DPA: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday rejected a call by a predecessor – Henry Kissinger – for Washington to negotiate with Iran.
Rice rejects Kissinger call for talks with Iran
The weapon Iran may not want to use
Washington Post: In 1967, after Israel trounced its Arab neighbors in the Six-Day War, five oil-producing Arab countries used what they called the “oil weapon” and cut off supplies to the United States and its European allies. But the weapon turned out to be a dud. The United States increased its production by a million barrels a day, and more modest boosts by three other oil-producing nations defused the crisis.
Iran’s secrecy widens gap in nuclear intelligence
New York Times: South of Tehran, the desert gives way to barbed wire, antiaircraft guns and a maze of buildings, two of them cavernous underground halls roughly half the size of the Pentagon.
US looks to arm Iran’s neighbors, general says
Reuters: Iran’s neighbors — including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates — are talking to the United States about ways to bolster their defenses, the general in charge of U.S. arms sales said on Thursday.
Irans Ahmadinejad sends Syrias al-Assad a message
Iran Focus: London, May 18 Hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a message to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian news agency SANA reported on Thursday.
Irans Ahmadinejad sends Syrias al-Assad a message
Iran Focus: London, May 18 Hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a message to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian news agency SANA reported on Thursday.
Iran president to send letter to Pope – paper
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is writing a letter to Pope Benedict, following an unprecedented letter to U.S. President George W. Bush earlier this month, a newspaper said on Thursday.
Iran’s Larijani, IAEA head talk in Vienna – diplomat
Reuters: Iranian chief atomic negotiator Ali Larijani on Thursday discussed ways to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme with the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, a senior Iranian diplomat said.
EU trio set to meet on Iran in London next week
DPA: Representatives from France, Britain and Germany will meet next week to hammer out a new package of incentives aimed at persuading Iran to stop its suspected military nuclear weapons programme, European diplomats said Thursday.
Iran FM in surprise visit to Syria
AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki flew to Syria Thursday on an unannounced visit, and immediately went into a meeting with President Bashar al-Assad, a Syrian oficial said.
