AFP: Iran summoned the Spanish ambassador to protest the calling in of its envoy to Madrid over the latest anti-Israeli outburst by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Mehr news agency reported on Thursday.
Iran summons Spain envoy in Israel remarks row
U.S. starts wrapping up war games off Iran’s coast
Reuters: The largest U.S. military flotilla to enter the Gulf since the 2003 Iraq war has begun winding up two weeks of war drills off Iran’s coast, the navy said on Wednesday.
Iran adding attack boats in Persian Gulf, U.S. says
Bloomberg: Iran is increasing its fleet of small attack boats capable of challenging warships and disrupting oil traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, the sea route for two-fifths of the world’s daily supply of crude oil, the U.S. Navy says.
Iran seizes 3 Finns in Persian Gulf
AP: Iran has detained three Finns for allegedly straying into its territorial waters during a fishing trip in the Persian Gulf but is releasing no information on their whereabouts, the Finnish ambassador to Tehran said Wednesday.
Iran judge says held U.S.-Iranians admit “activities”
Reuters: Two Iranian-Americans detained in the Islamic Republic on spying charges have “accepted that they carried out some activities”, an Iranian judge was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Steinmeier: no progress with Iranian nuclear negotiator
Xinhua: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that no concrete advancement was achieved in his talks with Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani on Tuesday.
Iran unlikely to disrupt oil supply: IEA
Reuters: Iran is unlikely to choke off oil supply through the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway in the Gulf in any row with the West over its nuclear ambitions, a top International Energy Agency (IEA) official said on Tuesday.
Iran wants nuclear arms: NEA head
Reuters: Iran’s nuclear program is aimed at producing weapons and not energy, the head of the OECD’s nuclear energy advisory board said on Tuesday.
Iran says talks to Swiss on atomic row – report
Reuters: Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator said he held talks with Swiss officials on Tuesday concerning the dispute over Iran’s nuclear plans but said an earlier Swiss idea to end the standoff needed amending.
Republicans insist Iran must not have nukes
Reuters: Republican candidates for U.S. president agreed on Tuesday that Iran must not develop nuclear weapons, even if a tactical nuclear strike is needed to stop Tehran, and accused Democrats of being soft on the issue.
