Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 14 – Iran announced on Sunday that a meeting scheduled to take place on Monday between the head of its nuclear agency and the chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has been postponed.
Iran says meeting with IAEA chief postponed
First Saddam, then Al-Qaeda, now Iran motivates US war in Iraq
AFP: The rationale for war in Iraq has morphed from ousting strongman Saddam Hussein to countering Al-Qaeda militants to its latest incarnation — facing down what officials in the administration of President George W. Bush call the Iranian “threat.”
INTERVIEW-Iraq frustrated at delays to Iran/US talks- Zebari
Reuters: Iraq expects to host more talks between U.S. and Iranian officials on improving Iraq’s security but is frustrated by repeated delays, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Sunday.
Hadley: Iran still threat in Iraq
AP: With al-Qaida’s influence diminishing in Iraq, U.S. troops have much work to do in stemming Iranian support for militias, President Bush’s national security adviser said Sunday.
US confrontation with Iran unlikely in Iraq: US defense secretary
AFP: The chances of the United States “stumbling” into a confrontation with Iran through skirmishes in Iraq “are very low,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.
Iraq, U.S. to pressure Iran with diplomacy, force
Reuters: Iraq is prepared to pressure Iran diplomatically to stop supporting violence, while the United States helps the military effort to halt aid to “surrogate” forces, the White House national security adviser said on Sunday.
TOM GALLAGHER: Salmond must shun Iran
Sunday Times: Alex Salmond made a splash when he recently descended on the USA for Tartan Week. He schmoozed with congressmen and delivered pithy addresses to business and academic audiences, showing how Scotland had been a great improving force in the world and that possibly the best was yet to come.
Kurdish rebels in Iraq threaten to attack Iran
AFP: A Kurdish rebel group based in northern Iraq threatened on Sunday to launch bomb attacks inside Iran if Tehran fails to halt anti-Kurdish policies in the Islamic country.
Iran signals diplomatic initiative in nuclear row
Reuters: Iran, defying the West over its disputed nuclear program, said on Sunday it would soon unveil proposals aimed at resolving “international” and other problems.
Iran dismisses sabotage in mosque blast
AP: Iranian officials on Sunday ruled out an attack as the cause of an explosion that killed 11 people inside a mosque in the southern city of Shiraz.
