BBC: Three arms smugglers who bought equipment for Top Gun-style F-14 fighter jets on eBay to illegally sell on to Iran have been jailed.

UPI: Iran moved forward with proposals to purchase the entire gas volume from the Azeri offshore Shah Deniz gas field, the Azeri energy minister said.

AFP: US President Barack Obama made a major gesture of conciliation to Iran on Thursday when he admitted US involvement in the 1953 coup which overthrew the government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.

UPI: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, said Thursday "beautiful speeches" cannot overcome Muslims' hatred of the United States.

Reuters: Total said on Thursday that it was still involved in the multi-billion dollar development of a major Iranian gas field, a day after Tehran announced it had replaced the French oil major by China's CNPC.

Reuters: Italy, current G8 president, formally invited Iran on Thursday to attend a ministerial level G8 conference on Afghanistan later in June and a senior Italian diplomat said he expected Tehran to attend.

Reuters: Iran can participate in the European-Union backed gas Nabucco pipeline if Washington normalises relations with Tehran, the U.S. Secretary of State's Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy said on Thursday.

PA: Israel's foreign minister has strongly cautioned Belarus against developing relations with Iran.