Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 10 An Iranian military aircraft crashed on Wednesday in south-west Iran, killing the pilot, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Iran military jet crashes, killing one
State: U.S. outreach to Iran on track
AP: A classical violinist may have undermined the last high-level contact between the United States and Iran, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice isn’t giving up hope that culture can bridge vast U.S.-Iranian differences.
Wife of missing ex-FBI agent pleads with Iran
CNN: The wife of a retired FBI agent who has been missing in Iran for months met with U.S. diplomats in Washington Wednesday.
U.S.: Iran helping some Sunni insurgents
AP: A U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday that Shiite-dominated Iran is providing support to some Sunni insurgents fighting American forces in Iraq.
Iran releases former nuclear negotiator
AP: A former Iranian nuclear negotiator who reportedly faces espionage charges was released on bail Wednesday, state television said.
Chavez presses allies to back Iran
Washington Times: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is encouraging his Latin American allies to expand ties with Iran, which is offering trade concessions and financial incentives and winning influence in the region.
Six world powers meet over Iran’s nuclear defiance
Reuters: Senior officials from six world powers met in Berlin on Thursday to discuss Iran’s defiance of U.N. demands that it stop uranium enrichment work the West believes is at the centre of a secret atom-bomb plan.
US warns about danger of Iran withdrawing from nuclear treaty
AFP: The United States warned Wednesday about the danger of Iran possibly withdrawing from the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the world’s basic agreement against the spread of nuclear weapons.
Kuwait reviews readiness for possible US-Iran war
AFP: Kuwait’s government on Wednesday briefed MPs on contingency plans to face a possible outbreak of Iran-US hostilities over Tehran’s nuclear programme, a senior minister and lawmakers said.
Denmark, Iran squabble over embassy damage in cartoons row
AFP: Denmark and Iran said Wednesday they are still at odds over who should pay for damage done to the Danish embassy in Tehran during violent protests in last year’s Mohammed cartoons row.
