AFP: Powerful Shiite politician Abdel Aziz al-Hakim has returned to Iran to undergo chemotherapy for his lung cancer, two weeks after receiving treatment in Tehran, his son told AFP on Thursday.
Top Iraqi Shiite leader back in Iran for cancer treatment
ElBaradei urges Iran to halt atomic expansion
Reuters: The chief U.N. nuclear monitor urged Iran on Thursday to stop expanding uranium enrichment to ease a standoff with world powers, who have demanded Tehran shut down the program entirely.
Gates: Iran leaders likely know of arms shipments
USA TODAY: Iran’s government likely knows about the shipment of weapons from Iran to Taliban militants in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.
Gates: Taliban getting weapons from Iran
AP: Defense Secretary Robert Gates tied Iran’s government to large shipments of weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan and said Wednesday such quantities were unlikely without Tehran’s knowledge.
Iran defiant but US and Europe tough at UN nuclear talks
AFP: Iran slammed UN efforts to rein in its nuclear programme Wednesday but both the United States and Europe called for tough action at a UN atomic watchdog meeting that brought new sanctions closer.
Gates points to Iran as source of weapons to Taliban
AFP: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates Wednesday said “substantial” quantities of Iranian weapons are flowing into Afghanistan and it is difficult to believe the Iranian government is not aware of it.
Iran brushes off new sanctions threat in atom row
Reuters: Iran’s president said on Wednesday his country was not concerned about any further U.N. resolutions over Tehran’s nuclear program and would not allow the West to block Iranian scientific progress.
Iran uses fronts to avoid U.N. sanctions
Washington Times: Iran is using newly created front companies in a bid to frustrate U.S. and United Nations sanctions on its suspect nuclear programs, according to records and information supplied by a leading Iranian exile dissident group.
US warns firms trading with Iran
BBC News: The US is threatening to get much tougher with international energy companies that do business with Iran. Oil firms may face fines and other penalties if they sign deals to develop Iranian reserves of oil and gas, a State Department source told the BBC.
In Brief: Man hanged in public in northern Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 12 Authorities have hanged a man in public in the northern Iranian city of Gorgan, state media reported.
