia's deputy prime minister says Iran has been ordered to leave an international defense show in Kuala Lumpur.
British minister says Clinton’s ‘obliterate’ Iran tone imprudent
AFP: A British foreign minister said Wednesday that US Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's threat to "totally obliterate" Iran if it attacked Israel with nuclear weapons was imprudent.
Russia: Iran must help resolve Bushehr cargo delay
Reuters: Russia urged Iran on Wednesday to help it resolve a dispute over paperwork with Azerbaijan which is holding up parts for Iran's first nuclear power station, or face delays to commissioning the plant.
Iraq’s political refugees in limbo
Boston Globe – By Saleh al-Mutlaq: There is so much tragedy in Iraq that some stories go underreported – eclipsed by other negative news. This one requires attention: Inside Iraq, 20 kilometers west of the Iranian border and 60 kilometers northeast of Baghdad in Diyala province, stands Camp Ashraf where members of the Iranian opposition – known as the Mujahedin-e-Khalq – have lived for more than two decades.
Petraeus picked to lead Mideast command
AP: Army Gen. David Petraeus, the four-star general who led troops in Iraq for the past year, will be nominated by President Bush to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.
Swiss freeze assets of 12 more Iranian firms
AFP: Switzerland said on Wednesday it had frozen the assets of a further 12 Iranian companies in accordance with new United Nations sanctions aimed at stopping Tehran's alleged nuclear programme.
Iran: Ex-police chief attempts suicide in prison
AKI: Former Tehran police chief, Reza Zarei, who was arrested in a brothel in March, has attempted suicide in prison.
