AP: The State Department on Thursday renewed its calls for Iran to find out what happened to a former FBI agent who went missing on an Iranian island last year and has not been heard from since.
US asks Iran again to find missing agent
Iran still aiding Iraq insurgents: US general
AFP: Iran is still training and funding insurgents attacking coalition troops in Iraq, the second highest US general serving in the country said Thursday.
Iran: Student activist dies in police custody
AKI: A Kurdish student has died in custody at the Iranian intelligence ministry’s detention centre in Sanandaj where he was taken after his arrest ten days ago.
Iran President says Bush confrontational
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that President Bush sent a “message of confrontation” during his recent Mideast trip.
US-Iran tensions heightened
Global Politician: The war of words and actions between the Iranian regime and the US administration has been at the forefront of all Middle Eastern affairs since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. However, one incident in the last week brought this to our sharp attention. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in the Strait of Hormuz were seen to have threatened a US naval fleet with what can only be described as extremely provocative actions.
US: Iran speeding up missile development
AP: The head of the United States’ missile defense program sought Wednesday to bolster Washington’s argument for anti-missile sites in Europe by warning that Iran has sped up development of long-range missiles.
US fears ‘disastrous’ links in Latin America with Islamic militants
AFP: A top US military commander said Wednesday he fears a “disastrous” linkup between drug traffickers and radical Islamists in Latin America, where he said Iran wields growing influence.
Germany set on halting Iran nuclear arms
AP: Germany’s foreign minister said Thursday that the international community remains determined to prevent Iran from developing technology for nuclear weapons, despite U.S. assessments saying Tehran has stopped working on an arms program.
Six power talks to show unity on Iran — Germany
Reuters: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday a meeting of six big powers next Tuesday aimed to show international determination not to allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons technology.
German accused of nuclear smuggling bid
AP: Authorities have arrested a German man of Iranian descent on suspicion of attempting to export materials “relevant to nuclear technology” to Iran, the federal prosecutor’s office said Wednesday.
