Reuters: Iranian forces battling Kurdish rebels shelled parts of northern Iraq’s region of Kurdistan on Monday, the regional interior minister said, the second attack in 10 days.
Iran shells Iraqi Kurdistan: Kurd minister
Iran and the sober-minded left
Washington Times – Editorial: As the possibility of military action against Iran is being considered, the reactions of politicians and opinion-makers range from mature and thoughtful (increasingly from some on the left) to the surreal and foolish.
Iranian’s plans for economy spur widespread concern
New York Times: As President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad moves to make good on his campaign promise to distribute Iran’s increasing oil wealth among its citizens, warnings are coming from across the political spectrum that his policies may be doing more to irritate political and economic tensions than to soothe them.
Iran: West will be harmed if it wants to harm us
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 30 Irans chief nuclear negotiator issued a stark warning to the West on Sunday that they would be harmed if they stepped up international pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program.
Iran: West will be harmed if it wants to harm us
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 30 Irans chief nuclear negotiator issued a stark warning to the West on Sunday that they would be harmed if they stepped up international pressure on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program.
Iran: No compromise on enrichment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 30 Iran reiterated on Sunday that it was under no circumstances willing to cease its research-orientated uranium enrichment, ignoring demands by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations Security Council to suspend all such activities.
Iran: No compromise on enrichment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 30 Iran reiterated on Sunday that it was under no circumstances willing to cease its research-orientated uranium enrichment, ignoring demands by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations Security Council to suspend all such activities.
Rice says Iran playing games with offer
AP: The United States rejects Iran’s offer to allow a watchdog agency to inspect the country’s nuclear facilities and will press ahead for U.N. penalties against Tehran, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.
Irans Revolutionary Guards get new deputy chief
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 30 Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed on Sunday a senior military intelligence official as the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the Islamic Republics ideological armed force.
Irans Revolutionary Guards get new deputy chief
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 30 Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed on Sunday a senior military intelligence official as the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the Islamic Republics ideological armed force.


