AFP: French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier called Tuesday for Iran to produce a “lasting” halt to its uranium enrichment activities, as signs emerged of a compromise deal between Iran and the EU. “We are in an extremely intensive phase of discussions with the Tehran government and we are entering into this final phase of discussions with a certain optimism,” Barnier told reporters at a European Union meeting here. France wants “lasting” halt to Iran’s nuclear drive
AFP: French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier called Tuesday for Iran to produce a “lasting” halt to its uranium enrichment activities, as signs emerged of a compromise deal between Iran and the EU. “We are in an extremely intensive phase of discussions with the Tehran government and we are entering into this final phase of discussions with a certain optimism,” Barnier told reporters at a European Union meeting here. In Brief
Iran Focus:
Iraqi Defence Minster: Proof of Iran’s meddling shatters reinforced concrete
2 young men to be executed
Woman, 74, two sisters commit suicide
Iraq tightening border security with Iran
Ironmongers protest government takeover of shops
New security apparatus set up in Qom
Unemployment on the rise in Khorassan province
Iraqi Defence Minster: Proof of Iran’s meddling shatters reinforced concrete2 young men to be executed
Woman, 74, two sisters commit suicide
Iraq tightening border security with Iran
Ironmongers protest government takeover of shops
New security apparatus set up in Qom
Unemployment on the rise in Khorassan province
Iran could agree to six month uranium enrichment suspension
AFP: Iran is prepared to suspend uranium enrichment for a maximum of six months during negotiations with European countries, but will never agree to permanently halt the practice, one of its top nuclear negotiators said on Tuesday. “We have told them (the Europeans) that an indefinite suspension is unacceptable,” Hossein Mousavian told AFP.
Iran to upgrade deterrent defense capability: DM
Xinhuanet: Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani said Tuesday that Iran was to upgrade its deterrent defense capability to ward off foreign threats, the official IRNA news agency reported. Shamkhani made the comments in a message on the sixth anniversary of the founding of Iran’s Organization of Aerospace Industries due on Wednesday. Iran Risks ‘Serious’ Showdown on Nuclear Plans, Fischer Says
Bloomberg: Iran may face a “very serious” showdown with the United Nations should the Islamic country fail to dispel suspicions that it is building a nuclear-weapons program,said German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. Germany, France and Britain are leading European Union efforts to
reach an agreement that would ensure Iran’s nuclear-power program is peaceful. Iran has reneged on a 2003 pledge …
EU foreign ministers tackle Iraq, Iran ahead of summit
AFP: European Union foreign ministers gathered Tuesday ahead of an EU leaders’ summit this week to tackle aid for Iraq and Iran’s nuclear drive. With the outcome of the US presidential election and crisis at the European Commission at home to tackle, the EU leaders have plenty to discuss when they convene on Thursday and Friday.
Khatami rejects uranium enrichment suspension
Xinhuanet: Iranian President Mohammad Khatami onTuesday categorically rejected the European demand of unlimited suspension of uranium enrichment.
“The Iranian nation must not be deprived of its rights on
nuclear technology,” Khatami told reporters.
Iran Nuclear Dilemma Looms for Either Occupant of White House
Los Angeles Times: Diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from building an atomic bomb may fail, U.S. officials and foreign diplomats say, leaving the winner of today’s presidential election with the threat of an Islamic fundamentalist, nuclear-armed regime in Tehran. The debate over Iran will probably strain a White House that is already preoccupied with Iraq no matter who wins today’s presidential election. 
Iran Focus:Iran would freeze enrichment for 6 months at most
Reuters: Iran could agree to freeze uranium enrichment for six months at most and only provided the European Union abandons its demand that Tehran scrap enrichment for good,a senior Iranian security official said on Monday. Tehran risks being reported to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions if it does not freeze enrichment before the …
