New York Times: Iran’s foreign minister said Saturday that Iran had every right to keep, for research purposes, some centrifuges that could be used to enrich uranium, an indication that a standoff on the country’s nuclear program may not be easily resolved. “Iran’s demand to keep 20 centrifuges is not against its commitments,” said the minister, Kamal Kharrazi, the IRNA news agency reported. Iran Reasserts Its Right to Enrich Uranium as Standoff Persists
New York Times: Iran’s foreign minister said Saturday that Iran had every right to keep, for research purposes, some centrifuges that could be used to enrich uranium, an indication that a standoff on the country’s nuclear program may not be easily resolved. “Iran’s demand to keep 20 centrifuges is not against its commitments,” said the minister, Kamal Kharrazi, the IRNA news agency reported. Iran’s Lonely Crowd
New York Times: When Friday Prayer here finishes at about two o’clock in the afternoon, hundreds of worshipers parade toward waiting buses east of Tehran University, shouting canned rhetoric against America and Israel, defining themselves by their animosity toward others. Watching this ritual, one cannot help but ask a soul-searching question: “How can such a small minority of vocal people – totally orchestrated worshipers and their security guards – set the agenda for a nation of 70 million people?” EU Warns Iran to Agree Nuclear Deal by Monday
Reuters: France, Britain and Germany told Iran on Saturday if they had not reached a final agreement to freeze key parts of its atomic program by Monday, they would not stop moves to seek sanctions against Tehran, diplomats said. “The Iranians were told that if there’s no deal by Monday, they (the EU) would no longer block a referral to the U.N. Security Council when the (U.N. nuclear watchdog) reconvenes,” a Western diplomat told Reuters. Iran dug tunnel for military nuclear work – magazine
Reuters: Iran is working on a secret nuclear programme for military purposes despite promising the European Union it would halt all activities related to uranium enrichment, thenews magazine Der Spiegel said on Saturday.
Iran-EU nuclear talks break off: diplomats
AFP: Informal Iran-EU talks to rescue an agreement on a promised Iranian freeze of key nuclear fuel-making activities broke off Saturday, opening the door to possible UN sanctions against Tehran, diplomats said. “We have no progress. It is up to the Iranians now to ponder what they will do,” a European diplomat close to the talks told AFP. “They have a very serious decision to make.”. US commander warns Iran, others not to underestimate US military power
AFP: A top US commander has warned Iran and othercountries to never underestimate US air and naval power, discounting concerns that US forces are too tied down in Iraq
to respond to challenges elsewhere.
Iraq Wants Iran To Tighten Borders
Associated Press: A top Iraqi official has been briefing Iranian officials on his country’s ongoing problems with militants and demanding help from Tehran in curbing the infiltration of terrorists over the border into Iraq. Iran: Nuclear resolution unacceptable
CNN: Iran’s Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said the new draft resolution put forward by three European powers at a key meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog is still unacceptable despite recent changes, Iran’s state-run news agency reported Saturday. Iran nuclear dispute headed to ‘normalisation’: top cleric
AFP: The standoff between Iran and the international community over its nuclear programme is headed towards “normalisation”, a top cleric said on Friday, despite a row over whether Tehran has fully suspend uranium enrichment. “It is excluded that the issue will come before the UN Security Council. The affair is heading towards normalisation,”Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said in a Friday sermon in Tehran.
Iran and Europe Negotiate to Try to Save Nuclear Agreement
New York Times: Iran and its European partners struggled Friday to salvage their agreement committing Tehran to freeze an important part of its nuclear program, European and Iranian officials said. But the two sides were so far apart that their talks were put off until Monday. 