AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed documents released by whistleblower WikiLeaks as “worthless” and ‘mischief” which would not affect Tehran’s relations with its Arab neighbours.
WikiLeaks reports are ‘worthless’: Iran
Iran diplomat says talks Dec. 5 in Geneva–RIA
Reuters: Iran’s talks with world powers seeking to rein in its nuclear programme will be held in Geneva on Dec. 5, Russia’s RIA news agency quoted the Iranian ambassador to Moscow as saying on Monday.
Eni had $1.4 Bln to recoup from Iran deals early 2010 -WikiLeaks
Dow Jones: Italy’s Eni SpA (E) still had about $1.4 billion to recoup from its investments in Iran as of January 2010, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable published by whistleblower WikiLeaks.
Iran admits uranium enrichment hit by malware
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad admitted Monday that “several” uranium enrichment centrifuges were damaged by “software installed in electronic equipment,” amid speculation Iran’s nuclear activities had come under cyberattack.
Iran’s atom enrichment not negotiable–Ahmadinejad
Reuters: Iran’s uranium enrichment activities are its legal right and will not be negotiated away at talks with world powers that may be held in the coming weeks, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday.
WikiLeaks says Iran’s Khamenei has cancer: report
Reuters: U.S. diplomatic cables released by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks include remarks from an Iran source in 2009 saying Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has terminal cancer, French daily Le Monde reported.
Iran ‘smuggled arms’ to Hezbollah on ambulances
AFP: Iran used Red Crescent ambulances to smuggle weapons and agents into Lebanon during Hezbollah’s 2006 war with Israel, a leaked US diplomatic cable showed on Monday.
Blast ‘kills top Iran nuclear scientist’
AFP: Twin blasts in Iran’s capital killed a prominent nuclear scientist and wounded another on Monday, said state media reports that promptly accused Israeli agents on motorbikes of attaching the bombs to their cars.
Around the world, distress over Iran
New York Times: In late May 2009, Israel’s defense minister, Ehud Barak, used a visit from a Congressional delegation to send a pointed message to the new American president.
Iran fortifies its arsenal with the aid of North Korea
New York Times: Secret American intelligence assessments have concluded that Iran has obtained a cache of advanced missiles, based on a Russian design, that are much more powerful than anything Washington has publicly conceded that Tehran has in its arsenal, diplomatic cables show.
