Eye On Iran: IAEA chief Yukiya Amano Launches New Push for Answers from Iran

For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook group. Top Stories WP: "The chief U.N. nuclear official said Wednesday he is launching a new effort to resolve questions about alleged atomic weapons research by Iranian scientists, hinting at a firmer stance by the U.N. watchdog agency in seeking answers from Iran about its nuclear intentions." http://bit.ly/cb4du6 NYT: "A French court on Wednesday refused an American request to extradite an Iranian businessman accused of violating an American embargo on exports to Iran. He had raised American suspicions by buying equipment for a front company in Malaysia that was then shipped secretly to Iranian military firms involved in Iran's nuclear program." http://nyti.ms/bbmZ7a FOX News: "Rest assured, Washingtonians. Usama bin Laden is not residing in the nation's capital. That's the word from the State Department following Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's attempt to toy with America's sense of security during an ABC interview that aired Wednesday morning. 'I heard that Usama bin Laden is in Washington, D.C.,' the head of the Islamic regime responded when asked repeatedly whether the Al Qaeda leader was roaming freely in Iran." http://bit.ly/bnKHU3 Nuclear Program BBC News: "US Vice-President Joe Biden has warned that Iran's actions risk sparking a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. His warning came in a speech to the European Parliament - the first by a top US leader since then-president Ronald Reagan spoke there in 1985." http://bit.ly/aHbRUH Haaretz: "Brazil's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said Brasilia had not made an official offer to mediate over a UN-backed nuclear fuel swap between Iran and the West, but that Brazil was ready to help with talks any way it can." http://bit.ly/aIK91i Human Rights AP: "Iran has invited the U.N. human right chief who recently criticized Tehran's crackdown on the opposition following the country's disputed presidential election last June. The government-owned Borna website says Iran's rights official Mohammad Javad Larijani extended the invitation to U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay in a meeting with the Swiss ambassador in Tehran." http://bit.ly/9QnqU2 AFP: "US senators pleaded with Iran Tuesday to free three American hikers it has held since July 2009 ahead of the US Mother's Day celebration this weekend and flatly denied the youths were spies. 'We are here today to urge the Iranian government to immediately release Sarah Shourd, Josh Fattal, and Shane Bauer from prison,' said Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer." http://bit.ly/9MUSq3 Domestic Politics Radio Farda: "The semi-official Fars news agency reported that 'academics' from all over Iran attended a gathering today in front of the UN office in Tehran to protest the "silence" of the United Nations over what is being described as the United States' nuclear threat against the Islamic republic. Fars has posted some pictures of the state-sponsored protest against 'Obama's nuclear threat' in the Iranian capital." http://bit.ly/b33MWd Foreign Affairs AP: "Saudi and Kuwaiti officials said an Iranian espionage group has been dismantled in Kuwait, the Saudi news agency reported on Thursday - the first official confirmation of the operation in the tiny Gulf nation." http://bit.ly/9OI6gb Radio Farda: "Tajikistan's Foreign Ministry says Iran has officially proposed introducing visa-free travel between the two countries, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. Spokesman Davlat Nazriev told RFE/RL that the issue would be discussed on May 8 and that Dushanbe was expected to accept the proposal." http://bit.ly/dzoMbK Opinion Clifford May in National Review: "There is no greater threat to national and international security than the possibility that Iran's current rulers - militant Islamists, terrorist masters, and sworn enemies of both the Great Satan and the Little Satan - may acquire nuclear weapons. Recently, a memo by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (leaked to the New York Times) advised the president that the development of a strategy to confront this threat is long overdue." http://bit.ly/aQzvrj Golnaz Esfandiari for Radio Farda: "Since Iran erupted into political crisis nearly a year ago, there has been no shortage of predictions regarding the course the country would take. Some insisted the opposition movement whose ranks swelled after the June presidential election would quickly fade. Others claimed the mass street protests against President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's reelection would result in the collapse of the Islamic establishment." http://bit.ly/bBQIVp Eye on Iran is a periodic news summary from United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) a program of the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Eye on Iran is not intended as a comprehensive media clips summary but rather a selection of media elements with discreet analysis in a PDA friendly format. For more information please email Press@UnitedAgainstNuclearIran.com United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is a non-partisan, broad-based coalition that is united in a commitment to prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to become a regional super-power possessing nuclear weapons. 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