New York Times: Argentina’s Supreme Court ordered the reopening of the investigation into a deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, saying a man previously acquitted in the attack should be retried.
Argentina: Inquiry into bombing to reopen
Moderates at risk in election
Washington Times: Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s visit to Beirut last week underscored the enormous stake America has in parliamentary elections that Lebanon will hold June 7.
Reporter Saberi thanks Clinton for pushing Iran
Reuters: Freed U.S.-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi thanked U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in person on Wednesday for pressing Iran to release her from a Tehran jail where she was held on charges of spying.
Miliband: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei must engage with West
The Times: Britain is looking to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to reach out to the West over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said yesterday, playing down the effect of a likely election victory for the country's fiery President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad warns rivals against ‘insults’
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday warned his rivals in June's election that their heavy criticism amounted to "insulting" the Iranian people, the state news agency IRNA reported.
Prisoner beaten in central Iran – reports
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 27 – Guards at a prison in Isfahan, central Iran, earlier this week beat and flogged a prisoner to the point that he had to be transferred to hospital, human rights groups say.
Prisoner beaten in central Iran – reports
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 27 – Guards at a prison in Isfahan, central Iran, earlier this week beat and flogged a prisoner to the point that he had to be transferred to hospital, human rights groups say.
Iran arrests 104 in raid on ‘Satanist’ party
AFP: Iran has arrested more than 100 "Satan-worshippers" in a raid on a concert in the southern city of Shiraz where people were drinking alcohol and "sucking blood", a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Gazprom eyes role in Iran-Pakistan pipeline
AFP; Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom is keen to participate in a pipeline to carry Iranian gas to Pakistan, the Kommersant daily reported on Wednesday, citing company and government officials.
Obama to visit Saudi Arabia to discuss peace, Iran
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in Riyadh next week to seek his support over the nuclear standoff with Iran and reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
