Reuters: European Union and Iranian officials will discuss the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program on Thursday but no breakthrough is expected despite a threat by world powers of further sanctions.
No breakthrough seen for Iran-EU nuclear talks
World powers threaten new measures against Iran
Reuters: World powers, including Russia, threatened “further appropriate measures” on Wednesday if Iran failed to comply with U.N. resolutions demanding that it suspend nuclear enrichment.
Iran defiant on eve of EU talks
BBC: Iran will not halt uranium enrichment, a key demand of the United Nations, its chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on the eve of talks with the EU.
Rice: World should not soften on Iran
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suggested Tuesday the U.N. nuclear enforcement chief should stay out of a long-running diplomatic standoff with Iran.
Libya’s new ties with West set example for Iran – Blair
Reuters: British Prime Minister Tony Blair held out the prospect on Tuesday that Iran, under international pressure over its nuclear programme, could follow Libya’s example and transform its relations with the West.
G8 to tackle Iran, Darfur and other world conflicts
Reuters: Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight nations gather in Germany on Wednesday to discuss the nuclear standoff with Iran, the unresolved conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region and other pressing international issues.
Rice rejects link of Iran arrests and captures of guards in Iraq
New York Times: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday rejected linking Irans charges against three Iranian-Americans in Tehran to the Bush administrations capture of members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Iraq.
Authorities hang five people in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 29 Iranian authorities hanged five people in the eastern and south-eastern provinces of Khorrasan Jonoubi and Sistan-va-Baluchistan respectively, state media reported on Tuesday.
Turkey probes weapons cache from Iran to Syria
AFP: Turkish authorities have launched an investigation into what they describe as an undeclared train shipment of weapons from Iran to Syria, local security sources said Tuesday.
EU, Asian nations urge Iran to stop enrichment
AFP: More than 40 European and Asian countries on Tuesday urged Iran to stop uranium enrichment and negotiate a peaceful end to the international standoff over its nuclear programme.
