AP: Iran has expressed regret for the shooting deaths of Afghan migrants entering the country illegally over the weekend.
Iran expresses regret over killing Afghans
Frustrated with diplomacy, some in Congress seek total ban on Iran’s oil
Washington Post: After failing to halt Iran’s nuclear advances with harsh economic sanctions, a group of U.S. lawmakers and analysts is proposing a more drastic remedy: cutting off Iran entirely from world oil markets.
US ambassadors to boycott UN disarmament body over Iran role
AFP: United States ambassadors will boycott meetings of the UN Conference on Disarmament when Iran takes over the body this month, a US spokeswoman said Monday.
Iran prepares for high-stakes presidential election
The Guardian: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, gazes down from a giant coloured backdrop that adorns the wall of the Tehran ministry that has been registering candidates for next month’s presidential election.
Iran hopes OPEC lowers output: oil minister
AFP: Iran is unhappy with the current oil prices, its oil minister said Monday, hinting at a proposal for the OPEC to lower its output to compensate for a drop in crude prices.
Iranian and Nigerian guilty of smuggling arms
AP: A Nigerian federal judge has found an Iranian and a Nigerian guilty of attempting to smuggle a shipment of military-grade weapons seized at the country’s main port.
Iran expects ‘progress’ in U.N. nuclear talks, West skeptical
Reuters: Iran expects progress will be made in talks this week with the United Nations’ atomic agency, Tehran’s nuclear envoy said on Monday, but Western diplomats held out little hope of an end to the deadlock.
2 Presidential candidates in Iran draw resentment
New York Times: A day after two game-changing politicians signed up at the last minute as candidates for Iran’s presidential elections in June, the country’s governing establishment reacted angrily, predicting that they would not be allowed to participate or that they would definitely lose.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad may face charges over election appearance with aide
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may face charges for accompanying his former chief of staff to register for June’s presidential vote, the country’s electoral watchdog said.
Gulf navy drill not directed at Iran: US
AFP: Vice Admiral John Miller, commander of the US Fifth Fleet, said on Sunday that a massive naval minesweeping exercise involving 41 countries was not directed at Iran.
