AP: Iranian weapons have begun flowing into Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday, but he and Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed involvement by Tehran cannot yet be proved.
Spain calls Iran ambassador over Ahmadinejad’s anti-Israel comments
AFP: Spain will summon Iran’s ambassador to condemn the “unacceptable” anti-Israeli outburst made by Iran’s president over the weekend, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Monday.
Iran says will not beg for its atomic rights
Reuters: Iran will not beg world powers for its right to develop nuclear technology and has shown it will not retreat from the “field of danger” to protect such rights, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday.
Rights group concerned about fate of Azeri Iranian
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 04 Prominent international human rights group Amnesty International is concerned about the fate of an Azeri Iranian who may be on death row for his political activity.
Rights group concerned about fate of Azeri Iranian
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 04 Prominent international human rights group Amnesty International is concerned about the fate of an Azeri Iranian who may be on death row for his political activity.
Nicaragua president to visit Iran in Gaddafi’s jet
Reuters: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who has raised eyebrows in Washington by forging ties with Iran, said on Sunday he will travel to the country aboard a jet on loan from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Iran calls U.S. missile interceptor plan a “joke”
Reuters: A senior Iranian official dismissed as a “joke” a U.S. plan to set up a missile interceptor system in Europe to counter threats from Iran.
Kuwait opposes military strike against Iran
AFP: US ally Kuwait said on Sunday it opposes any military strike against its Gulf neighbour Iran, and called for a negotiated settlement of the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
Iranian flow of weapons increasing, officials say
Washington Post: Iran has increased arms shipments to both Iraq’s Shiite extremists and Afghanistan’s Taliban in recent weeks in an apparent attempt to pressure American and other Western troops operating in its two strategic neighbors, according to senior U.S. and European officials.
Iran says detained US-Iranians have confessed
AFP: Iran said on Sunday that several US-Iranians detained on accusations linked to spying “have confessed” as it warned the United States not to interfere in their cases.
