Reuters: Top officials from Iran and the United States, including Condoleezza Rice, could meet about Iraq, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday.
Iranian envoy gives nod to possible meet with Rice
Thousands of Afghans forced home from Iran
Reuters: Iran has forced 44,000 Afghans home to their war-torn homeland in recent weeks, splitting families in some cases, the United Nations and the Afghan government said on Tuesday, raising fears of a humanitarian crisis.
Bush won’t give up military option on Iran: Rice
Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush will keep a military option on the table as he seeks a diplomatic solution to the standoff with Iran over its nuclear plans, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
Iran must delay petrol rationing: MP
AFP: Iran needs to postpone until September a plan scheduled for implementation this month to ration petrol that is expected to have a huge impact on the economy, a top MP was quoted as saying on Monday.
Iran professor sacked for ‘insulting veiled woman’
AFP: A prominent Iranian professor has been sacked for offending a fully veiled woman during class amid mounting protests at a prestigious Iranian university over insults to Islam, the press reported Monday.
UN non-proliferation conference awaiting Iranian response
AFP: A UN non-proliferation conference failed to break a deadlock Monday as the Iranian ambassador awaited instructions from Tehran on whether to accept a compromise over the issue of compliance.
Iran orders all TV drama to feature prayer
AFP: The conservative head of Iran’s state-run television has said all homegrown drama programmes should feature scenes showing characters praying or they will be denied airtime, the ILNA news agency reported on Monday.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit UAE, Oman
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit the United Arab Emirates and Oman starting this weekend for talks expected to cover Iraq and Iran’s nuclear programme, officials and press reports said Monday.
U.S. think tank details global investment in Iran
Reuters: Companies and government agencies in three dozen countries have struck more than $153 billion in deals with Iran since 2000, investment that could offer important leverage to help persuade Tehran to abandon its nuclear program, a new study says.
In Brief: Iran Parliament bans Al-Jazeera report
Iran Focus: London, May 08 Irans Majlis, or Parliament, has banned the prominent Arabic-language satellite channel al-Jazeera, an international press freedoms watchdog said on Monday.
