AP: The leader of Iraq’s largest Shiite party has been diagnosed with lung cancer and has gone to Iran to seek immediate treatment, officials close to him said Sunday.
Iran’s Mottaki says map comments about Palestinians
Reuters: Iran’s foreign minister said on Saturday he had referred to the Palestinians, not Israel, when he said a nation could not be removed from the map, the official IRNA news agency said.
In Brief: Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit Belarus on Monday
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 20 – Iran’s hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will travel to Belarus on an official visit on Monday, state media reported.
Iran building first ‘indigenous’ nuclear plant
AFP: Iran has begun building a nuclear power plant using indigenous technology and know-how, the deputy head of Iran’s atomic energy organisation was quoted as saying on Saturday.
In Brief: Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit Belarus on Monday
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 20 – Iran’s hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will travel to Belarus on an official visit on Monday, state media reported.
Iraqi VP warns Iran against interference
AFP: Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi warned Iran on Sunday against interferring in his country to safeguard its own national security.
Swiss diplomacy over Iran nuclear programme is ‘farce’: Bolton
AFP: Swiss diplomatic moves to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme by compromises on both sides are a “farce” and should be withdrawn, former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said on Sunday.
Iran nuclear chief likely to meet Solana in Spain
AFP: Iran’s nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani is likely to meet EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Spain for talks on resolving the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme, the ILNA news agency reported Saturday.
Iran says US should quit Iraq to curb ‘terror’
AFP: Iran said on Saturday the United States should withdraw its troops from Iraq because their presence is causing “terrorist” activity in the war-torn country.
Iran executes two men in south
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 19 Two men were hanged in Hormozgan Province, southern Iran, earlier this week, a state-run newspaper reported.
