Reuters: Iran sent a letter to the world’s top diplomats on Tuesday to argue its case in the deepening nuclear row with the West, official media reported.Iran argues nuclear case in letter to “world”
Reuters: Iran sent a letter to the world’s top diplomats on Tuesday to argue its case in the deepening nuclear row with the West, official media reported.Iran arrests women’s activist: report
AFP: Iran has arrested a journalist and women’s rights activist for writing articles on “discriminatory laws” for women in the Islamic republic, a press report said on Tuesday.China, Iran to renew fuel oil supply deal -trade
Reuters: Chinese state oil trader Zhuhai Zhenrong Corp is set to renew a one-year deal to buy from Iran about one million tonnes of fuel oil for 2008, shortly after the company agreed to extend a major crude agreement, traders said. Merkel will urge German exporters to curb Iran ties, Bild says
Bloomberg: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will urge exporters to further restrict trade with Iran to pressure the Islamic Republic to end its nuclear program, according to Bild Zeitung. US military chief refuses to rule out military option over Iran
AFP: The top US military chief Admiral Michael Mullen Tuesday refused to rule out the military option over the Iran nuclear crisis, but stressed the importance of diplomacy in resolving the standoff. Iran not making “slightest compromise” with West, Ahmadinejad says
DPA: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Iran would not make the ‘slightest compromise’ with the West over its nuclear programmes. Iran-EU preliminary nuclear talks to be held “within next few days”
DPA: Preliminary nuclear talks between Iran and the European Union are to be held ‘within the next few days’ after the initial schedule had to be postponed, Iran’s deputy chief nuclear negotiator Javad Vaeidi said Wednesday. Bush plays down WWIII warning
AFP: US President George W. Bush on Tuesday played down his warning of “World War III” if Iran gets nuclear arms but refused to rule out using force to keep Tehran from getting an atomic weapons.Iran-EU nuclear talks postponed
AP: Iran’s deputy nuclear negotiator on Tuesday abruptly canceled a meeting with his EU counterpart, saying he was ill, European officials said. Iran: Russia to sell us aircrafts
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 20 Iran said on Tuesday that it had signed a deal with Russia to purchase Russian Tupolev airplanes.