AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged Sunday that Iran had not yielded to international demands to stop sensitive nuclear work, but said diplomacy remained "the best course."
Diplomacy is ‘best course’ to stop Iran nuclear work, Rice says
Admirals walk the plank after Iranian humiliation
Sunday Times: The Royal Navy has been accused of carrying out a discreet purge of senior figures involved in the fiasco over the arrest by Iranian Revolutionary Guards of 15 British sailors and Marines.
Iran shells remote area of northern Iraq: mayor
Reuters: Iran shelled a remote area of northeastern Iraq for a second day on Saturday, a regional official said, but there were no details of casualties or material damage.
Iran vows to retaliate after rebels kill 16 police
Reuters: Iran will give a "tooth-breaking" response to a Sunni Muslim rebel group which has killed 16 policemen it abducted in June, a senior official said in comments broadcast on Saturday.
Italy pushes stronger EU role on Afghanistan, Iran
Reuters: Italy will press Europe to send more troops to Afghanistan and implement more effective sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told Reuters on Friday.
Bush says Iran nuclear program remains threat
Reuters: U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday that Iran's nuclear program remained a threat to peace and the United States would not allow Tehran to develop an atomic weapon.
Iran’s upper hand
Washington Times – Editorial: Tehran has reason to believe it may prevail in its struggle against the United States and its democratic allies.
Iranian militants killed 16 kidnapped police
AP: Iranian state radio says police are confirming that a militant group active in Iran has killed all 16 police officers it abducted in June.
Iranian artillery pounds remote area in Iraq
Reuters: Iranian artillery fire rained down on a remote area of northeastern Iraq on Friday, causing some material damage but no casualties, a local Kurdish official said.
Irans Minister of Industries to visit Senegal
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 05 – Iran’s Minister of Industries and Mines Ali-Akbar Mehrabian went on Thursday to Senegal for an official visit in Dakar.
