Reuters: Iran accused Britain on Sunday of insulting Islam by awarding a knighthood to Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” prompted the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa death warrant for him.
Iran condemns British title for author Rushdie
Iran nuclear chief likely to meet Solana in days
AFP: Iran said on Sunday its chief negotiator Ali Larijani is likely to meet EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana within days for talks over Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme.
‘Terrorists’ – for tackling Teheran
Sunday Telegraph: High on the agenda of this week’s meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg will be one of the most curious and scandalous mysteries of British politics. This is the puzzle of why our Government, with the personal support of Tony Blair, should have persuaded the European Council to act in flagrant breach of EU law, in order to appease the murderous regime in Teheran which is doing more than anyone else to destabilise the entire Middle East, not least by pouring arms across its borders which are being used to kill allied troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
Iran president rejects economic policy criticism
Reuters: Iran’s president made clear in comments published on Saturday the government would not change its economic policies in response to criticism in an open letter from dozens of Iranian economists.
Iran blames U.S., Israeli spy agencies for Iraqi shrine bombing
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 16 Irans Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accused the intelligence agencies of the United States and Israel of masterminding the attack on Wednesday on a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Senior Iran ayatollah dies
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 16 A senior Iranian ayatollah died on Saturday, state media reported.
Iran blames U.S., Israeli spy agencies for Iraqi shrine bombing
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 16 Irans Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accused the intelligence agencies of the United States and Israel of masterminding the attack on Wednesday on a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Senior Iran ayatollah dies
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 16 A senior Iranian ayatollah died on Saturday, state media reported.
UK to protest after attacks on embassy party guests in Iran
The Guardian: The British embassy in Tehran is expected to lodge a diplomatic protest after Iranian guests were attacked by demonstrators and detained by police following a reception to celebrate the Queen’s birthday.
Strategy on Iran stirs new debate at White House
New York Times: A year after President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced a new strategy toward Iran, a behind-the-scenes debate has broken out within the administration over whether the approach has any hope of reining in Irans nuclear program, according to senior administration officials.
