AFP: Iran will continue to enrich uranium while there is no legally-binding international assurance of a nuclear fuel supply, the country's envoy to the UN's nuclear energy watchdog said Thursday.
Without assured nuclear supply Iran will keep enriching: envoy
US must change policy if wants better ties with Iran: Iranian FM
AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday ruled out any improvement in his country's ties with the United States unless Washington alters its foreign policy following the election of a new president next month.
Iran interior minister admits using fake credentials
Los Angeles Times: Politicians pounced on Iran's interior minister Wednesday after the ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad admitted that he had submitted a phony degree from Oxford University to get a job as the country's top cop.
Bahrain calls for Middle East bloc to bring together Iran and Israel
The Guardian: Middle Eastern countries should set up a new regional organisation that includes all Arab states as well as Israel, Iran and Turkey, pro-western Bahrain urged yesterday.
Ex-weapons hunter: Iran 2-5 years from nuke bomb
AP: Iran is two years to five years away from being able to produce a nuclear weapon, the former head of the U.S. weapons-hunting team in Iraq said Wednesday.
British opposition seeks tougher EU action on Iran
AP: Britain's opposition Conservative Party says Europe should toughen its stance on Iran's disputed nuclear program.
Iran drops IAEA seat nomination for Syria
AFP: Iran's ambassador to the IAEA said on Wednesday that Tehran had dropped its bid for a seat on the board of the UN atomic watchdog in favour of a place for regional ally Syria, state-run television has reported.
Khamenei: Iran won’t let Palestinians be alone
AP: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran will stand beside the Hamas government in Gaza and that Israel is weakening and on the path to eventual destruction.
Iran poses biggest threat to Iraq’s stability, Pentagon says
Bloomberg: Iranian support for Shiite militia groups poses the biggest threat to long-term stability in Iraq, where recent improvements in security are "fragile," the U.S. Defense Department said.
In Iran, 3 degrees of separation from truth
New York Times: Iran’s interior minister admitted Tuesday that a doctorate he said he had earned from Oxford was a fake, and said that he was pressing charges against an intermediary who had forged it without his knowledge.
