Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 05 – Iran claimed on Wednesday that its security forces had killed twelve Iranian dissidents belonging to a group that took responsibility for an armed attack in March on a convoy of government officials in Iran’s south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan.

Iran Focus: London, Apr. 05 – Iran’s claims that it has developed new sophisticated missiles are isolating the regime and add to reasons why the international community is calling on Tehran to comply with its international obligations over its nuclear activities, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said on Tuesday.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 05 – An agent of Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF) was killed during armed clashes with 10 young men in the western province of Kermanshah, the state-run news agency ISNA reported on Wednesday.

AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended Tuesday a 75-million-dollar budget measure to promote democracy in Iran, saying the United States must speak out about the plight of Iranians.

DPA: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met late Tuesday in Washington to discuss the effort to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

Daily Telegraph: A stealth flying boat, a radar-evading missile with multiple warheads, a rocket-torpedo and an anti-ship missile that cannot be jammed: with every day that passes, Iran announces a development in its military hardware.

AP:A top Iranian military official said Tuesday the country can now defend itself against any invasion originating from outside the region – a clear reference to the United States – as it tested a second new radar-avoiding missile.