Xinhuanet: Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino said Sunday that he hopes Iran’s nuclear program dispute wouldbe resolved by diplomatic means, Italian News Agency ANSA reported. Iran and the European Union (EU) heavyweights, Britain, Franceand Germany, on Thursday initiated
discussions in Tehran on Iran’s nuclear program.


New York Times: Iran’s six million Kurds are avidly following events across the border in Iraq, hoping that the Kurds there will blaze a trail to greater freedoms that can be duplicated in Iran.
Reuters: Iran will announce its final decision later on Sunday on an EU proposal that it freeze sensitive nuclear work in
AP: Iran Interior ministers from Iraq’s neighbors and Egypt will meet later this month in Iran to discuss the security threat posed by militants. Iran’s official news agency says the ministers and security officials will share intelligence on militants and other people suspected of being linked to the insurgency in Iraq.
AFP: A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have arrived in Iran to carry out routine inspections, a spokesman of the United Nations atomic agency said. The IAEA has been conducting routine inspections in Iran since February last year. But a diplomat in Vienna did not rule out the possibility that the team would also check on the suspension of uranium enrichment …
AFP: The United States has no intention to change Iran’s regime and it has no plans to invade the nation neighboring Iraq, where 140,000 US troops are stationed, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview to be broadcast Sunday. “We are not getting ready to invade Iran,” Powell told CNBC television’s “The Wall Street Journal Report” when asked if having 140,000 troops in Iraq makes it easier to deal with Iran.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 13 – Iranian officials in the town of Babol (northern Iran) paraded a young man around the towns main streets on Wednesday. One eyewitness reported that in a bid to mock and disgrace the young man as well as to humiliate his dignity the regimes agents shaved his hair like a cross, put a long stick through his sleeves, and paraded him around the streets.
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Nov. 13 – Ten Iranian agents were arrested during a raid on a local mosque in Falluja following attacks by coalition forces. News of the arrests came at a