AP: Envoys from Iran and six world powers have resumed talks over Tehran’s nuclear program after issuing dueling proposals during the opening day of the negotiations in the Iraqi capital.
Nuclear talks resume amid impasse worries
Iran says world powers creating “difficult atmosphere” at talks
Reuters: World powers are hindering talks in Baghdad with Iran over its nuclear programme, creating a “difficult atmosphere”, an Iranian delegation official said on Thursday.
Iran face-off drives new naval small ship focus
Reuters: For decades, Western navies have built ever larger, more expensive warships. Those vessels now look increasingly vulnerable to thousands of small, fast Iranian attack boats that could dominate the Gulf in the event conflict there.
Report: Iran holds military maneuvers
AP: Iran’s official news agency says Iran’s military has wound up a one-day exercise in the center of the country.
Iran is offered new plans to ease nuclear concerns
AP: Iran traded proposals with six world powers, including the United States, Wednesday in a new round of talks aimed at persuading Tehran to curb its nuclear program and ease concerns it wants to make atomic weapons. But divisions over sanctions complicated the discussions.
Leaders guilty of rights abuses banned from Olympics
AFP: The announcement comes after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that he was hoping to attend the London Olympics, which start on July 27, but that British authorities were reluctant to allow him.
Britain ‘mulling role in any Iran-Israel conflict’
AFP: Britain’s leaders are discussing how to respond to any military confrontation between Israel and Iran, including the possible involvement of its navy, the BBC reported Wednesday.
Getting a good deal with Iran
Wall Street Journal: Beware ‘confidence-building’ measures that never force Tehran to verifiably abandon its pursuit of a nuclear-weapons capability.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit China: embassy
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Beijing next month, a spokesman for the Islamic republic’s embassy said Wednesday, amid an escalating crisis over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
Israel: Iran deal doesn’t rule out possible strike
AP: Israel’s defense minister says Iran’s preliminary agreement to open its nuclear facilities to U.N. inspectors doesn’t rule out a possible Israeli military strike.
