AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that U.S.-Iran talks have helped improve security in Iraq but he rejected claims that the Islamic republic is fueling violence there, the state news agency reported. Iran: Talks with US help Iraq security
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that U.S.-Iran talks have helped improve security in Iraq but he rejected claims that the Islamic republic is fueling violence there, the state news agency reported. US: Iraqi women bomber trainer caught
AP: The U.S. military announced the capture Saturday of an insurgent leader who was recruiting and training women, including his wife, to wrap themselves in explosives and blow themselves up the latest sign that al-Qaida in Iraq plans to keep using women to carry out suicide attacks. Iran slams UN sanctions meeting
AP: Iranian officials said Saturday that U.N. Security Council debates on new sanctions over the country’s nuclear program would be illegal and fresh sanctions would undermine global security. Iraq should tell Iran to stop war supplies – Bush
Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush said on Saturday the Iraqi government should use a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to tell Tehran to stop arming Iraqi militias and to insist on “breathing space” to let democracy develop. Iran to boycott Paris book fair
AFP: Iran said on Saturday it is boycotting this year’s Paris book fair in protest at Israel being invited as guest of honour, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.Iran brushes off new UN sanctions threat
AFP: Iran on Saturday brushed off the prospect of new UN Security Council sanctions over its controversial nuclear programme, saying such measures would have no effect on its defiance of the world body. Shiite cleric: Don’t sacrifice Lebanon for Iran’s ambitions
Ya Libnan: Free Shiite movement leader Sheikh Mohammad Al-Haj Hassan urged the Lebanonization of the decisions of the Iranian and Syrian backed opposition. Analysis: Russia, others eye Iran ties
UPI: While it has been a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy since the 1979 Iranian Islamic revolution to contain and isolate Iran, Washington’s increasingly factious relations with Moscow and record-high oil prices are beginning to ripple through the relations of the five Caspian nations, producing several developments that all point to the increasing failure of Washington’s containment policy against Tehran. U.N. council vote on Iran sanctions delayed again
Reuters: France and Britain have again delayed a U.N. Security Council vote on a third round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program in an effort to win over skeptics, diplomats said on Friday. CNOOC, Iran deal kept under wraps
UPI: Details of a deal between China National Offshore Oil Corp. and Pars Oil and Gas Co. on the North Pars field are being kept under wraps to avoid scrutiny. 