AFP: Human rights groups on Sunday challenged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to eliminate severe discrimination in Iran, ahead of his arrival at a UN conference against racism and intolerance in Geneva. Rights groups challenge Iran leader at racism meet
AFP: Human rights groups on Sunday challenged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to eliminate severe discrimination in Iran, ahead of his arrival at a UN conference against racism and intolerance in Geneva. Israeli official slams Swiss-Iranian meeting
AP: Israel's deputy foreign minister says a planned meeting between Switzerland's president and his Iranian counterpart is "pathetic." Israel slams planned Swiss-Iran presidential meet
AFP: Israel voiced concern over planned meeting on Sunday between the presidents of Switzerland and the Jewish state's arch-foe Iran as part of a controversial UN conference on racism in Geneva. Iran sentences American journalist to 8 years in prison
New York Times: Iran has sentenced an Iranian-American journalist, Roxana Saberi, to eight years in prison after convicting her of spying for the United States, her lawyer said Saturday. US ‘deeply disappointed’ as Iran convicts reporter
AP: Iran convicted an American journalist of spying for the United States and sentenced her to eight years in prison, her lawyer said Saturday, complicating the Obama administration's efforts to break a 30-year-old diplomatic deadlock with Tehran. Israel stands ready to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites
The Times: The Israeli military is preparing itself to launch a massive aerial assault on Iran's nuclear facilities within days of being given the go-ahead by its new government.
Canadian accused of trying to export nuke parts
AP: A Canadian man has been charged with trying to export nuclear technology to Iran, his native country, police said Friday. Picking up mullahs’ nuclear tab
Washington Times: American taxpayers helped fund Iran's nuclear program over the past decade, and now the State Department "strongly opposes" diminishing the flow of U.S. money to the international agency that funneled the aid to Iran. The department fears – among other things – that doing so would "anger states in the developing world."
Ahmadinejad says Iran regional ‘guarantor’
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hailed his country's armed forces as the "guarantor" of regional security, during a low-profile parade on Saturday marking Army Day in the Islamic republic. U.S. envoy Holbrooke says chatted with Iran minister
Reuters: U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke said on Saturday that he had chatted briefly with Iran's foreign minister at a Pakistan donors conference in Tokyo, the latest hint of a possible thaw in thorny bilateral ties. 