Iran Focus: London, May 29 A European Inter-Parliamentary group condemned on Monday an attack earlier in the day on a passenger bus in Iraq which left more than a dozen killed and at least 15 wounded.
EU lawmakers condemn Irans terror attack in Iraq
EU lawmakers condemn Irans terror attack in Iraq
Iran Focus: London, May 29 A European Inter-Parliamentary group condemned on Monday an attack earlier in the day on a passenger bus in Iraq which left more than a dozen killed and at least 15 wounded.
Iranian official: Russia wants more Iran-EU talks
Reuters: Russia wants a resumption of talks between Iran and European countries over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, an Iranian official said on Sunday after a senior Russian official held discussions in Tehran.
Iran’s drive to nuclear fuel slows, diplomats say
New York Times: After boasting last month that it had joined the “nuclear club” by successfully enriching uranium on an industrial scale and portraying its action as irreversible Iran appears to have slowed its drive to produce nuclear fuel, according to European diplomats who have reviewed reports from inspectors inside the country.
Iraq poised to become main Iranian ally
AP: To Iran’s west lies a natural ally and perhaps its most potent weapon in the international fray over its nuclear program. While Iran and Iraq were arch enemies during the rule of Saddam Hussein, all signs point to an increasingly robust relationship now that Shiites have achieved a dominant role in the Iraqi leadership.
U.S. urges financial sanctions on Iran
Washington Post: The Bush administration is pressing Europe and Japan to impose wide-ranging sanctions designed to stifle the Iranian leadership financially if diplomatic efforts fail to resolve an impasse over the country’s nuclear program, according to internal government memos and interviews with three U.S. officials involved.
Iran says won’t move all atomic work to Russia
Reuters: Iran said on Monday it had no intention of moving all of its uranium enrichment work to Russia to allay the international community’s fears that it could use nuclear fuel technology to make atomic bombs.
6 world powers to discuss Iran in Vienna
AP: The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany will meet in Vienna later this week in hopes of approving a package of incentives and penalties meant to persuade Iran to give up uranium enrichment, diplomats said Monday.
Car, roadside bombs kill dozens in Iraq
AP: A slew of car and roadside bombs killed more than 30 people in Iraq on Monday, a day after a tribal chief who challenged Iraq’s most feared terrorist and sent fighters to help U.S. troops battle al-Qaida in western Iraq was gunned down.
Germans should stop feeling Holocaust guilt – Iran
Reuters: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Germans they should no longer allow themselves to be held prisoner by a sense of guilt over the Holocaust and reiterated doubts that the Holocaust even happened.
