Christian Science Monitor: A round of talks on Iran's nuclear program in Vienna, at which the US and other powers were hoping to nail down a deal, faltered on Tuesday.
Iran nuclear talks with US, other powers stall in Vienna
Iran MPs demand prosecution of opposition leader
AFP: Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday demanded the prosecution of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi for challenging hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election as a court convicted an Iranian-US scholar of spying.
Iran court jails U.S.-Iranian scholar: report
Reuters: A court has sentenced Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, who was detained after Iran's disputed June election, to more than 12 years in jail, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
Iran says nuclear technology program to go ahead
Reuters: Iran will never abandon its "legal and obvious" right to nuclear technology, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday, adding that Tehran had no plan to halt its disputed uranium enrichment work.
Report: Media freedoms shrink in Iran, rise in US
AP: A media watchdog has singled out Iran and Israel for restricting journalists' freedoms.
Iran sets defiant tone at start of talks over nuclear programme
The Times: Iran struck a defiant note as it entered a new round of nuclear talks yesterday, insisting that it would not hesitate to produce highly enriched nuclear fuel if it did not get what it wanted out of negotiations.
Iran: Guard death toll raised to 15 in Sunday bomb
AP: Iran has raised the death toll among elite troops killed in Sunday's suicide bombing and now says 15 Revolutionary Guard members were among the 42 people killed.
Yemen’s Saleh slams Iran for funding Shiite rebels
AFP: Yemen president Ali Abdullah Saleh accused Shiite northern rebels of taking money from Iranians and of plotting to create a Shiite zone along the Saudi borders.
U.S. enlists oil to sway Beijing’s stance on Tehran
Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration is encouraging key Arab states to boost oil exports to China in order to reduce Beijing's reliance on Iranian energy and pare Chinese resistance to tougher sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program.
Death toll in Iran attack rises to 42 – TV
Reuters: Iranian state television said 42 people were killed in Sunday's suicide bombing attack on the elite Revolutionary Guards in the country's volatile southeast, raising the death toll from an earlier estimate of 35.
