Reuters: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has suggested the U.N. nuclear watchdog would pass information about Iran’s nuclear programme to the United States, underlining worsening relations between Tehran and the Vienna-based body.
Iran says IAEA would pass nuclear information to U.S.
Major powers against solving nuclear issue: Ahmadinejad
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said major powers are against solving the controversy surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme, state television reported on its website on Thursday.
Obama extends freeze on Iranian assets
AFP: US President Barack Obama extended for another year a freeze on Iranian assets in the United States first imposed 31 years ago by president Jimmy Carter.
Nigeria summons Iran diplomats over seized arms
Reuters: Nigeria summoned Iran’s ambassador on Thursday over an arms shipment it seized last month and the Iranian foreign minister is expected to take part in the discussions, a Nigerian official and foreign diplomats said.
APNewsBreak: Nigeria links Iran to arms shipment
AP: Nigerian intelligence officials and diplomats have concluded that the Iranian government was behind a secret shipment of weapons discovered last month in shipping containers, according to internal documents seen Thursday by The Associated Press.
Iran won’t talk about limiting nuclear program
AP: Iran’s president says his country wants to discuss cooperation to resolve global issues and to promote peace and security at upcoming nuclear talks with world powers, but won’t talk about what it insists is its right to continue nuclear activities.
U.S. says UAE acting to bock Iran sanction evasion
Bloomberg: The United Arab Emirates government is taking steps to prevent Iran from exploiting bilateral economic ties to evade international sanctions aimed at preventing nuclear proliferation, U.S. officials said.
U.N. backs off Philosophy Day in Iran
New York Times: The United Nations Educational and Scientific Organization decided on Tuesday to pull the plug on another embarrassment to its reputation, dissociating itself from this year’scelebration of philosophy, to be held in Iran in less than two weeks.
Iran says to test own model of Russia S-300 missile
Reuters: Iran has developed a version of the Russian S-300 missile and will test-fire it soon, the official news agency IRNA said, two months after Moscow decided not to deliver it to Tehran to comply with U.N. sanctions.
Iran says won’t discuss nuclear issue with big six
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday the Islamic state would not discuss its disputed nuclear program in proposed talks with major powers, state television reported.
