AFP: Iranian President Hassan Rowhani on Tuesday condemned the Holocaust as “reprehensible” in a new sign of a radical change by the Tehran government. However, the president also implicitly criticized the creation of Israel, an arch enemy of Iran’s clerical regime, as a Jewish homeland.
Iran’s new president calls Holocaust ‘reprehensible’
UN rights office calls on Iraq to determine whereabouts of missing Iranian exiles
UN News Centre: The United Nations human rights office today called on the Government of Iraq to do all it can to ascertain the whereabouts of seven former residents of Camp Ashraf, who have been missing since the facility, which housed Iranian exiles, was attacked on 1 September, leaving at least 52 residents dead.
Crowd protests Iran’s Rouhani outside UN
AP: Waving Iranian flags and carrying signs, a throng of people gathered in protest near the United Nations on Tuesday to condemn Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, saying his recent moves seemingly toward a more conciliatory stance and dialogue with the United States is merely a ruse.
Iran leader meets French president, but not Obama
AP: Iran’s new president met with the French leader Tuesday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, but not with U.S. President Barack Obama, as Western nations explored whether conciliatory talk from the Middle Eastern leader offers a way out of the impasse over Iran’s nuclear program.
Canada’s prime minister cautions Obama over Iran
AFP: Canada’s prime minister on Tuesday cautioned US President Barack Obama about pursuing diplomacy with Iran. “I certainly would not fault President Obama and our allies from trying,” Stephen Harper said in Ottawa.
Demonstrators near UN: Iran’s new president has blood on his hands
CBS: Thousands rallied near the United Nations Tuesday to protest Iran’s new president. As WCBS 880′s Alex Silverman reported, the demonstrators were joined by some high-profile politicians who said Rouhani’s recent talk of opening dialogue with the United States is merely a ruse.
Obama: Syrian chemical weapon ban must be enforced
AP: President Barack Obama said Tuesday the U.N. Security Council must agree to a resolution on Syrian chemical weapons that includes consequences for President Bashar Assad if he doesn’t meet demands to dismantle his stockpile.
Five reasons not to trust Iran on nukes
Bloomberg: Iranian President Hassan Rohani who this week is attempting to charm the pants off the United Nations, President Barack Obama, world Jewry and Charlie Rose — may succeed in convincing many people that the supreme leader of Iran doesn’t actually want to gain control of a nuclear arsenal.
How Obama was checkmated by Iran
Bloomberg: “Down is up and up is down. I feel like we have passed through the looking glass and are looking back at a backwards world,” a military historian of the modern Middle East wrote in a recent note to me about the hectic diplomacy over Syria and Iran.
US seeks ‘substance’ from Iran in nuclear talks
AFP: The United States is looking to see if Iran is prepared to engage seriously with the international community in the dragging talks on its suspect nuclear program, US officials said Monday.
