AFP: Talks on Iran’s controversial nuclear programme will fail if world powers use “pressure” during the negotiations, Iranian parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday.
Iran nuclear talks will fail under pressure: speaker
World powers seek unity on Iran nuke program
AP: Six world powers struggled Wednesday to find common ground on how harshly to criticize Iran, reflecting the difficulties of presenting a united front at upcoming talks with the Islamic Republic meant to coax it into reducing activities that could be used to make a nuclear weapon.
Indian police arrest man over Israel car bombing
AFP: New Delhi police said they had arrested a man in connection with last month’s bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat’s car, which Israel blamed on Iran.
EU’s Ashton accepts Iranian offer of nuclear talks
Reuters: European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton wrote to Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Tuesday, accepting an offer to meet to discuss Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iran says to let U.N. nuclear sleuths visit military site
Reuters: Iran said on Tuesday it would let U.N. nuclear investigators visit a military complex where they had been refused access to check intelligence suggesting Tehran has pursued explosives research relevant to nuclear weapons.
Iran human rights lawyer jailed 18 years
AFP: Iran has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer, Abdolfattah Soltani, to 18 years in jail for allegedly spreading anti-regime propaganda, several opposition websites reported on Tuesday.
Islamabad steps closer to Iranian pipeline
UPI: Islamabad offered a German engineering company a deal to start work on the Pakistan section of a natural gas pipeline from Iran, an official said.
Iran court tosses accused spy’s conviction
UPI: The Supreme Court of Iran has voided the death penalty sentence of a former U.S. Marine convicted of spying, officials said.
Iran group gets U.S. backers
National Law Journal: For nearly 20 months, the legal status of a dissident Iranian group has remained in limbo, mired in a U.S. State Department review of the association’s official designation as a foreign terrorist organization.
IAEA chief seeks new ideas in Iran stalemate
AFP: The head of the UN atomic watchdog called Monday for fresh guidance from member states on how to jumpstart its stalled probe into Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons drive.
