Reuters: Austria opposes the idea of separate European Union sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend its nuclear enrichment programme, Austria’s foreign minister was quoted on Monday as telling a German newspaper. Austria rejects separate EU sanctions against Iran
Reuters: Austria opposes the idea of separate European Union sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend its nuclear enrichment programme, Austria’s foreign minister was quoted on Monday as telling a German newspaper. Iran, Kosovo hangs over Sarkozy meeting with Putin
Reuters: French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday holds his first bilateral summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Moscow, where their shared pragmatism might help them do business despite sharp diplomatic differences.
Did Hillary duck a sucker punch?
Newsweek: Last March, Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia introduced a bill to insist that President Bush get congressional authorization if he wanted to attack Iran. The bill languished in obscurity until last week, when Webb got his first and only cosponsor: the Democratic presidential front runner, Sen. Hillary Clinton, who was evidently in too much of a hurry to give Webb the customary senatorial heads-up. Iran to appoint new envoy to regional ally Syria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 08 An Iranian Vice-President has been nominated to take over as the Islamic Republics new ambassador to Syria, it was announced on Monday. Iran to appoint new envoy to regional ally Syria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 08 An Iranian Vice-President has been nominated to take over as the Islamic Republics new ambassador to Syria, it was announced on Monday. Arrests made in abduction of Britons employed by Montreal company in Iraq
Canadian Press: Three suspected Shiite militiamen believed responsible for the abduction of four employees of a Canadian-based security company have been captured in a pre-dawn raid in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday. Venezuela’s state airline launches weekly flights to Iran via Syria
Canadian Press: Venezuela’s state airline Conviasa launched flights to Iran via Syria on Sunday with the aim of strengthening commercial relations among the three anti-American states. Charges: 2 tried to export F-14 parts
AP: Two Utah men are accused of trying to illegally export surplus pieces of F-14 fighter jets, a plane that is flown only in Iran. Brown says does not rule out any option on Iran
Reuters: Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday that he would not rule out any option in tackling Iran over its nuclear ambitions, but said he hoped to resolve the dispute through diplomacy. Official: Iran opens border crossings
AP: Iran opened on Monday five border crossing points with Kurdish-run northern Iraq, closed last month by Tehran to protest the U.S. detention of an Iranian here, an Iraqi Kurdish official said. 