Reuters: Iran’s foreign minister was quoted on Tuesday as saying that Russia and China had officially informed Tehran they would not support sanctions or military action over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
Iran says Russia and China will not back sanctions
UN Security Council members hold Paris talks on Iran nuclear standoff
AFP: High-ranking officials from the UN Security Council’s five permanent members are to gather in Paris Tuesday to thrash out a common position on how to tackle a defiant Iran over its nuclear programme.
Iran jails two Swedes for spying
AFP: An Iranian court has jailed two Swedes for three years for photographying military installations, Justice Minister Jamal Karimi-Rad told the student news agency ISNA Tuesday.
Police crack down on bus drivers protest in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 02 Irans State Security Forces (SSF) and special anti-riot police attacked a peaceful demonstration by bus drivers and conductors in the Iranian capital on Monday on the occasion of International Workers Day, eye-witnesses told Iran Focus in an email interview.
Police crack down on bus drivers protest in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 02 Irans State Security Forces (SSF) and special anti-riot police attacked a peaceful demonstration by bus drivers and conductors in the Iranian capital on Monday on the occasion of International Workers Day, eye-witnesses told Iran Focus in an email interview.
Iran sees its nuclear power station delayed to 2007
Reuters: Iran said on Monday its Bushehr nuclear power station would probably not go onstream until next year — another delay to a 30-year project that the West fears has become a front for developing nuclear arms.
Iran denounces U.S. nuclear strike stance
AP: Iran denounced the United States on Monday for contemplating possible nuclear strikes against Iranian targets and urged the United Nations to take urgent action against what it called a dangerous violation of international law.
Bush, Putin discuss Iran
UPI: President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke briefly Monday on the nuclear standoff with Iran.
Iran shells Iraqi Kurdistan: Kurd minister
Reuters: Iranian forces battling Kurdish rebels shelled parts of northern Iraq’s region of Kurdistan on Monday, the regional interior minister said, the second attack in 10 days.
Iran and the sober-minded left
Washington Times – Editorial: As the possibility of military action against Iran is being considered, the reactions of politicians and opinion-makers range from mature and thoughtful (increasingly from some on the left) to the surreal and foolish.
