New York Times: The White House’s effort to challenge Iran’s nuclear ambitions has been hobbled by “four and a half years of failed diplomacy.”
Bush loyalist now sees a White House dangerously soft on Iran and North Korea
Leader’s aide chides Iran president’s atom approach
Reuters: A senior adviser to Iran's top authority said "provocative" speeches could damage the country's nuclear cause in its row with the West, a thinly veiled criticism of outspoken President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
US ‘won’t allow’ Iran to shut key Gulf oil route
AFP: The commander of the US navy's Fifth Fleet warned on Monday that the United States will not allow Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf sea lane through which much of the world's oil is supplied.
Kuwait prepares in case Iran shuts Gulf oil route
Reuters: Kuwait is developing precautionary plans to ensure oil exports in case Iran closes a vital oil route in the world's largest oil exporting region, a top oil official told state news agency KUNA on Monday.
Ahmadinejad target of ‘Rome X-ray plot’, diplomat says
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the target of an "X-ray radiation plot" during his trip to Rome for the UN food summit earlier this month, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
Iran won’t be allowed to block Gulf shipping: U.S. Navy
Reuters: The United States and its allies will not allow Iran to hamper shipping in the Gulf, the waterway that carries crude from the world's largest oil exporting region to the world, the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet said on Monday.
US treasury chief seeks Russian sanctions on Iran
AFP: US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said here Monday he would discuss with Russia's leaders the possibility of imposing new sanctions on Iran.
3 die, 20 trapped as building collapses in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 30 – At least people have died as a seven-storey building in north-west Tehran collapsed on Monday.
3 die, 20 trapped as building collapses in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 30 – At least people have died as a seven-storey building in north-west Tehran collapsed on Monday.
Iran names new member of nuclear negotiating team
Reuters: Iran has named a new member to its nuclear negotiating team to act as a deputy to chief negotiator Saeed Jalili in a move analysts said could strengthen hardline voices in a key policy-making body.
