The Guardian: The Iranian woman whose sentence to death by stoning sparked an international outcry is feared to be facing imminent execution, after she was put on a state-run TV programme last night where she confessed to adultery and involvement in a murder.
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani ‘confesses’ to murder on Iran state TV
Barack Obama ‘may be prepared to meet Iranian president’
Daily Telegraph: Barack Obama’s national security adviser, Gen James Jones, has indicated the President may be prepared to meet Mahmoud Ahmadinejad if the regime resumed negotiations over its nuclear programme.
British are bunch of thick people ruled by a mafia, says Iran’s vice president… and sparks row with our ambassador
Daily Mail: The British people and David Cameron have been labelled ‘thick’ by a senior member of Iran’s government.
Clinton backs Argentine bid to try alleged terrorists
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the United States backs Argentina in its call for Iran to extradite the suspects in a deadly bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center in 1994.
Release Iranian opposition from terror list
Human Events: A federal appeals court in the United States ruled last month that the U.S. secretary of state had violated the rights of Iran’s largest opposition group by refusing to revoke the designation of the PMOI as a terrorist organization.
US sticks to Iraq timetable, says only ‘dozens’ might stay
AFP: Despite warnings from Iraq’s top officer, the United States stuck Wednesday to its drawdown schedule and suggested just “dozens” of US embassy troops might remain in Baghdad after 2011.
Iraqi general says planned US troop pull-out ‘too soon’
BBC: Iraq’s top army officer has criticised the planned US troop withdrawal by the end of next year as premature.
Syria, Iran underline support for Lebanon against Israel
AFP: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki underlined on Wednesday their joint support for Lebanon in the face of Israeli “aggression,” state news agency SANA said.
Iran curbs LNG-export ambitions
Wall Street Journal: Iran is greatly curbing its once-lofty ambitions to become a major liquefied natural-gas exporter, a reversal that energy executives and analysts tie to the country’s difficulty accessing Western technology amid fresh international sanctions.
US plans missile interceptor sale to Kuwait
AFP: The Pentagon on Wednesday said it had notified the US Congress of a planned sale of Patriot missiles to Kuwait, which is looking to bolster its defenses against the threat from Iran.
