AFP: Oil-rich Iran on Tuesday increased the price of petrol by 25 percent despite announcements by the government only the day before that prices would remain the same for the moment.
Oil-rich Iran hikes petrol prices by 25 percent
Iran’s secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq
The Guardian: Iran is secretly forging ties with al-Qaida elements and Sunni Arab militias in Iraq in preparation for a summer showdown with coalition forces intended to tip a wavering US Congress into voting for full military withdrawal, US officials say.
Iran charges Iranian-American academic
AP: Iran on Monday charged a detained Iranian-American academic with seeking to topple the ruling Islamic establishment, state-run television reported.
2 US Republican senators allege they have ‘evidence’ Iran sent weapons, trained militants in Iraq
AP: Two U.S. Republican senators said Sunday the United States has evidence that Iran sent weapons and trainers to instruct militants in Iraq to carry out terror attacks there.
Iran protests ‘Persepolis’ screening
AP: Iran protested the Cannes Film Festival screening of “Persepolis,” an animated adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel about growing up in Iran after the Islamic revolution, a semiofficial news agency reported Sunday.
Iran says anti-U.S. policy “bigger than Hiroshima”
Reuters: Iran’s policies of standing up to the United States have set off a “powerful bomb in the world of politics” bigger than the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday.
