AFP: Iran’s judiciary has rejected a request by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, its spokesman said on Sunday, calling the request’s timing inappropriate.
Iran judiciary denies Ahmadinejad bid to see jail
France: Iran seems on track for nukes by mid-2013
AP: France’s foreign minister says Iran appears on track to reach the ability to produce a nuclear weapon by the first half of next year. France is one of six countries that have negotiated with Tehran over its nuclear program, which Iran insists is peaceful.
Iran seeks renewed talks with familiar demands
AP: Iranian officials have made no secret about their desire to reopen nuclear talks with the U.S. and other world powers as economic sanctions dig deeper — with Iran’s supreme leader even depicting his envoys as waiting at the negotiating table.
Iran, like U.S., denies plan for one-on-one nuclear talks
Reuters: Iran followed the United States on Sunday in denying that the two countries had scheduled direct bilateral negotiations on Iran’s controversial nuclear program.
US denies report on Iran nuclear talks deal
AFP: The White House denied that any deal had been reached for one-on-one nuclear talks with Iran, as the New York Times reported, and said it was still working on a “diplomatic solution.”
Bus overturns in southwest Iran, 26 dead
AP: A passenger bus carrying female students overturned in southwestern Iran Friday evening, killing 26, Iran’s state radio reported Saturday.
Saudi coastguard ‘capture 15 Iranians’
AFP: The Saudi coastguard have arrested a group of Iranians who attempted to infiltrate the country by sea near the northeastern frontier with Kuwait, authorities said.
US views harden on China, Iran ahead of election: poll
AFP: The US public’s views on China and Iran have hardened in the run-up to November 6 elections, according to a poll released Friday that found sharp partisan gaps over issues including support for Israel.
U.S. officials say Iran has agreed to nuclear talks
New York Times: It has the potential to help Mr. Obama make the case that he is nearing a diplomatic breakthrough in the decade-long effort by the world’s major powers to curb Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, but it could pose a risk if Iran is seen as using the prospect of the direct talks to buy time.
Iran denounces Beirut bombing, points finger at Israel
Reuters: Iran on Saturday condemned a car bomb attack in Beirut that killed a prominent Lebanese intelligence official on Friday and suggested that Israel was to blame.
