Washington Post: After weeks of behind-the-scenes
AFP: An Iranian man has attempted to commit suicide at a hospital in the southern city of Shiraz in a bid to give up his organs to needy patients, a hospital official said Thursday. 
Reuters: Russia and Iran said Thursday they had finished construction of an atomic power plant in the Islamic Republic — a project the United States fears Tehran could use to make nuclear arms. Diplomats in Moscow said the announcement, made after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Iran, reflected Russia’s readiness to press ahead with the project in return for Tehran’s increased cooperation with the U.N. … 
AFP: Iraq’s national intelligence chief Mohammed al-Shahwani has accused Iran’s Baghdad embassy of masterminding an assassination campaign that has seen 18 intelligence agents killed since mid-September. 
AFP: A top Iranian lawmaker said here Thursday that Iran would bar international nuclear inspections in its country if debate on its nuclear program is taken up in the UN Security Council. 
Voice of America: An Iranian-American human rights group says the Iranian government has stepped up its campaign against pro-democracy dissidents, women and minorities with the staging of some 120 public hangings, and the arrest and imprisonment of more than 40 journalists. 
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Oct. 14 – In a press conference in Jordan the head of the Iraqi Judiciary Council accused Iran of channelling in a variety of illegal drugs into Iraq cities. Iran Focus: Baghdad, Oct. 14 – In a press conference in Jordan the head of the Iraqi Judiciary Council accused Iran of channelling in a variety of illegal drugs into Iraq cities. 
AFP: Two quakes measuring 5.2 and 4.2 on the Richter scale hit Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman early Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or serious material damage. 
Xinhuanet: A senior Iraqi intelligence official has accused Iran and some political parties of cooperating in an attempt to work against Iraqi new intelligence forces, local newspaper Azzaman reported Wednesday. Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Abdullah al Shahwani, head of the Iraqi intelligence, said in an interview with the newspaper published on Wednesday … 
