Reuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog has raised the stakes in a Western standoff with Iran by lending credence to allegations it studied ways to make atom bombs, but Tehran looks unlikely to give ground.
ANALYSIS – Iran unlikely to back down over IAEA’s atom bomb probe
Ahmadinejad plans U.N. visit
Washington Post: With weeks to go until a U.S. deadline for opening talks, a spokesman for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that he plans to travel to New York to give a speech during the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23.
Iran to fight enemy’s “soft war,” parliament told
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's proposed new intelligence minister pledged on Monday to "confront the enemies' soft war," but one conservative member of parliament said he lacked experience for the post.
Iran brags of European energy deals
UPI: Iran says it has conducted negotiations with as many as 30 different companies in nine European countries for oil and gas developments.
Iranian people deserve better leaders: Sarkozy
AFP: French President Nicolas Sarkozy hit out at the Iranian leadership Monday, saying Iranians deserved better after the hotly disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June.
Germany to host six-power talks on Iran this week
Reuters: Germany will host high-level talks this week between the United States, China, France, Britain, Russia and Germany on Iran's nuclear program, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Yemen protests to Iran over Shi’ite rebels
Reuters: Yemen accused Iranian media on Monday of bias toward Shi'ite rebels fighting government troops in northern Yemen, warning it could take unspecified steps in response.
Iran arms remained sealed
Wall Street Journal: The chief executive of the Italian firm named by the United Arab Emirates as having delivered containers with weapons from North Korea to an Iran-bound ship said his company received the shipment in sealed crates that were never opened before being put on the freighter.
Israel, Iran and Obama
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: The International Atomic Energy Agency has produced another alarming report on Iran's nuclear programs, though it hasn't released it publicly, only to governments that would also rather not disclose more details of Iran's progress toward becoming a nuclear theocracy.
Australia probes N.Korea weapons for Iran seizure
Reuters: Australia will investigate the case of a shipment of North Korean weapons seized from an Australian-owned ship en route to Iran to see if its laws were broken, Transport Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday.
