Iran Focus: London, Jun. 01 – The United States warned its citizens on Thursday not to travel to Iran.
U.S. warns citizens not to travel to Iran
Rights groups call on Iran to release scholars
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 01 The Iranian government should immediately release two Iranian-Americans from detention and clarify the case of a third who may have disappeared, several human rights organisations said on Thursday.
Rights groups call on Iran to release scholars
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 01 The Iranian government should immediately release two Iranian-Americans from detention and clarify the case of a third who may have disappeared, several human rights organisations said on Thursday.
No breakthrough in EU-Iran nuclear talks
AFP: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani failed Thursday to break the deadlock over Tehran’s nuclear programme but agreed to meet again in a fortnight.
UK may seek Iranian help in finding Iraq hostages
The Guardian: Britain is considering a direct approach to Iran for help in discovering the whereabouts of four British security guards and a financial consultant abducted in Iraq and who was responsible for seizing them. The issue was raised yesterday at a meeting of Cobra, Whitehall’s emergency committee, the Guardian has learned.
Weapons caches point to Iran
Daily Telegraph: Explosive devices similar to those supplied by Iran to militant groups in Iraq have been found for the first time in Afghanistan.
Iran says dead rebels had U.S.-made arms – media
Reuters: Rebels killed in clashes with Iranian forces this week had recently infiltrated border areas of the Islamic Republic carrying U.S.-made arms, an Iranian commander was quoted as saying on Thursday.
Outside view: Misunderstanding Iran
UPI: Euphoria over the outcome of the talks between Washington and Tehran has given the die-hard proponents of conciliation with the Iranian mullahs a glimmer of hope. As illusory as they are, these expectations reveal a blurred understanding of the state of affairs in Iran and the essence of the Iranian mullahs’ foreign and domestic policy.
US: Iranian-American in custody in Iran
AP: The State Department confirmed on Thursday that an Iranian-American missing in Iran for more than two weeks has been detained by authorities of the Islamic government.
Rice holds line on Iran nuclear program
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held the hard U.S. line against concessions to Iran over its nuclear program Thursday and renewed a conditional offer to talk to the clerical regime on any subject.
