Reuters: Russia would be willing to discuss a new missile defense structure with the United States but sees Iran's nuclear program as a separate issue, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday. Russia willing to talk missiles, Iran separate
Reuters: Russia would be willing to discuss a new missile defense structure with the United States but sees Iran's nuclear program as a separate issue, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday. Obama reaches out to Russia over nuclear Iran
CNN: President Obama has told Russia that the United States might not proceed with a missile defense system in eastern Europe if Iran drops plans for producing nuclear weapons, senior administration officials said Tuesday. Obama says report on letter to Russia inaccurate
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday dismissed as inaccurate a report he had linked U.S. plans for a missile defense shield to Russian help on Iran in a letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Iran signs deal to supply crude to Kenya
Reuters: Iran will supply Kenya with four million metric tonnes of crude annually as part of a range of deals signed last week, Kenyan officials said on Tuesday. Obama offered deal to Russia in secret letter
New York Times: President Obama sent a secret letter to Russia’s president last month suggesting that he would back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons, American officials said Monday. Clinton says U.S. diplomacy unlikely to end Iran nuclear program
Los Angeles Times: The Obama administration has already concluded that a diplomatic overture to Iran, one of the central promises of the president's election campaign, is unlikely to persuade Tehran to give up its nuclear ambitions. Iran confirms detention of US journalist
AFP: Iran confirmed on Tuesday it was holding a freelance US journalist with Iranian nationality in a Tehran prison but did not reveal the charges. Clinton not optimistic about Iran-U.S. thaw
New York Times: Expressing doubts about one of the Obama administration’s most important diplomatic initiatives, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told an Arab foreign minister on Monday that she did not expect Iran to respond positively to an American offer of direct negotiations. US: Italian bank may face charges over illegal Iranian payments
AKI: New York prosecutors will present formal charges against one of Italy's largest banks, Intesa Sanpaolo, which is allegedly among at least 10 major Western banks to have illegally handled funds for Iran and concealed Iranian transactions routed through the United States. Iran wants OPEC “solution” to low oil prices-IRNA
Reuters: Iran, OPEC's second-biggest producer, said a "solution" to lift oil prices would be proposed at a meeting of the group later this month, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday. 