AFP: UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Monday urged "full disclosure" from Iran over its nuclear programme and said he was sending experts to Syria to probe allegations of a secret nuclear reactor.
IAEA demands ‘full disclosure’ from Iran, sends team to Syria
Iran’s Ahmadinejad says Israel will “disappear”
Reuters: Iran's president said on Monday Israel would soon disappear off the map and that the "satanic power" of the United States faced destruction, in his latest verbal attack on the Islamic Republic's arch-foes.
Iran threatens even less openness on nukes
New York Sun: Iran is threatening to limit its cooperation with the U.N. atomic watchdog, complaining that a recent assessment from that agency was written under pressure from America and Europe.
Iran jails man campaigning for women’s rights-lawyer
Reuters: A court has sentenced a male activist for greater female rights in Iran to one year in prison, his lawyer and a fellow campaigner said on Monday.
Iran temporarily closes semi-official news agency
AP: Iranian authorities have ordered the temporary closure of a semiofficial news agency, Fars, for false reporting and disturbing public opinion.
Italy grapples with Iranian leader’s visit
The Independent: Italy was wrestling yesterday with the problem of what to do about a one-man diplomatic nightmare known as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, who is making his first trip to western Europe this week.
McCain to urge nations to cut funds to Iran
USA Today: Presidential hopeful John McCain Monday will call on corporations and government institutions worldwide to pull their money out of Iran as a way to pressure the regime into giving up its nuclear ambitions.
Iran and Syria sign missile pact
UPI: Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps has created an independent missile command to be integrated with a Syrian missile program, military sources said.
The axis of weakness
Wall Street Journal (Europe): In a Middle East full of dissenters and conspiracy theorists, there are usually at least ten interpretations of any noteworthy event. So perhaps most remarkable about Hezbollah's recent power play in Beirut is how uniform commentary has been.
Iran arrests 11 behind deadly bus ambush
Reuters: Iran's Intelligence Ministry said on Sunday it had arrested 11 members of a terrorist group with foreign links behind an ambush in which a cleric was killed and seven other people were wounded, a news agency said.
