Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 30 Irans Foreign Minister announced son Tuesday that Tehran was not willing to suspend its uranium enrichment activities, the official news agency reported.
Iran opposes suspension of uranium enrichment FM
“We are determined”
Der Spiegel: In an interview with SPIEGEL, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discusses the Holocaust, the future of the state of Israel, mistakes made by the United States in Iraq and Tehran’s nuclear conflict with the West.
Iran rejects reports it plans to scale nuclear program back
Bloomberg: Iran, which has the world’s second-largest oil and natural gas reserves, said it is pressing ahead with its nuclear program, rejecting reports that it plans to scale the plan back.
China says powers to meet this week on Iran
Reuters: Representatives of six major powers are to meet on Thursday in Vienna in a bid to resolve the Iran nuclear crisis, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
6 nations plan to sign off on Iran package
AP: Top U.S., Russian, Chinese and European officials plan to sign off this week on a package of incentives and penalties meant to reward Iran if it gives up uranium enrichment – and punish it if it doesn’t, diplomats said Monday.
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.
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.
