Knight Ridder Newspapers: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday ordered thousands of Iraqi troops to Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, to disarm the Shiite Muslim militias that have taken control there, a move that underscores how little of the country the central government in Baghdad has secured.
Iraq’s prime minister orders army to take control of Basra
Irans Rafsanjani: U.S. made mistake in launching war on Iraq
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 01 Irans former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said that the United States made a mistake in launching a war on Iraq in 2003 since it had helped to strengthen Tehran-Baghdad relations.
Irans Rafsanjani: U.S. made mistake in launching war on Iraq
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 01 Irans former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said that the United States made a mistake in launching a war on Iraq in 2003 since it had helped to strengthen Tehran-Baghdad relations.
Iran disturbed by abhorrent U.S. actions in Afghanistan
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 01 Iran condemned on Thursday the recent deaths of a handful of Afghan civilians by United States forces.
Iran disturbed by abhorrent U.S. actions in Afghanistan
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 01 Iran condemned on Thursday the recent deaths of a handful of Afghan civilians by United States forces.
IAEA chief urges Iran to stop uranium enrichment
Xinhua: The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei urged Iran on Wednesday to stop its uranium enrichment program to facilitate the resumption of the nuclear talks with the European Union (EU) and the United States.
Iran’s Bahai religious minority says it faces raids and arrests
New York Times: Members of the Bahai religious minority in Iran said this week that the government had recently intensified a campaign of arrests, raids and propaganda that was aimed at eradicating their religion in Iran, the country of its birth.
Condi’s Iran gambit
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad publicly released a long, insulting letter seeking direct talks with the U.S. last month, President Bush dismissed it as unworthy of reply. But yesterday Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered the real U.S. answer: Yes.
Iran rejects U.S. condition for nuclear talks
Reuters: Iran on Thursday rejected a conditional offer from arch-foe Washington for direct talks about its nuclear programme.
Beckett in top level talks on Iran
PA: Foreign secretary Margaret Beckett is to meet US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and other foreign ministers to discuss measures to tackle Iran’s nuclear programme.
