Reuters: Iran warned Germany on Tuesday against trying to pressure the Islamic state into freeing two German reporters detained while interviewing the son of a woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery.
Iran warns Germany not to pressure over jailed reporters
U.S. dismisses Iran’s nuclear tour invitation as ‘public relations stunt’
Bloomberg: The U.S. dismissed as a “public relations stunt” Iran’s invitation to representatives of the European Union and other powers for a tour of its nuclear facilities.
US memo: Iranian hard-liners blocked nuke deal
AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought some kind of nuclear fuel swap deal more than a year ago, but faced internal pressures from hard-liners who viewed it as a “virtual defeat,” according to U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.
Iran opens nuclear sites to selected nations
AFP: Iran said on Tuesday it will open its atomic sites to some world powers, in a rare move swiftly dismissed as “antics’ by the United States, which along with Britain, France and Germany, is not invited.
Iran arrests Christian missionaries: official
AFP: Iran has arrested a number of Christian missionaries in Tehran province and vowed to detain more of them, the provincial governor was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA on Tuesday.
Iran: Scientist tortured after return, web site says
New York Times: An Iranian nuclear scientist who said he had been abducted by the C.I.A. has been imprisoned and tortured since his return to Iran in July, an opposition Web site reported Monday.
US denies Iran shot down spy planes over Gulf
BBC: The US has denied that any of its unmanned spy planes have been shot down by Iran.
Iran to ensure oil supplies to India until end of month
Wall Street Journal: Iran has assured India of uninterrupted crude oil supplies in January and has proposed a temporary payment channel through a bank based in Germany, a senior Indian official said Tuesday.
China says Iran offers nuclear site visit before talks
Bloomberg: Iran invited China to visit its nuclear sites ahead of multination talks later this month, China said, as the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for sanctions on his country to be lifted.
Spanish court open probe into killings in Iraq
AP: A Spanish judge has opened a probe into a melee in which Iraqi security forces are accused of killing 11 members of an Iranian exile group in a camp in Iraq in 2009, according to a court order obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
