AFP: The EU presidency on Friday condemned "in the strongest possible terms" anti-Israeli remarks made by Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called the state of Israel "a stinking corpse".
EU condemns Iran leader’s ‘unacceptable’ anti-Israel remarks
Lebanon: US accuses Iran and Syria
Press Association: The Bush administration has accused Iran and Syria of fuelling violence in Lebanon by inciting members of the radical Shiite Hezbollah movement to take up arms against the country's western-backed government.
Israel will not tolerate nuclear Iran: Olmert
AFP: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated his warning that the Jewish state will not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran, but expressed hope the international community would be successful in checking Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Lebanon in turmoil as Hezbollah takes west Beirut
AFP: Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of deadly street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war.
International alarm at Hezbollah “coup” in Beirut
Reuters: The takeover of the Muslim half of Beirut by Hezbollah triggered alarm in the Arab world and the West on Friday, and the embattled Lebanese government called it an armed coup by the Iranian and Syrian-backed group.
Nuclear powers speak out against Iran
AFP: The five major nuclear powers on Friday put up a concerted proliferation front against Iran, insisting that its nuclear programme remains a grave concern.
Rice blasts Syria, Iran on Lebanon violence
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Hezbollah, backed by Syria and Iran, is killing and injuring innocent civilians in Lebanon.
Powers say atom control treaty at risk and cite Iran
Reuters: The five major nuclear-armed powers said on Friday the Non-Proliferation Treaty was under threat and cited Iran's uranium enrichment campaign in a rare joint call for action to shore up the NPT.
Iran accuses US, Israel of provoking Lebanon violence
AFP: Iran on Friday accused the United States and Israel of fueling the deadly sectarian fighting in Lebanon between its Shiite militant Hezbollah ally and the Western-backed ruling majority.
4 hanged in Iran’s Evin Prison
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 – Iranian authorities have hanged four men in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on Thursday.
