Reuters: Iran will never accept swapping its low-enriched uranium with nuclear fuel abroad, a senior adviser to the country's top authority said on Friday, making clear Tehran's continued defiance in a row with global powers.
Khamenei ally says Iran not to accept fuel swap abroad
Spielberg, Scorsese, others call for Panahi release
Reuters: A group of film industry luminaries, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, on Friday called on the Iranian government to release jailed director Jafar Panahi.
EU official: China eyes targeted sanctions on Iran
AP: The European Union's foreign affairs chief said Friday that China is willing to discuss sanctions on Iran as long as they are carefully targeted and bolster efforts to curb the Iranian nuclear program.
EU, China talk over how, not if, to sanction Iran
Reuters: European talks with Chinese leaders over Iran have moved toward how to target sanctions rather than whether they should be applied at all, the European Union said on Friday.
No hail to Iran chief from N.Y.
Wall Street Journal: New Yorkers, from the mayor to hoteliers, are hardly rolling out the red carpet for Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who plans to attend a Monday conference at the United Nations.
Sarkozy urges China to back Iran sanctions
New York Times: President Nicolas Sarkozy of France told President Hu Jintao of China that nations would have to impose new sanctions on Iran if it refuses to curb its nuclear program, official Chinese news organizations reported on Thursday.
Executive linked to Iran probe is sentenced in NYC
AP: The former president of a foundation prosecutors say has provided services to the Iranian government has been sentenced in New York City to three months in prison for obstructing justice.
Iran sanctions may be ‘unavoidable’: Lavrov
AFP: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov admitted on Thursday that Iran was a "difficult partner" and warned targeted sanctions over its contested nuclear programme may become "unavoidable".
EXCLUSIVE: U.N. elects Iran to Commission on Women’s Rights
FOX News: Without fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women, handing a four-year seat on the influential human rights body to a theocratic state in which stoning is enshrined in law and lashings are required for women judged "immodest."
Clinton: Iran will fail to disrupt nuke meeting
AP: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says any attempt by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to undermine what the U.S. sees as the central purpose of next month's nuclear conference at the United Nations will meet with failure.
