Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 20 – Iran’s hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will travel to Belarus on an official visit on Monday, state media reported.
In Brief: Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit Belarus on Monday
Iraqi VP warns Iran against interference
AFP: Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi warned Iran on Sunday against interferring in his country to safeguard its own national security.
Swiss diplomacy over Iran nuclear programme is ‘farce’: Bolton
AFP: Swiss diplomatic moves to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme by compromises on both sides are a “farce” and should be withdrawn, former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said on Sunday.
Iran nuclear chief likely to meet Solana in Spain
AFP: Iran’s nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani is likely to meet EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in Spain for talks on resolving the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme, the ILNA news agency reported Saturday.
Iran says US should quit Iraq to curb ‘terror’
AFP: Iran said on Saturday the United States should withdraw its troops from Iraq because their presence is causing “terrorist” activity in the war-torn country.
Iran executes two men in south
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 19 Two men were hanged in Hormozgan Province, southern Iran, earlier this week, a state-run newspaper reported.
Three hanged in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 19 Iranian authorities hanged three men in the Iranian capital earlier this week, state media reported.
U.S. detains six terrorists with ties to Iran
Iran Focus: London, May 19 – The U.S. military said on Friday that it had detained six terrorists in Iraq suspected of transferring roadside bombs from Iran to Iraq. The following is the full text of the statement by the Multi-National Force Iraq (MNF-I):
Nuclear issue off limits in US-Iraq talks: Iran
AFP: Iran said on Sunday its nuclear standoff with the West will be strictly off the agenda when Iranian officials hold rare talks this month with US diplomats in Baghdad over Iraq.
‘Welcome to Tehran’ – how Iran took control of Basra
The Guardian: On a recent overcast afternoon in Basra, two new police SUVs drove onto a dusty, rubbish-strewn football pitch where a group of children were playing. The game stopped and the kids looked on.
