AP: Turkey has agreed to host an early warning radar as part of NATO’s missile defense system aimed at countering ballistic missile threats from neighboring Iran, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Turkey agrees to host early warning radar
Exclusive: China curbs Iran energy work
Reuters: China has put the brakes on oil and gas investments in Iran, drawing ire from Tehran over a pullback that officials and executives said reflected Beijing’s efforts to appease Washington and avoid U.S. sanctions on its big energy firms.
Ahmadinejad, Karzai discuss strengthening Iran-Afghanistan ties
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 01 – Iran’s hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai discussed increasing bilateral ties between the two countries during a phone conversation on Wednesday.
Iran “charm offensive” fails to ease nuclear fears
Reuters: An Iranian effort to show increased openness about its disputed nuclear program is doing little to dispel Western suspicions about Tehran’s atomic ambitions, with one Vienna-based envoy dismissing it as a “charm offensive.”
Iran: Parliament speaker to visit North Korea
AP: Iran says the speaker of its parliament will visit North Korea to discuss “expansion of cooperation” with Pyongyang. The trip underlines the close ties between the two nations.
Khamenei warns of security risk for Iran elections
Reuters: Iran’s supreme leader said on Wednesday a parliamentary election scheduled for early next year posed a potential risk to the country’s security and he called for national unity.
Iranian protest urges help for shrinking lake
AP: Protesters demanding greater environmental protections for one of the world’s biggest saltwater lakes have clashed with security forces in western Iran.
Iran FM to visit Pakistan next week
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 31 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will visit Pakistan’s capital next week to take part in the 18th meeting of the Iran-Pakistan joint economic cooperation commission.
Iranian nuclear bid could provoke attack: Sarkozy
AFP: France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Wednesday that Iran’s alleged attempts to build long-range missiles and nuclear weapons could lead unnamed countries to launch a pre-emptive attack.
Iran sends sub, warship on Red Sea patrol: navy
AFP: Iran has dispatched a submarine and a warship to the Red Sea on a patrol mission, navy commander Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said in a report by state media on Tuesday.
