AFP: Iran has conducted defence drills at its sensitive nuclear facilities, a senior commander told media on Sunday, adding that fresh aerial war games will be launched across the country next week.
Iran holds defence drills at nuclear plants: commander
Iran arrests three women lawyers: reports
AFP: Iranian authorities have arrested three female lawyers at an airport in Tehran after they arrived on a flight from Turkey, media reported on Sunday.
Iran won’t wait for foreigners to develop oilfield
Reuters: Iran won’t wait for foreign investors to develop joint oilfields with neighbouring states, a senior oil ministry official was quoted on Saturday as saying.
US open to Turkey as venue for later round of Iran talks
AFP: The United States said Friday that any new international nuclear talks with Iran should take place first in central Europe but added that follow-on talks could be held in Turkey, as Iran has proposed.
US oil service giant vows to ‘pull out of Iran’
AFP: Schlumberger — the world’s largest oil-services company — has promised the US government that it will pull out of Iran when its current contracts are complete, The Boston Globe reported.
EU accepts Iran talks offer, suggests venue
AFP: EU diplomacy chief Catherine Ashton on Friday agreed to resume long-stalled nuclear talks between world powers and Iran on December 5, and suggested they be held in Austria or Switzerland.
Allawi: Walkout in Iraqi parliament illustrates mistrust
CNN: For former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, the dramatic parliamentary walkout of his Iraqiya bloc this week represents a deep-seated lack of trust among Iraqi politicians, and it underscores the threat to forming a new Iraqi government.
N. Korea giving nuclear material to Iran, Syria: UN
AFP: North Korea is avoiding UN sanctions and providing banned nuclear and ballistic equipment to Iran, Syria and Myanmar, according to a UN report released on Friday.
Nuclear information safe with us, IAEA tells Iran
Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday it protects the confidentiality of information gathered during inspections, indirectly rejecting an Iranian accusation it would feed sensitive information to Washington.
E.U. responds to Iran about talks on nuclear program
New York Times: Talks on Iran’s nuclear program moved a step closer Thursday as the European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, agreed to one of two dates for discussions suggested by Tehran, a diplomat said, although Ms. Ashton proposed an alternative location.
