Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 17 – Authorities have hanged a man in the city of Gonbad Kavoos, northern Iran, state media reported.
Man hanged in northern Iran
Iran says region does not need foreign forces
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday "satanic" foreign forces had failed in their bid to dominate the Middle East's energy resources and did not dare threaten Iran.
Report reveals Iran seized British sailors in disputed waters
The Times: Fifteen British sailors and Marines were seized by Iran in internationally disputed waters and not in Iraq’s maritime territory as Parliament was told, according to new official documents released to The Times.
U.S. plans to protect Green Zone
UPI: The U.S. military plans to create a buffer zone in the southern part of Sadr City to prevent militants launching rockets into the Green Zone in Baghdad.
Ahmadinejad says Iran world’s ‘most powerful nation’
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday proclaimed Iran was the "most powerful nation" in the world as the country's air force boasted of its prowess at a time of mounting tension with the West.
Clinton, Obama tackle Iran issue in debate
Reuters: The United States should offer to protect countries in the Middle East from Iran if those countries forgo nuclear weapons of their own, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.
Rice discusses Tibet, Iran with Chinese FM
AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday called her Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi to discuss the situation in Tibet and Iran's nuclear program, US officials said.
Europe urges more oversight of Iranian nuclear program
AP: The European Union has called on Iran to open its nuclear program to greater international scrutiny by joining a treaty that would let other nations review safety at its nearly finished nuclear plant.
Major powers fail to reach agreement on Iran talks: official
AFP: The five veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany and the EU, failed Wednesday to agree on an agenda for negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme, an official said.
Iran tells UAE firm: Agree price or lose gas
Reuters: Iran is serious in its threat to use gas it planned to sell to Crescent Petroleum domestically if a long-running dispute with the UAE firm over price is not resolved, Iran's oil minister said on Wednesday.
