Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said on Wednesday he had given Iran and three world powers a draft text of a deal for approval by Friday to help allay concerns over Tehran's nuclear program.
IAEA gives Iran, powers deal text for approval
US lawmakers urge Obama to use Iran sanctions powers
AFP: Fifty US lawmakers urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to slap sanctions on foreign firms with investments of more than 20 million dollars in Iran's energy sector as called for under US law.
Iran nuclear talks with US, other powers stall in Vienna
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 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.
