Reuters: Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton on Tuesday called President George W. Bush's Iran policy "a loser" and recommended low-level talks with a country the United States has labeled a sponsor of terrorism.
Clinton calls for limited talks with Iran
Pension fund sells Sudan-linked stocks, balks at Iran ban
Boston Herald: Massachusetts’ state pension fund has dumped all $164 million of direct investment in companies doing business with Sudan, a country activists charge has killed some 200,000 civilians in Darfur.
US national security advisor in Israel for talks on Iran: radio
AFP: Visiting US national security advisor Stephen Hadley was to discuss Iran's nuclear programme with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday night, public radio said.
Iran executes hundreds in 2007 – Amnesty
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 15 – Iran executed at least 317 people in 2007, a prominent international human rights organisation said on Tuesday. Iran had the second-highest number of executions per capital, Amnesty International said in its yearly statistics, Death Sentences and Executions in 2007.
Iran executes hundreds in 2007 – Amnesty
Iran Focus: London, Apr. 15 – Iran executed at least 317 people in 2007, a prominent international human rights organisation said on Tuesday. Iran had the second-highest number of executions per capital, Amnesty International said in its yearly statistics, Death Sentences and Executions in 2007.
Iran raises nuclear stakes before big powers meet
Reuters: Iran says it plans proposals to help end a row over its nuclear ambitions but at the same time it is raising the stakes before world powers meet by expanding work the West fears could produce bombs.
Bush and Iran, again
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: The Bush Administration is once again pointing to Iran as the source of trouble in Iraq, and rightly so judging by all the evidence. Note to the White House: The Iranians aren't likely to stop unless the U.S. starts doing something about it.
State OK with private, unofficial talks
Washington Times: The State Department said yesterday that it encourages contacts between Americans — including former U.S. officials — and Iranians, but denied reports that it had opened back-channel talks with the Islamic republic.
Dissident cleric calls Iran vote unfair
AP: Iran's most senior dissident cleric has charged that recent parliamentary elections were not free or fair because thousands of reformists were barred from running.
Iran would ‘eliminate Israel’ if attacked: army general
AFP: Iran would "eliminate Israel from the global arena" if it was attacked by the Jewish state, the deputy commander of the army Mohammad Reza Ashtiani warned on Tuesday, the Mehr news agency reported.
