UPI: Iran recalled its ambassador to Iraq in protest of Baghdad's support for a move by the United Arab Emirates to take ownership of three Persian Gulf islands.
Iran recalls ambassador to Iraq
US the main obstacle to Mideast peace: Iran leader
AFP: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday that Iran's arch-foe the United States was the main obstacle to resolving both the crisis in Iraq and the Palestinian question.
Ahmadinejad brands Israel a ‘stinking corpse’
AFP: Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday called Israel a "stinking corpse" which is doomed to disappear as the Jewish state celebrated its 60th anniversary.
US eyes German firm over sofware sale to Iran
Deutsche Welle: The German security-technology firm Draeger is being investigated in the US for potential violation of a trade embargo with Iran.
Russia joins U.N. economic sanctions on Iran
Reuters: Russia has signed into law United Nations economic sanctions that world powers agreed to in March, according to a presidential decree published by the Kremlin on Thursday.
Iran offers nuclear deal but refuses to stop enrichment
The Guardian: Iran said yesterday that it is to present the international community with a new package of proposals aimed at breaking the diplomatic deadlock over the country's nuclear programme.
5 nations may present new Iran offer in person
AP: Senior envoys from five of the six nations bargaining with Iran over its disputed nuclear program may try to get talks moving by making a special face-to-face appeal, U.S. and European officials said Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Two Iranian men detained on suspicions of spying
RFE/RL: Two Iranian men have been detained in Afghanistan in separate incidents on suspicion of spying near NATO and Afghan military installations.
Iran says $200/barrel oil possible: report
Reuters: Iran's Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari said it would be possible to see a price of $200 per barrel for crude if existing conditions in the market continued, an Iranian news agency reported on Thursday.
U.S.-Iran talks impossible amid tensions, Iraq says
Los Angeles Times: Prospects for another round of talks between Iranian and U.S. officials soon appeared dead Wednesday after Iraq's foreign minister said tensions between Tehran and Washington made such a meeting impossible.
