Thursday's Daily Briefing on Iran

DoctorZin reports, 5.12.2005:

Blair Backs Referring Iran to U.N.

CNN.com:

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he would support Iran being referred to the U.N. Security Council if Tehran breached its nuclear obligations.

"We certainly will support referral to the U.N. Security Council if Iran breaches its undertaking and obligations," Blair said Thursday. READ MORE

Here are a few other news items you may have missed.

• Iran va Jahan argues that for Iran, regime change is the only option.
• The Financial Times claims that with Iran threatening to raise the stakes in their twin nuclear stand-offs, the Bush administration is reassessing its options.
• Reporters Without Borders voiced concern today about a court summons received on 8 May by journalist Emadoldin Baghi, who has already been imprisoned several times.
• Forward complains that the story of the Iranian people's daily struggles is increasingly buried by the media.
• The Washington Post reports that European officials notified Iran for the first time yesterday that they will walk away from two years of talks and sign on to a Bush administration strategy.
• The New York Times reports that European nations may call an emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency next week to act against Iran if it resumes some nuclear activities.
• Tehran Times reports that Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Hassan Rowhani said,"Gaining access to nuclear technology is a national demand and therefore no government in Iran is able to forgo this right."
• The American Thinker has recommendations for Karen Hughes on how to succeed in revamping the U.S.'s public image in the Middle East.
• And finally, The Washington Post asks in response to Iran's threatening to restart its suspended uranium enrichment program, "Does the United States -- or Israel -- have a military option?"