Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 24 – At least 21 people were killed when a bus slammed into a truck on a stretch of road in western Iran, state media reported on Saturday.
21 people killed in Iran bus crash
Swiss destroy evidence in nuclear smuggling case
AP: Switzerland destroyed nuclear arms plans seized as evidence in a case linking a Swiss family to Libya's now-abandoned atomic program. But President Pascal Couchepin stressed Friday it was to prevent them from falling into terrorists' hands.
David Miliband ‘queries’ Barack Obama’s Iran policy
The Times: David Miliband has raised questions over Barack Obama’s policy on Iran, which officials in Washington and Europe fear threatens to undermine the tough stance adopted by the West towards Tehran over recent years.
Iran cleric blasts US-Iraqi military agreement
AFP: A senior Iranian cleric on Friday slammed as treachery to Islam a security accord due to be sealed between Baghdad and Washington on the presence of American troops in Iraq.
Iran troops kill nine Kurd rebels: reports
AFP: Iran's Revolutionary Guards have killed nine Kurdish rebels, five of them women, in clashes in West Azarbaijan province near the border with Turkey, reports said on Saturday.
Obama qualifies stance on Iran diplomacy
Wall Street Journal: Barack Obama, under attack from President Bush and John McCain for pledges to meet with Iran's leadership, has started to qualify his prior bold stance, setting new preconditions and qualifications.
Wife of ex-FBI agent missing in Iran offers reward
AP: The wife of a former FBI agent believed to be missing in Iran said Friday she is offering a $5,000 reward for information on her husband, who disappeared more than a year ago.
Iran mosque blast plotters admit Israeli, US links: report
AFP: Iran's chief prosecutor said bombers who caused a deadly blast at a mosque in Shiraz had confessed of links to Israel and the United States, the ISNA student news agency reported on Friday.
No real progress on Iran nuclear dossier: diplomats
AFP: Iran is continuing to stonewall the UN nuclear watchdog's investigations into allegations it has carried out studies to design a nuclear weapon, diplomats said on Friday.
EU readying freeze on Iran’s biggest bank-diplomats
Reuters: The European Union is preparing sanctions against Iran's biggest bank but wants to see how Tehran responds to a new offer by major powers on its nuclear programme before acting, diplomats said on Friday.
