Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 04 – Iran denied on Saturday that it would be willing to halt uranium enrichment for guaranteed nuclear fuel import.
Iran: We will not suspend uranium enrichment
Iran says oil under 100 dollars is ‘unsuitable’
AFP: Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossiein Nozari said on Saturday that a price of under 100 dollars for a barrel of crude oil is "unsuitable." AP Exclusive: US won’t put diplomats in Iran
AP: The Bush administration has shelved plans to set up a diplomatic outpost in Iran, in part over fears it could affect the U.S. presidential race or be interpreted as political meddling, The Associated Press has learned. Tehran rejects Bahrain FM’s call to bring Israel in from cold
AFP: Iran rejected the Bahrain foreign minister's call for a new regional grouping which would include Israel as well as Arab states, Iran and Turkey, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday. Iran’s nuclear waltz
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: At its annual Vienna powwow this week, the world's nuclear watchdog is taking Iran for a few spins over its atomic ambitions. But the mullahs in Tehran know this diplomatic waltz well, and they can rest assured the dance merely frees up more time and space for them to get their bomb.
Iran asks for $7B for fuel imports
UPI: Iran is looking to bolster ties with regional energy-producing nations while seeking a $7 billion supplemental to cover gas imports, officials said. Without assured nuclear supply Iran will keep enriching: envoy
AFP: Iran will continue to enrich uranium while there is no legally-binding international assurance of a nuclear fuel supply, the country's envoy to the UN's nuclear energy watchdog said Thursday. US must change policy if wants better ties with Iran: Iranian FM
AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday ruled out any improvement in his country's ties with the United States unless Washington alters its foreign policy following the election of a new president next month. Iran interior minister admits using fake credentials
Los Angeles Times: Politicians pounced on Iran's interior minister Wednesday after the ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad admitted that he had submitted a phony degree from Oxford University to get a job as the country's top cop. Bahrain calls for Middle East bloc to bring together Iran and Israel
The Guardian: Middle Eastern countries should set up a new regional organisation that includes all Arab states as well as Israel, Iran and Turkey, pro-western Bahrain urged yesterday.
