Daily Telegraph: Iranian security forces have arrested two suspected 'spy pigeons' near the Natanz nuclear facility.
Iran arrests pigeons ‘spying’ on nuclear site
U.N. concerned on Iran human rights
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday expressed concerns about possible human rights abuses in Iran and urged the country to do more to combat discrimination against women and minorities.
Iran talks produce no result
AP: Senior diplomats from six world powers on Monday discussed the possibility of imposing new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, but they failed anew to reach a consensus on how or whether to proceed, U.S. officials said.
Iran says juvenile killers still face gallows
AFP: Iran will not hang minors convicted of drug trafficking but those found guilty of murder could still face the gallows, a senior judicial official was quoted on Monday as saying.
Iran official casts doubt on ban of youth executions
Reuters: An Iranian official has cast doubt on reports that the judiciary has banned executions of juvenile offenders, saying in comments reported on Monday that only a victim's family could commute a killer's sentence.
Iran busts ‘spy pigeons’ near nuclear site
AFP: Security forces in Natanz have arrested two suspected "spy pigeons" near Iran's controversial uranium enrichment facility, the reformist Etemad Melli newspaper reported on Monday.
Iran scrambles to stem oil price plunge
Los Angeles Times: Iran's envoy to OPEC has been a busy guy. As oil prices plunged in recent weeks, Mohammad Ali Khatibi has been working the phones and traveling in a frenetic attempt to get the oil-producing cartel to agree to reduce supply to keep the price from dropping further.
Iran: defeat in UN Security Council unjust
AP: Iran says its failure to win a seat on the U.N. Security Council is an injustice. Japan defeated Iran in a secret ballot Friday to secure the non-permanent Asian seat on the Council.
Economy, politics limit ambitions on Iraq, Iran
Washington Times: Iraq and Iran will top the foreign policy agenda for the next U.S. president, but the financial crisis and Iraq politics are likely to limit options no matter who wins.
Documents say Iran aids militias from Iraq
New York Times: They wake before dawn, with time to exercise, eat and pray before the day’s first class in firing Kalashnikov rifles.
