The Guardian: Conservative Iranian newspaper raises concern that rare 6th century BC Babylonian artefact may not be returned
Iran lays claim to British Museum’s Cyrus Cylinder
Iran bus accident kills 29, injures 11: report
Reuters: Twenty-nine people were killed and 11 injured when a passenger bus plunged off a bridge in central Iran Wednesday, state television reported.
EU powers: Iran seeks to intimidate UN atom body
Reuters: Three European heavyweights accused Iran on Wednesday of trying to intimidate the U.N.’s atomic watchdog by barring some of its nuclear inspectors.
West calls for tougher action on Iran sanctions
AFP: Western nations on Wednesday called for tougher action to implement UN sanctions against Iran as world powers planned to meet in New York next week on Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iranian police arrest 60 people at party
Reuters: Iranian police arrested 60 people at a party last weekend where alcohol was served and men and women mingled freely, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Iran’s nuclear power plant launch stirring unease
Los Angeles Times: Experts say a Chernobyl-like accident at Bushehr is unlikely, but not everyone is convinced. Problem-free generation could mean big business opportunities for the Persian Gulf.
Iran donates $25 million to Turkey’s ruling party
Daily Telegraph: Iran has agreed to donate $25 million (£16 million) to Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in a move that will increase fears that Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is preparing to abandon the country’s secular constitution.
US-Russia ties at stake with START vote: diplomat
AFP: US-Russia relations could suffer if senators fail to ratify a new arms control treaty, with Moscow possibly refusing to back Washington’s policy on Iran, a top US official said Tuesday.
Ahmadinejad won’t attend disarmament meeting – U.N.
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called off plans to attend a high-level U.N. meeting next week aimed at reviving stalled global disarmament talks, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.
Top US lawmaker Pelosi hails Iran’s release of hiker
AFP: Democratic US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed Iran’s release of one of three US hikers it detained in late July 2009, Sarah Shourd, but called on Tehran to free her two companions.
