Iran Focus: London, Jun. 01 The Iranian government should immediately release two Iranian-Americans from detention and clarify the case of a third who may have disappeared, several human rights organisations said on Thursday.
Rights groups call on Iran to release scholars
No breakthrough in EU-Iran nuclear talks
AFP: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani failed Thursday to break the deadlock over Tehran’s nuclear programme but agreed to meet again in a fortnight.
UK may seek Iranian help in finding Iraq hostages
The Guardian: Britain is considering a direct approach to Iran for help in discovering the whereabouts of four British security guards and a financial consultant abducted in Iraq and who was responsible for seizing them. The issue was raised yesterday at a meeting of Cobra, Whitehall’s emergency committee, the Guardian has learned.
Weapons caches point to Iran
Daily Telegraph: Explosive devices similar to those supplied by Iran to militant groups in Iraq have been found for the first time in Afghanistan.
Iran says dead rebels had U.S.-made arms – media
Reuters: Rebels killed in clashes with Iranian forces this week had recently infiltrated border areas of the Islamic Republic carrying U.S.-made arms, an Iranian commander was quoted as saying on Thursday.
Outside view: Misunderstanding Iran
UPI: Euphoria over the outcome of the talks between Washington and Tehran has given the die-hard proponents of conciliation with the Iranian mullahs a glimmer of hope. As illusory as they are, these expectations reveal a blurred understanding of the state of affairs in Iran and the essence of the Iranian mullahs’ foreign and domestic policy.
US: Iranian-American in custody in Iran
AP: The State Department confirmed on Thursday that an Iranian-American missing in Iran for more than two weeks has been detained by authorities of the Islamic government.
Rice holds line on Iran nuclear program
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held the hard U.S. line against concessions to Iran over its nuclear program Thursday and renewed a conditional offer to talk to the clerical regime on any subject.
Coalition arrests two “terrorists” with ties to Iran
Iran Focus: London, May 31 – The U.S.-led Coalition in Iraq said it had captured two “suspected terrorists” with ties to Iran on Thursday.
Coalition arrests two “terrorists” with ties to Iran
Iran Focus: London, May 31 – The U.S.-led Coalition in Iraq said it had captured two “suspected terrorists” with ties to Iran on Thursday.
