AFP: Iran has summoned the French envoy to Tehran to protest at comments by President Nicolas Sarkozy about refusing to meet his counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, state television reported on Thursday.
Iran summons French envoy over Sarkozy’s remarks
India still needs Iran gas link via Pakistan
Reuters: India still needs Iran to build a gas export pipeline across Pakistan for the long term, although its demand is set to drop, an executive from Indian importer Petronet LNG said on Wednesday.
Italy backs EU decision on PMOI
UPI: The Italian Parliament passed a measure endorsing a European court decision to remove the People's Mujahedin of Iran from terrorist blacklists, the PMOI said.
Iran’s Rafsanjani says Obama mimicking Bush
AFP: Influential former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Tuesday accused US president-elect Barack Obama of mimicking his predecessor's tough stance on Tehran's nuclear drive.
Moscow says Iran has no capability to build nuclear bomb
AFP: Iran does not currently have the capability to build a nuclear weapon, a senior Russian diplomat was quoted as saying by Interfax and ITAR-TASS news agencies Tuesday.
Baghdad wall may signal trouble as U.S. fights Iran surrogates
Bloomberg: American soldiers call it “Fighting with concrete.” Unable to stop mortar fire from hostile forces in Baghdad’s Sadr City district, the U.S. last May erected a 15-foot high wall.
Students rally for democracy in Iran
CBS: Hundreds of students from different colleges gathered Sunday at Tehran University to protest against injustice and the dictatorship which runs their country and their lives.
Iran says will not halt nuclear work despite U.S. demand
Reuters: Iran will never halt its nuclear work and expects the United States to change its "failed" carrot-and-stick approach to solving the atomic row with Tehran, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Iran and Ecuador discuss defence ties
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 08 – Iran's Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar on Saturday held talks with his Ecuadorian counterpart Javier Ponce, state media reported.
Iran and Ecuador discuss defence ties
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 08 – Iran's Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar on Saturday held talks with his Ecuadorian counterpart Javier Ponce, state media reported.


