Press Association: Gordon Brown insisted he wanted a “peaceful settlement” to the Iranian nuclear crisis as he resisted calls to rule out military action.
Brown’s peace plea over Iran dispute
Iran says U.S. aims to “lift spirits” with war games
Reuters: Iran dismissed on Sunday U.S. naval war games on its doorstep as a morale-boosting exercise for American soldiers, days after a large flotilla of U.S. ships entered the Gulf in a show of military muscle.
Iran sentences two to death by being thrown off cliff
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 25 An Islamic court in Iran sentenced two men to death by being thrown of a cliff, the official state daily Iran reported on Thursday.
U.S. says militant held in Iraq has Iranian ties
Reuters: Iraqi and U.S. troops detained a militant leader suspected of ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in a raid in Baghdad on Saturday in which five gunmen were killed in an air strike, the U.S. military said.
Iran: Western spy networks discovered
AP: Iran said Saturday it has uncovered spy rings organized by the United States and its Western allies, claiming on state-run television that the espionage networks were made up of “infiltrating elements from the Iraqi occupiers.”
West complains to IAEA chief over Iran atom remarks
Reuters: U.S. and allied envoys met the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief on Friday to complain about remarks they saw as undercutting efforts to shut down Iran’s uranium enrichment program, diplomats said.
Iranian, Europeans meet on nuclear issue
AP: With the threat of new U.N. sanctions looming, senior European officials met Friday with a ranking envoy from Iran in what officials described as an attempt to defuse the crisis over the Islamic republic’s refusal to scrap uranium enrichment.
Russia says new hitch over Iran’s Bushehr
Reuters: Russia said on Friday it was likely to postpone talks in Tehran over the construction of a nuclear power station, a project that has been caught up in an international standoff over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Iran ambassador to Iraq leads Monday talks with U.S.
Reuters: Tehran’s ambassador to Iraq will lead the Iranian delegation in talks with U.S. officials in Iraq on Monday to discuss stability in the country, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
Iran sentences two to death by being thrown off cliff
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 25 An Islamic court in Iran sentenced two men to death by being thrown of a cliff, the official state daily Iran reported on Thursday.
