Washington Post – By Ted Koppel: Veteran broadcaster on how a crisis ended, but a war began.
30 years later, Iran still holds us hostage
China: Iran nuke issues can not be solved after one meeting
Reuters: The Iranian nuclear issue cannot be resolved in just one or two discussions, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Sunday, a day after a high-level meeting aimed at addressing Tehran’s nuclear plans ended in disappointment.
Iran’s NITC to add 22 very large crude carriers to tanker fleet by 2013
Bloomberg: NITC of Iran will become the world’s third-biggest oil-tanker company by 2013 when it takes delivery of 22 very large crude carriers, or VLCCs, and expands the number of ships in its fleet by 72 percent, an executive said.
Iran names acting foreign minister as top diplomat
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has presented the acting foreign minister to parliament to be approved as the new top envoy for the nation.
Ahmadinejad says Iran open to more nuclear talks
AFP: Iran is open to holding further talks with six world powers over its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday, a day after the failure of the latest round of dialogue in Istanbul.
Iran nuclear talks break down without an agreement
Washington Post: Diplomatic efforts to end the eight-year-old impasse over Iran’s nuclear program ran aground Saturday after Iranian officials refused to bargain with the United States and other world powers unless they first agreed to conditions including an immediate halt to economic sanctions.
Iran nuclear talks close with no progress
New York Times: Two days of talks between Iran and six world powers ended in failure on Saturday, with Iran refusing to engage on any concrete proposals to build confidence that its nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes and with no date set for another meeting.
Iran bars Tehran mayor from U.S. transport ceremony
Reuters: Iran has barred the mayor of Tehran from traveling to the United States for a ceremony honoring his city’s advances in public transport, media reported on Saturday.
Sadr returns to Iran from Iraq: sources
AFP: Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has returned to Iran after having only arrived in Iraq around two weeks ago, two senior officials within his movement said Saturday.
Women soccer fans in Iran may be banned from live broadcasts
CNN: Iranian authorities have ordered a ban on women from watching live broadcasts of soccer matches at public movie theaters, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported.
