Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written President Bush a rambling 18-page treatise detailing alleged American foreign policy misdeeds and defending scientific research as “one of the basic rights of nations.”
Iran letter faults US, makes no nuclear proposals
How to deter Tehran
New York Sun: As the Iranian regime barrels forward, openly calling for the destruction of Israel and overtly breaking the nuclear non-proliferation rules, two distinctly undesirable prospects confront the West.
Rice: Iran letter doesn’t resolve standoff
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dismissed a letter that Iran’s president sent to President Bush on Monday, saying the first direct communication from an Iranian leader in 27 years does not help resolve the standoff over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.
Police commander killed in northern Iran province
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 08 A senior commander of the State Security Forces, Irans paramilitary police, in the northern province of Golestan was killed by unknown assailants, state media reported on Monday.
Police commander killed in northern Iran province
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 08 A senior commander of the State Security Forces, Irans paramilitary police, in the northern province of Golestan was killed by unknown assailants, state media reported on Monday.
Iran’s women barred from soccer games
AP: Iran’s women will be barred from attending soccer games, a reversal by the president that comes a month before the national team plays in the World Cup.
Iran intelligence agents meddling in Iraq Sunni leader
Iran Focus: London, May 08 A top Sunni Iraqi leader accused Iran of sending agents of its Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) to infiltrate Iraq.
Iran intelligence agents meddling in Iraq Sunni leader
Iran Focus: London, May 08 A top Sunni Iraqi leader accused Iran of sending agents of its Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) to infiltrate Iraq.
US: Iran letter may be timed for UN debate
Reuters: U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte said on Monday a letter Iran sent to President George W. Bush over its nuclear ambitions may have been timed to influence a UN Security Council debate on Iran.
Kuwait arrests Iran intelligence officers – report
Iran Focus: London, May 08 Kuwaiti security services have uncovered and arrested a group of agents belonging to Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) that were spying on locations used by American personnel in Kuwait, according to an Arab-language website.
